GEE5303 Green and Intelligent Building

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Introduction

1.Background

2. Why study green building?

3. Sustainable development

4. Built environment

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video Presentation:

• Green Building: Jobs of the Future (11:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr0IAWO9lnk
• LEED rating system by U.S. Green Building Council
• What is green building? (1:16) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyIOtsx3wDs
• Video: Introducing LEED v4 (1:34) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJzdnykumTU
• Sustainability
• Sustainability explained through animation (2:00) http://youtu.be/B5NiTN0chj0
• What is Sustainability? (1:51) http://youtu.be/hHl09q5kk0k
• Hong Kong situation and examples
• Hong Kong Green Building Week 2017: Hong Kong’s green buildings in style (0:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKW2lQp04ug
• Liberal Studies: Video: Green Buildings (6:37) http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/hkiakit/eng/LS/lesson_7.html
  

 Further Reading:

• Green building design strategies http://ibse.hk/GB_design_strategies.pdf
• GovHK: Green Buildings http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/sustainable/buildings.htm
• Hong Kong: Green Building in Action --- a handy summary of Hong Kong's green building development status http://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/HKGB_inforgraphic.aspx
  

References:

• Bansal, N. K. and Cook, J., 2001. Sustainability Through Building, Omega Scientific Publishers, New Delhi. [720.472 S96]
• Langston, G. A. and Ding, G. K.C. (eds.), 2001. Sustainable Practices in the Built Environment, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. [628 S96 L]

 Web Links:

• The Brundtland Report http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm
• What is Sustainable Development? http://www.iisd.org/sd/
• Human Population Update: What is Our Ecological Footprint on this Planet? http://www.21stcentech.com/human-population-update-carrying-capacity-planet-earth/
• The Factor Four concept http://www.gdrc.org/sustdev/concepts/12-f4.html
• The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) 香港綠色建築議會 http://www.hkgbc.org.hk/
  

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| Created: Jul 2016 | Update: 3 Sep 2017 |