Glass-Wool Insulation: ECBC Compliance and Green Building Aspect

2014 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Biswajit Roy
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Green Building ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Glass Wool ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Thermal Requirement ◽  
Product Application ◽  
Green Certification

The scope of the paper is to understand the compliance of the prescriptive requirement of Energy Conservation Building Code, 2007, ECBC-2007. It also reveals information of product and application that comfortably exceed the thermal requirement while maintaining high standard of Fire-safety and acoustic values. The environmental objective is also met by the product/application and that helps to satisfy requirement of project’s Green certification.

Model for promoting green certification of buildings in developing nations: a case study of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ebekozien ◽  
Matthew Ikuabe ◽  
Andrew Igiebor Awo-Osagie ◽  
Clinton Aigbavboa ◽  
Solomon Oisasoje Ayo-Odifiri
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Benin City ◽  
Green Practices ◽  
Green Certification ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Policy Solutions

PurposeSeveral studies have shown that climate change is a threat to sustainable human living and high consumption of energy by buildings is a contributory factor. However, green practices in buildings have been proved as one of the successful technologies to mitigate global warming. Previous studies have shown lax green practices in developing countries’ buildings, but how far concerning green certification of buildings in Nigeria is yet to be explored. Therefore, this paper investigated the barriers to green certification of buildings (GCB). Also, the paper proposed a model for promoting GCB in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachEighteen experts with green building certification knowledge were engaged across three of Nigeria’s cities (Benin City, Abuja and Lagos) via scheduled WhatsApp video and teams calls. Collated interview data were analysed and presented in themes.FindingsFindings show that there is an absence of a framework to promote GCB in Nigeria. Hence, GCB is low across the states. Twelve main sub-themes emerged as the barriers to GCB in Nigeria. Also, eight key sub-themes emerged as the possible concepts that can be used to improve GCB in Nigeria and formulated into a proposed framework to promote GCB in Nigeria.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is limited to GCB in Nigeria and only 18 participants were engaged. Thus, this paper suggests that a mixed-methods approach should be conducted in future studies with wider coverage. This may assist to validate the paper’s findings.Practical implicationsFindings from this paper will stir up practitioners in green building and influence the promotion of GCB in the sector. As part of this study’s implications, suggestions through the paper’s proposed framework will benefit Nigeria’s policymakers to make decisions towards achieving GCB. This can be achieved via the proposed framework to promote the concept across Nigeria.Originality/valueThis paper is probably the first that attempted to investigate the barriers and proffer policy solutions via a framework to promote GCB in Nigeria and by extension in other developing countries.

Testing and Green Assessment Technology for Ready-Mixed Concrete

2018 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 306-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Zhi Zhao ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Shi Wei Ren ◽  
Jiang Quan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Process Quality ◽  
Concrete Quality ◽  
Assessment Technology ◽  
Ready Mixed Concrete ◽  
Mixed Concrete

Concrete is the most extensively used material in building and civil project structure. With the rapid development of economic construction, urban construction and infrastructure construction increase year by year, so there is a greater demand for concrete, which brings the rapid development of ready-mixed concrete industry. During the rapid development, structural safety and durability problems caused by concrete quality appear frequently. Meanwhile, to implement the fundamental national policies of resource conservation and environment protection, according to Green Building Action Plan (GUOBANFA [2013] No.1) approved by CPC Central Committee and the State Council, besides meeting the quality requirements, ready-mixed concrete must also meet the green products requirements of "energy conservation, emission reduction, safety, convenience and recyclability" for the vigorous development of green building material and supporting the requirements for building energy conservation, green building and new-type urbanization construction. By quality testing, this paper elaborates the green assessment technology for ready-mixed concrete in combination with raw material quality control, design of mix ratio, production process quality control, construction process quality control, residual concrete treatment, hardened concrete quality control, and control of dust, noise and wastewater. The greening of ready-mixed concrete brings the production and application of green building material, promotes the transformation and upgrading of building material industry and drives the development of green building.

scholarly journals Discussion on the Application of New Photovoltaic Energy in Building Electrical Energy Saving

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Qian Yang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
New Energy

<p>With the rapid development of social economy, the demand for new energy is also increasing, and then the problem of large consumption also has a negative impact on the development of the construction industry. Under the concept of green building, the design and construction units pay more attention to energy conservation and environmental protection, so they actively use photovoltaic new energy in the field of electrical energy conservation of construction projects, so as to improve people's quality of life. Starting from the principles and characteristics of building electrical energy conservation, this paper discusses the methods of building electrical energy conservation, and analyzes how to use photovoltaic new energy in the field of building electrical energy conservation, hoping to better practice the concept of energy conservation.</p>

RESALE OF GREEN HOUSING COMPENSATES FOR ITS PREMIUM PRICING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CHINA

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Yongsheng Jiang ◽  
Yudong Xing ◽  
Dong Zhao ◽  
Ruilin Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Green Building ◽  
High Price ◽  
Price Premium ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Green Housing ◽  
Purchase Cost ◽  
Resale Price ◽  
Green Certification ◽  
Government Promotion

ABSTRACT Green housing reduces resource consumption and protects the ecological environment. Sustainable buildings and construction have gained increasing attention in the last decade. Many empirical studies have confirmed that green housing imposes a price premium at the presale stage. The high price could be a concern that prevents homebuyers from purchasing green buildings. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on whether the premium pricing could be compensated for by the resale price. To address this gap, this study establishes a hedonic regression model to estimate the price premium of green housing at the resale stage. The results show that green housing certified with the Chinese Green Building Label (CGBL) offers a 6% price premium compared with non-green housing at the resale stage. The results also show that green housing with a higher level of green certification, e.g., the 3-star CGBL, provides a greater price premium at resale. The findings indicate that home-buyers can obtain financial compensation for the high cost when purchasing a green home. Our findings also indicate that the price premium for reselling a green home is not always enough to compensate for the purchase cost in different cities. Policy recommendations for government promotion of green housing are also discussed.

Application of Green Construction Techniques in Public Buildings: A Case of the Medicine Building in Nanjing Pukou Central Hospital

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 178-182
Author(s):  
Shen Ju Zhang ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Xin Gang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Central Hospital ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
High Efficient

The green building is one important way to develop the energy conservation work. The green construction technology surmounts in the tradition building technology, paying great attention to energy conservation, low consumption and high efficient and environmental protection. The green construction technology is the sustainable construction method. This paper takes the medicine building in Nanjing Pukou Central hospital as an example to analyze the characteristics of the green construction techniques and study the application of the techniques in public buildings.

The Green Concept Used in the Field of Architecture Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 474-477
Author(s):  
Hong Wen Li ◽  
Yang Mei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Space Environment ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Organic Unity ◽  
Ecological Principles ◽  
Survival And Development ◽  
Construction Practice

The so-called "green building" is a symbol of energy conservation and environmental protection and efficient living environment, the ecological principles guide the construction practice, create artificial and natural coordination benign cycle of the organic unity of architectural space environment, in order to meet modern ideal of human survival and development of the building requirements.This paper discusses the green concept used in the field of architecture design.

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