SBS5222 Indoor Environmental Engineering

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Building environmental performance

1. Building performance

2. Environmental performance

3. Assessment of performance

4. Green/sustainable building

5. Assessment methods
[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video presentation:

• Green Building Evolution (3:47) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MroerBD69bA
• A Tale of Two Futures: Sustainable Buildings or Unsustainable Climate Change (3:22) http://youtu.be/3TioZ2sVL-E

Further reading:

• Green building – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building
• Sustainable (Whole Building Design Guide) http://www.wbdg.org/design-objectives/sustainable
• Examples of good practice:
• 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
  

 Web links:

• Comprehensive Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme for Buildings (CEPAS) http://www.bd.gov.hk/english/documents/index_CEPAS.html
• Sustainable Architecture http://www.ad.arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/sustain.htm
• Green architecture http://global.britannica.com/art/green-architecture
• World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017, Hong Kong http://wsbe17hongkong.hk/

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| Created: Jul 2016 | Update: 6 Jan 2017 |