Global Warming And Its Effects On The Earth 's Environment

According to the authors of ‘2014 AIA COTE Top Ten Winner: Arizona State University Student Health Services Building’ Kim A. O’Connell, Katie Weeks, and Annie Milewski, “this project offsets 39 percent of its total energy costs through an onsite, 69-kilowatt photovoltaic array, and renewable energy certificates offset 35 percent of the building’s remaining consumption”. These all help with the sustainability factor and

The first key commitment in the section of Climate Change and Energy states that “we will understand the sources, scope and extent of greenhouse gas emissions associated with our activities and we will continually improve energy and greenhouse gas management at our site”. This is highly beneficial to the community as it allows transparency in reporting of the company’s emission profile, inclusive of the emissions from production activities; and ways in which they are intended to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their production and use. It also enables the company to share leading practice and innovation in energy and operational efficiency to deliver savings in emissions and costs that can be dispersed across the entirety of the industry. It will in turn lead to external projects and other opportunities that deliver tangible reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and generate

To obtain the goal of becoming a low carbon city by 2050 will require long-term changes and increased cooperation and collaboration between the city’s government, businesses, community organizations, and

There needs to be integration on all levels of society and among the various stakeholders in order to have any hope of restricting warming to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius, therefor limiting the disastrous potential impacts. This report will detail and inventory some of the most ambitious climate action plans and applied policies from a selection of the most influential and innovative cities, businesses, and universities in the world. Data collected from policies around the world as well as emissions targets relay the actions already in place. Additionally, an analysis of the methods within California and Sweden in terms of GHG emissions, reductions targets and

Global Warming is quickly becoming a growing issue for large urban cities in America. As we expand our urban areas with the growing population, cities use more energy for air conditioning, water, and lighting (). Although air conditioning is powered by electricity, many urban cities rely on the combustion of coal for energy (). Combustion of coal emits CO2 and deadly gases into the atmosphere which leads to Global Warming (). Buildings in urban areas use conventional roofs as their main aesthetics. Conventional roofs are generally comprised of tar and gravel. On hot summer days, conventional rooftops can be 27–50°C hotter than the surrounding air temperature. This happens because the albedo of tar and gravel is extremely low which allows for the sun’s energy to be absorbed instead of reflected (). The increased temperature leads to urban heat islands (). Increasing higher albedo surfaces on roofs will result in more reflection of solar energy away from the urban areas (). Rooftops covered in plants, also known as Green Roofs have grown popular tremendously in the last decade. These rooftops are covered in natural greenery like small trees, bushes, flowers, grass, etc. Green roofs are cost effective way to solve many problems with global warming in urban areas (). Environmentalists could use data from satellites and compare the number of green roofs and

On a more general level, certain building codes and standards must undergo changes and be able to adapt “in anticipation of changes to weather patterns wrought by global warming.” However, certain building standards seem to be slow to change, with the National Construction Code, or NCC, “loosening… requirements with respect to energy performance” and “not yet [containing

I think a considerable measure that can be taken would be to address the threat of climate change to the main international countries contributing to it. I think all countries should discuss and create a solution to minimize the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the earths’ climate change. Such a level should be achieved within a timeframe sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure food production is not threatened and to allow economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner. One example of this in our world today is the use of “Green Building� technology or “Sustainable Design� in architectural design of structures. This innovative idea of building allows structures to be built using recycled materials or substances that are less harmful to the environment. The efficient use of light and energy would be the most concentrated means of achieving a specific design goal.

Progressive deterioration of global warming and protection of environment are important areas of interest for the whole world. Buildings as an underlying cause are responsible for global warming. Edwards (1996) pointed out that building has a key role to play as they are one of the major sources of energy consumption. And he (1996) also stated with some statistics to support this point that buildings account for about half of all global – energy, water, and raw materials as well as in the EU (Edwards, 1996, P. xiv). And another data is that buildings constitute about 45 per cent of carbon-dioxide emissions (John, 1998, P. xi). In addition, buildings should be accountable to most of land loss in agriculture. But it does not

Global warming is considered as the impacts of human activities on the climate (Houghton, 2005). The temperature increases observed since the middle of last century have resulted from the increases of greenhouse gas emissions (Eckard, 2010). As the issues of health problem and nature disasters draw more and more attention, GHG emissions reduction becomes a key issue in every walk of life, from politics to business. According to the latest data from Environment Canada, the construction industry contributed to around 1.4 Mt CO2e annually between 2005 and 2011 (Environment Canada, 2013). Although, it accounts for only 1.7% of total Canadian GHG emissions in 2011 (Environment Canada, 2013), this is still a considerable amount, which requires

“North American homes, offices and other buildings contribute an estimated 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year—more than one third of the continent 's greenhouse gas pollution output” (Biello). Global warming is a worldwide issue that is thought to be one of the most severe problems around the globe. Pollution in the atmosphere is one of the main causes of global warming. This pollution starts to build up and destroy the ozone layer causing an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere (Lee). There are simple methods that can be followed to help decrease global warming. Green building is a building process that is used to make buildings more environmental-friendly. This process is used throughout the whole building life cycle, which includes everything from making the design of the building up to the demolition of the building. Cooperation of all the people involved in the building process is very important throughout each stage in the project. This process can lead to a much better and easier way to help the global warming issue throughout the world. Many people may oppose to green building because of the higher cost for new equipment and materials that are environmental-friendly (Rajendran).

To enable ambitions and targets listed within white papers such as the Sustainable Development Plan (2005), the Strategy for Sustainable Construction (2008) and the Climate Change Bill (2009) there must be a continuation of the legacy of sustainable construction as demonstrated at London 2012 and Glasgow 2014. There are opportunities to embrace

This policy memo response the People’s Climate March held on New York, September 21, 2014, by focusing on how to decrease New York’s level greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels . Despite the fact that 195 countries have become Parties to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and 192 countries have signed the protocol , the climate crisis has not been solved but accelerated. By introduction a new energy-efficient standard in New York City to both public and private buildings could largely relieve this intensified situation and help sustain momentum from the People’s Climate March. This new proposal will transform New York City into an eco-friendly city with less greenhouse gas

As of 2007, the American Institute of Architects acknowledges that local political leaders across the country have pushed ahead on sustainability and green building issues. To green their communities, they have taken measures such as passing several laws, initiatives as well as “going green” propaganda. However, it’s important to ask, in the U.S. building industry, is it easy to be green? Being eco-friendly does not only take an immeasurable amount of time, but it’s expensive, and communities think they won’t make a significant impact to the environment by making “green” choices. According to the

There is lots of evidence proving that global warming is not a myth. What can we do to help with rising climate change? One way would be to re-think about how we build. There are a lot of new green building ideas, and people are starting to incorporate into their home designs.

"Global Warming": Global Warming is not a conqueror to kneel before- but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.