GEE5303 Green and Intelligent Building

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Green building basic concepts

1. What is green building?

2. Why going green?

3. Basic principles

4. Examples
[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video Presentation:

• Cappadocia, Turkey: Inside The Cave Dwellings. National Geographic (4:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-i3wCaXyw
• Green Building Evolution (3:47) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MroerBD69bA
• Design of new buildings
• MCMC Green Building (Malaysia) (5:04) http://youtu.be/mHq-oI8UijQ
• Operation & maintenance of existing buildings
• Taipei 101: Tallest green building (3:43) http://youtu.be/b7ShsogLZ7I
• Empire State Building: Leadership in American Progress in Sustainability (5:49) http://youtu.be/17i7Q5Dr3PA
  

 Further Reading:

• What is a Green Building? http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/green-building.php
• World Green Building Week http://www.worldgreenbuildingweek.org/
• Hong Kong Green Building Week (HKGBW) http://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/gbw.aspx
• Teaching Kit: Sustainable Design for Buildings (ArchSD) http://www.archsd.gov.hk/archsd/html/teachingkits/tk1/
  

 Web Links:

• Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center (by Renzo Piano) http://inhabitat.com/jean-marie-tjibaou-cultural-center-inspired-by-native-architecture/
• Sustainable Architecture http://www.ad.arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/sustain.htm
• Green architecture http://global.britannica.com/art/green-architecture
• Sustainable Building [an OECD project] http://www.oecd.org/env/consumption-innovation/oecdworkonsustainablebuildings.htm
• Why Build Green? (US-EPA) http://archive.epa.gov/greenbuilding/web/html/whybuild.html
• Green strategies at different stages http://ibse.hk/GB_design_strategies.pdf
  

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| Created: Jul 2016 | Update: 29 Aug 2016 |