MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Introduction

1. Course background

2. Green/sustainable building

3. Green building trends

4. Sustainability

5. Hong Kong situation

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Green Building Evolution (3:47) https://youtu.be/MroerBD69bA
• What is green building? (1:16) https://youtu.be/MyIOtsx3wDs
  
• Green sustainable and healthy buildings explained (2:25) https://youtu.be/dDATY3av_48
  
• 【綠築仔綠袖子話你知】－星期「綠」 檔案－綠色建築 (3:10) https://youtu.be/8PfWe9r5aok

Further Reading:

• About Green Building [World Green Building Council] https://www.worldgbc.org/about-green-building
  
• - What is green building? https://www.worldgbc.org/what-green-building
  
• - The benefits of green buildings https://www.worldgbc.org/benefits-green-buildings
  
• - How can we make our buildings green? https://www.worldgbc.org/how-can-we-make-our-buildings-green
  
• - Rating tools https://www.worldgbc.org/rating-tools
  
• - Green building & the Sustainable Development Goals https://www.worldgbc.org/green-building-sustainable-development-goals
• Green building -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building
• Hong Kong Green Building Week (HKGBW) https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/engagement/public-initiatives/hkgbw/
• Green Building TEAM Chat
• Green Building Tour
  

References:

• Appleby P., 2011. Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings, Earthscan, London & Washington, DC. [HKALL]
• Keeping M. and Shiers D., 2017. Sustainable Building Design : Principles and Practice, Wiley-Blackwell, New York. [HKALL]
• Tam, A., 2006. Sustainable Building in Hong Kong: the Past, Present and Future, Insitu Pub. Ltd., Hong Kong. [HKALL][720.47 T15]

Web Links:

• Green architecture http://global.britannica.com/art/green-architecture
  
• Green Building defined [HKGBC] https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/about-us/what-is-green-building/
  
• OECD Work on Sustainable Buildings http://www.oecd.org/env/consumption-innovation/oecdworkonsustainablebuildings.htm
  
• Sustainable Buildings Market Study 2019 - Ramboll https://ramboll.com/-/media/files/rgr/documents/markets/buildings/s/sustainable-buildings-market-study_2019_web.pdf
  
• Healthy building - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_building
• The Three Pillars of Sustainability https://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm
  
• About the Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
  
• Hong Kong milestone and timeline https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/about-us/file/HKreport2017_Timeline.pdf

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| Created: May 2020 | Update: 16 Jun 2021 |