A Brief Look at Green Buildings

Specific health problems associated with the workplace have contributed to the development of Particular health issues connected with the work environment have added to the advancement of the cutting edge safety and health development. These issues incorporate lung infections in diggers, mercury harming, and lung tumor attached to asbestos. Occupational and Environmental Health Professionals have an above normal extent of all day employments. For Occupational and Environmental Health Professionals working all day, normal week by week hours are 42.3 and profit are high - in the ninth decile. Unemployment for Health Professionals is underneath normal. H&S Professionals have an expansive extent of specialists amongst individuals in the 25-34 age section, making it an energetic and dynamic workplace. The unavoidable consequence of the expanded consideration given to safety and health is that bigger organizations are utilizing safety and health professionals and all organizations big or small are relegating these obligations to existing representatives.

Imagine sitting in your cubicle, peeping through your glass window and witnessing an alluring panorama. The visuals produced by landscaping have a psychological effect on the working folks. Commercial landscaping has proven to be very beneficial in terms of business productivity and employee satisfaction. It is a well-known fact that when the working environment is pleasing enough, productivity increases and employees get more engaged and dedicated regarding their work. When the surroundings are attractive, the stress of the workplace will automatically be released to a great extent. Employees, in the best of their disposition, show a greater amount of interest in their work, making the work environment pleasant and welcoming. Employees, who are well balanced and calm, are more likely to deal with the clients, in a way that is profitable for the business. The pleasing workplace environment is more likely to attract clients and customers. Thus, commercial landscaping not only ensures beautiful surroundings, but it also affects business profit in a positive

Another of the wellness fundamentals that we have previously highlighted is environment. That is making work a great environment to be in and work in.

In the book Building Green Skyscrapers by Mary Reid, the solution that would be more effective to solve the problems that skyscrapers create is the Hearst Tower in New York City because this tower saves water and steel. First, the Hearst Tower saves water and also reuses it at the same time. It is used as a cooling system and for watering the plants. In the text, it states “The waterfall cools and adds moisture and freshness to the dry indoor air. The water comes from rainwater that the Hearst Tower collects on the roof” (Reid 20). This proves that this building is very eco-friendly and that it can help people save water. Next, the Hearst Tower saves steel, because they used the steel that they recycled to build the buildings. In the text,

A working environment is the surrounding that offers reliability in enhancing positive human activity. Different working environments have different working conditions that favor attainability of working operations. A reliable working environment guarantees occupational safety and healthy conditions. Besides, the wages and the organizational structure should be convenient for the workers. Working environments are influenced by other factors such as environmental, political, social, climatic, and industrial aspects. These factors inter-relate under different facets, thus pointing out the variability expected by an individual to his surroundings (Clerc, 1985). However, there are some working situations that implicate negatively to a human's equity and health. Such environments are full of strenuous activities and postures, long-working hours and other external hostilities.

London, full with people and skyscrapers. There is concrete everywhere you look. People would have gone crazy with concrete madness if there were not green spaces. Green spaces are essential for the city and humans living in the city. Without it, people in the city would have been serious ill or even dead because of the smog. So, it is very important that London cares for it 's green spaces. London is too big to be maintained by itself, that is why there are boroughs. Each borough maintains it own space. Of course, each of the boroughs has it 's own strategy. Two of the boroughs were particularly interesting, because of the biodiversity and the strategy of the borough to maintain and enhance green space.

This report explores the reliability of claims that the company ‘Enviro-Pod’, can provide products which both improve staff welfare and contribute to a lower staff absence rate for participating offices. The expected benefits are a result of making changes in the workplace to replicate a more natural environment, bringing in elements of the outdoors. The principal aim of this report is to explore to what extent psychological research and theory supports this. The findings of this report show the products do haves some basis in psychological research, however assumptions are made about the products being widely effective in office environments, and the data provided for buyers of the

DCCW UTS Green building is made in Sydney, Australia. The building is made by Canadian-American Architect namely Mr. Frank Gehry. Dr Chau Chak, who is an Australian-Chinese business person, donated $20 million for this building. The building is actually a Business School building for the University of Technology in Sydney. This twelve storey building is meant for the

Learn why an increasing amount of companies are now introducing greenscape designs and biophilia landscapes into their workplaces and what kind of positive impacts it will have on their employees.

Green roofs as a combination of natural and artificial facility has many positive and negative aspects. By knowing properly about the positive and negative aspects, it gets easier for facility managers to plan and maintain the service according to space, infrastructure, people and organization. Carter and Butler (2008), studied the ecological impact of green roofs on test plots of Georgia and Massachusetts. It was evaluated that green roofs help in storm-water retention by retaining 78% of rainfall. They also help in improving building energy and managing the temperature according to the surrounding temperature. Approximately 2.5% of cooling load reduction and 0.5% of heating load reduction are provided by the presence of green roofs. Similar kind of study was done on the urban ecosystems of green roofs, examining the biotic and abiotic components that contributes to overall ecological systems (Oberndorfer, Lundholm, Bass, Coffman, Doshi, 2007). Though green roofs are beneficial in water retention and varying the roof temperature according to the surrounding temperature, it highly depends for these attributes on its design (Simmons, Gardiner, Windhager, 2008). A case study on Fencing Academy of Philadelphia was conducted by United States EPA Office of Water (2000) to measure the benefits of vegetated roof cover. The project showed that the vegetated roof cover helps to reduce the peak runoff rates for the storm events and helps in extending the roof life by 20 years or more.

I have attached my report of my research into the implementation of green roofs in the City of Chicago. I have completed the tasks set forth in my proposal of September 23rd, 2015. Those goals were as follows: to determine both the fiscal and environmental ramifications of select green roof implementation.

A green roof is a layered system, partially or completely covering the roof area and with the vegetation being planted directly in the soil media (Stewart, 2013). It is important to have a good understanding about the type of vegetated roofs and their maintenance as a facility manager. This combination of natural and man-made facility is expanding at a dynamic pace and proves to be beneficial in providing sustainability. All the basic stratigraphic composition remaining the same, green roofs can be classified as: Traditional vegetated roofs and Modular vegetated roofs (Velazquez, 2003). The difference between the two is the method of their installation and their mobility. Traditional roofs in general use either a single- ply or a multi-ply waterproofing system which is then followed by a drainage membrane and the substrate/ soil media. Whereas in a modular system the drainage, soil substrate and the plants are supported in a High density polyethylene (HDPE) trays of varying size, which are then transported to the roofs and installed. Traditional roofs can further be classified as: Extensive, Semi-intensive and Intensive (Wark and Wark, 2003). Extensive roofs are of low profile and performance, which are designed for maximum thermal and hydrological performance and minimum weight load. They contain low profiles of 6 inches or less, with smaller plant diversity and low access for active human use. When compared to extensive roofs, semi-intensive are slightly higher in profile

The immediate outcomes of contacts with nearby nature include enjoyment, relaxation, and lowered stress levels. In addition, the research results indicate that physical well-being is affected by such contacts. People with access to nearby natural settings have been found to be healthier than other individuals. The long-term indirect impacts also include increased levels of satisfaction with one’s home, one’s job, and with life in general. (Qtd in Kahn, 15)

The focus of this project is in China, it aims to promote the use of green building and energy efficient resources to the structures. Given that China is a big country with a large population, sustainability is an important matter for them for the welfare of them as well as the future generation. This business plan would help them in achieving the said goals.

Green building practices plan to diminish the ecological effect of building. The principal guideline is that the greenest building is the building that doesn 't get fabricated. Since development quite often debases a building site, not constructing at all is desirable over green building, regarding lessening ecological effect. The second decide is that each building ought to be as little as could be allowed. The third lead is not to help sprawl, regardless of the possibility that the most vitality productive, naturally sound techniques are utilized as a part of outline and development. Urban infill destinations are desirable over suburban "greenfield" locales