Green building design refers to buildings that are environmentally friendly and control in resources throughout the building life cycle. Green building does not necessary refers to building cover with vegetation, it refers to buildings that can reduce used in resources such as water and energy. It also designed to reduce waste and pollution cause throughout the building life cycle (US environmental Protection Agency, 2016).
Fig1. Advantages of Green buildings
Some advantages of Green buildings are cost, efficiency and preserving infrastructure. Although green buildings would require higher construction costs compare to standard buildings, however, green buildings require less maintenance, renovation and operation fee throughout its building life cycle which results in a lower overall cost. Resources efficiency are divided into water, energy and material where each has its own way to achieve sustainability. For example, rainwater or grey water can be reused in the different areas in the building. Due to the efficiency of resource, it would also affect the infrastructure of the area around it (Weetas, 2016).
Video 1: Central Thermal Plant, Sydney, Total Construction.
The number of Green buildings has increased in recent years. One of the well- known are One Central Park. One Central Park is well known for its green walls, roof garden and smart metering systems. It contains the advantages of green buildings. It contains a tri- generation energy centre which is twice energy efficient compared to the coal fire power plant. Tri- generation can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 190 000 Tonnes over the 25 years life span. Furthermore, it also has a recycled water network, it would reduce 40 to 50 % of water consumption (CentralPark).
I think green buildings are not only one of the future of architecture, it would also be a key component for us to the future development of cities. I think it affects how we think and design, I also think that it would affect the layout and design of future cities. The infrastructure of the cities has to be rearranged to adopt a lot of green buildings. For example, when a lot of green buildings are located around, can their infrastructure or some component intersect in order to achieve higher sustainability? In this case, how can cities plan out to maximise the effects of these type of innovations?
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Weetas. (December 2016). Green Buildings: Advantages and Disadvantages. [Online]. Weetas Blog. Available at: https://www.weetas.com/article/green-buildings-advantages-and-disadvantages/ [Accessed 12 March 2017].
Central Park Sydney. Green Transformation. [Online].Central Park Sydney. Available at: http://www.centralparksydney.com/explore/a-sustainable-habitat [Accessed 12 March 2017].
Total Construction. (November 2014). Central Thermal Plant, Sydney, Total Construction. [Video]. Available at: https://youtu.be/JnNPg0coQ8o [Accessed 12 March 2017].
Fig 1. Weetas. (December 2016). Green Buildings: Advantages and Disadvantages. [Online].Weetas Blog. Available at: https://www.weetas.com/article/green-buildings-advantages-and-disadvantages/ [Accessed 12 March 2017].
Video 1. Total Construction. (November 2014). Central Thermal Plant, Sydney, Total Construction. [Video]. Available at: https://youtu.be/JnNPg0coQ8o [Accessed 12 March 2017].
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