Sustainability and green buildings
An Overview of Green Buildings Potential in Palestine
... decades buildings have become more lethal to the environment and more depleted of natural resources, with much internal heat disturbance, resulting in increased cooling loads in the summer and winter heating ...
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The need for retrofitting to achieve sustainability of Malaysian buildings
... the green building initiatives in the building ...government-owned green buildings manifests. Considerable attention on green building initiatives can be seen through the increasing number of ...
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A RESEARCH PAPER ON GREEN BUILDING
... the sustainability related issues such as the matter of using ...for green buildings related research and also promoting amount of green and sustainable ...
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Stakeholders’ Perception of Sustainability in Educational Buildings in Nigeria
... providing sustainability in construction, several studies have ...Several sustainability performance measurement parameters such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), BREEAM, Green ...
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Contractual Suggestions For The Owner In Green Buildings Contracts
... of green building, there are – practically – additional objectives beside the accepted standards in ...of green buildings is different and because such clauses would be explained in such a manner ...
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Green buildings in campus: An assessment of green potential for existing conventional buildings
... how green potential assessment could contribute towards ensuring campus ...The green potential rating tool ensures that campus sustainability is achievable not only in theory but also in ...The ...
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Green cleaning: an essential aspect of Malaysian green buildings
... Green buildings need green ...for green cleaning even though there are those who suggest that Malaysian government need to highlight green cleaning in their policies as well as its ...
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Innovation in Design: A Study of Green Buildings
... sustainable. Sustainability in the construction sector or in other words green buildings are mainly focused on the reduction of emissions, construction of energy efficient houses and maintaining ...
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Development and Sustainability of Residential Communities (Neighbourhoods) in Egypt, Recommended Criteria and Indicators Drawn from International Trials
... This American tool aims to establish an international assessment / rating system that incorporates standard criteria for neighborhood development (LEEN-ND) within the framework of the LEED tool for green ...
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Green-Technology for Livelihood Sustainability
... Organic farming is an old age Indian traditional farming technique based on traditional knowledge & wisdom. But the modern organic farming, evolved first in the United States. In India Albert Howard 1940s, has ...
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SUSTAINABLE AND SMART CITIES
... The move to introduce the smart city concept in our country is quiet a challenging one. Making a city smart and sustainable is challenging because the first step towards making a city sustainable and smart is to engage ...
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GREEN ARCHITECTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
... locate buildings and site improvements to optimize use of low-impact storm water technologies such as bio-retention, rain gardens, open grassy swales, pervious bituminous paving, pervious concrete paving and ...
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Architecture design studio pedagogy for translating environmental sustainable elements
... different sustainability dimensions, while, Moalosi, Rapitsenyane and M‘Rithaa, (2010), ascertain that few schools include sustainability issue in their ...in sustainability as the main learning ...
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Green Buildings: Present Innovation And Future Necessity
... (i) Head Office for Spectral Services Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon:It is located on plain land with moderate climate. Its features includestop lit atrium and building fenestrations for day lighting, storm water ...
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GREEN RATINGS OF BUILDINGS, SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
... In this manual the criteria for green building rating have been categorized as follows. Site planning, Building planning and construction, Building operation and maintenance and Bonus points. The site planning is ...
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Ecological Sustainability and the Green Economy: on the implementation of the Green Economy
... the Green Economy has inspired a great deal of discussion and has become highly ...the Green Economy, 2012), argue that the concept of a Green Economy is merely a myth created by profit seeking ...
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GREEN AND INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
... BAS and BUILDING Energy Management Systems (BEMS) are designed to provide over sight and remote control of HVAC systems, lighting and other building systems. In simple terms, BAS is a programmed, computerized net work of ...
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Green Retrofitting Of Buildings – A Comprehensive Study
... for green retrofit is often a barrier. Buildings’ owners are looking for a quick return on investment in two to four years; and for a major retrofit, it is likely going to take longer than ...existing ...
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Scenario analysis of embodied greenhouse gas emissions in UK construction
... Non-domestic buildings pose a greater challenge as the government ’ s regular publication of commercial and industrial fl oor area statistics ceased in 1985 (Clark, ...new buildings within each class was ...
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Green Building: Concepts and Awareness
... by Green economy that a more holistic approach to the design of buildings and their use also requires consideration of all energy related components including appliances [14] Siemens has proven with its ...
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