Hybrid Ventilation in the Harm A. Weber Academic Center: A Late-Summer Case Study

Passive ventilation employs a set of strategies, potentially including building shape, internal configuration, orientation, aperture size and position, and microclimate design, to direct air through a building without the assistance of fans or pumps. Passive ventilation has received widespread attention in green building design, particularly in mild climates, because of its great potential to reduce cooling costs. The challenge of predicting airflow speed and direction within a building has encouraged development of sophisticated computational simulation tools, and the resulting confidence has, in turn, led to the design of passive and passive/mechanical hybrid ventilation systems in increasingly extreme climates. The Harm A. Weber Academic Center possesses one of the most ambitious hybrid ventilation systems in the world: in the hot continental climate of the midwestern United States, this building integrates passive and mechanical systems into a single network of airflow pathways. Aperture openings for the system are controlled automatically, using information provided by numerous internal and external sensors, such that the building can make use of multiple hybrid modes to utilize the cooling power of outdoor air to the greatest extent possible. During August 2007, shortly after the peak of the local cooling season, when the building was expected to be under mechanical control, this investigation of the airflow and thermal properties of the new building was undertaken to provide useful information about its early performance.

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Structure Design for Green Building in some Residential Area in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.655 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 71-78 ◽

pp. 655-658

Author(s):

Rong Qin

Keyword(s):

Energy Saving ◽

Indoor Environment ◽

Residential Building ◽

Green Building ◽

Building Design ◽

Residential Area ◽

Structure Design ◽

Green Building Design ◽

Land Saving ◽

Material Saving

There are six basic control items, land saving, energy saving, water saving, material saving, indoor environment and operation, among which, only material saving are related to structure design. We followed the green building design concept and the control items list in those standards during structure design of one of the residential area in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, which consist of 15~18-story residential building connected to a large underground garage, as is shown below.

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Integration of Green Building Design Concept and Architectural Design

10.47939/et.v2i4.103 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Architectural Design ◽

Green Building ◽

Building Design ◽

Design Concept ◽

Green Building Design

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Assessment On Transit Oriented Development Pondok Cina According to GBCI

Applied Research on Civil Engineering and Environment (ARCEE) ◽

10.32722/arcee.v2i02.3630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (02) ◽

pp. 70-76

Author(s):

Ria Ayu Rahmawati ◽

R. Agus Murdiyoto

Keyword(s):

Water Conservation ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Green Building ◽

Building Design ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Collection Method ◽

Scale Method ◽

Project Data ◽

Use Categories

TOD is designed for public transport passengers and pedestrians to provide comfort and safety in creating a healthy lifestyle. Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) is needed as a reference and assessment to optimize building design. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent of the green building concept applied, calculate the met and unmet Greenship criteria, also measure the GBCI Greenship predicate obtained. The data collection method used is project data and data analysis with the index scale method on Greenship New Building version 1.2. The results showed that in Appropriate Land Use categories credit are 11 points of 17 maximum points with percentage 64,71%, the Efficiency and Energy Conservation categories credit is 1 point of 26 maximum points with percentage 3,85%, the Water Conservation categories credit are 9 points of 21 maximum points with percentage 42,86%, the Source and Material Cycle categories credit are 2 points of 2 maximum points with percentage 100%, the Health and Safety Space categories credit are 4 points of 5 maximum points with percentage 80%, and the Building Environmental Management categories credit are 4 points of 6 maximum points with percentage 66,67%. The final results of TOD Pondok Cina Project are 31 points of 77 maximum points with percentage 40,26% which categorized as Building with Bronze predicate.

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Green Building Occupant Satisfaction: Evidence from the Australian Higher Education Sector

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10082890 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2890 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maryam Khoshbakht ◽

Zhonghua Gou ◽

Xiaohuan Xie ◽

Baojie He ◽

Amos Darko

Keyword(s):

Environmental Control ◽

Green Building ◽

Building Design ◽

Green Buildings ◽

Facilities Management ◽

Subtropical Climate ◽

Indoor Environmental Quality ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

The Individual ◽

Occupant Satisfaction

Universities spend billions of dollars on green buildings as a sustainability commitment. This research investigates occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ), building design (BD), and facilities management (FM) in five highly ranked green higher educational buildings in the subtropical climate of Australia, in comparison to nine non-green counterparts. The results disclose that the green building users were more consistently satisfied than the non-green building users with BD&FM elements, such as design, needs from facilities, building image, cleaning, the availability of meeting rooms, and storage. On the other hand, the study revealed weaknesses of green buildings in IEQ, such as noise, ventilation, and artificial lighting. The individual environmental control positively correlated with satisfaction in non-green buildings, but did not significantly affect satisfaction in green buildings. This study also identified the influences of non-environmental factors on occupant satisfaction, such as gender, age, sitting close to a window, hours spent in the building and in the workstation, and the number of people sharing office space. The research provides evidence and guidance for investing in, designing, and managing green educational facilities.

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Application of green concept on mixed-use building design

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/878/1/012008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 878 (1) ◽

pp. 012008

Author(s):

M D Lubis ◽

H T Fachrudin ◽

F A S Lubis ◽

P W Dari

Keyword(s):

Water Conservation ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Open Space ◽

Green Building ◽

Building Design ◽

Heat Radiation ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Mixed Use ◽

The Right ◽

Space Requirements

Abstract Green concepts are important things to apply on buildings. The application of the green concept on mixed-use buildings must consider several criteria, one of which is the comfort aspect. The density of commercial buildings in Medan City causes a reduction in green open space, and even many buildings do not comply with the minimum green open space requirements on their buildings, which can support the development of this city to reduce environmental temperatures. The aim of this study is to analyze the green concept that can be applied to mixed-use buildings in urban areas. A mixed-use building design with the application of green building principles is the right choice to reduce the effects of climate. The green building concept can help reduce excess heat radiation inside and outside the building. The method used is qualitative with data collection techniques through observation. The analysis was carried out descriptively to obtain a mixed-use building model with the green building concept. The results show that land use efficiency, energy conservation, materials and water conservation can be applied to provide comfortable on buildings.

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