MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Analysis Methods and Tools (II)

1. Life cycle costing

2. Carbon audit

3. Zero carbon building

4. Assess carbon footprints

Video Presentation:

CIC presents the ZCB, Hong Kong's first zero carbon building (2013) (3:45) https://youtu.be/pFRx-8xmvbE
Zeroing in on Green-Building (3:20) https://youtu.be/oiUkoJMhdvw
環保基金綠色建築教育短片系列 - 綠色建築網上導賞團 (7:23) https://youtu.be/8JkTfb0H9u0

Further Reading:

Life Cycle Costing (US-GSA) https://www.gsa.gov/node/81412
Carbon Footprint Management Toolkit for Sustainable Low-Carbon Living (CityU) http://www.cityu.edu.hk/aerc/cft/
Format of Energy‐Cum‐Carbon Audit Report https://www.ecf.gov.hk/doc/ecpngo_carbonaudit_report_sample_format_e.pdf
Zero Carbon Buildings for All (World Resources Institute) https://wrirosscities.org/ZeroCarbonBuildings

References:

CIBSE, 2021. Embodied Carbon in Building Services: A Calculation Methodology, CIBSE TM65: 2021, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), London. [HKALL]
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. https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/sites/default/files/epd/english/climate_change/files/Guidelines_English_2010.pdf

NSTC, 2008. Federal Research and Development Agenda for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings, Subcommittee on Buildings Technology Research and Development, Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Washington, DC. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/nstc-netzero-2008.pdf

Web Links:

ISO 15686-5:2008 Buildings and Constructed Assets. Service Life Planning. Life Cycle Costing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15686 [HKU Library]
NIST Handbook 135 Life-Cycle Costing Manual https://www.wbdg.org/FFC/NIST/hdbk_135.pdf
Building Life-Cycle Cost (BLCC) software http://www.wbdg.org/tools/blcc.php
UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative https://energies2050.org/sustainable-buildings-and-climate-initiative-unep-sbci/?lang=en

| Created: Aug 2014 | Update: Update: 24 Jul 2021 |