MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Analysis Methods for Sustainable Building Projects (II)

1. Life cycle costing

2. Carbon audit

3. Zero carbon building

4. Assess carbon footprints 

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Life Cycle Costing (4:19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24By2bglwys
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis of PV Systems (5:58) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDpYZi6Lk8
• Achieving Net-Zero-Energy Design - ASHRAE (2:05) http://youtu.be/pQFJr5E7_R0
• PTM Zero Energy Office (ZEO) Building Video (7:36) (Malaysia) http://youtu.be/kDdvL2N7LUI
• Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) in Hong Kong http://zcb.hkcic.org
• CIC presents the ZCB, Hong Kong's first zero carbon building (2013) (3:45) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFRx-8xmvbE
• CIC Zero Carbon Building (Arup) (3:05) http://video.arup.com/?v=1_yvpimwix
• Zeroing in on Green-Building (3:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUkoJMhdvw

Further Reading:

• Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) (Whole Building Design Guide) http://www.wbdg.org/resources/lcca.php
• EPD and EMSD, 2010. Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for Buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purposes) in Hong Kong, 2010 Edition, Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), Hong Kong. [website]
• Template for Carbon Audit Report - CarbonSmart http://www.carbonsmart.hk/cmsimg/files/CAPF/CAPF-E-07.doc
  
• Hui, S. C. M., 2013. Assessing carbon footprints of zero carbon buildings, paper submitted to the Sustainable Building 2013 Hong Kong Regional Conference: Urban Density & Sustainability, 12 -13 September 2013 (Thu-Fri), Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East Hotel, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, 12 p. [PDF]

Web Links:

• Building Life-Cycle Cost (BLCC) http://www.wbdg.org/tools/blcc.php
• Life Cycle Costing Tool http://simple.werf.org/simple/media/LCCT/index.html
• Carbon footprint - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint
• Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) in Hong Kong  http://zcb.hkcic.org [building description]
• Presentation: Archieving Zero Carbon for Buildings in a Densely Populated City and a Subtropical Climate (by Dr. Guiyi Li) [PDF]

References:

• BSI, 2008. BS ISO 15686-5:2008 Buildings and Constructed Assets. Service Life Planning. Life Cycle Costing, British Standards Institute (BSI), London. [HKU Library]
  
• NIST Handbook 135 Life-Cycle Costing Manual, http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/NIST/hdbk_135.pdf

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| Created: Aug 2014 | Update: 8 Nov 2014 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |