High Rise Buildings : Massive Energy Consumers

Course: ARC 103 Title: Architecture and Sensitivity: A Manifesto for Sustainable Design This manifesto proposes an approach to sustainable design that I am interested in exploring during my time studying architecture. The idea of sustainability is a complex one, not without apparent contradictions. This makes it difficult to define in a wholly satisfactory manner. For the purposes of this manifesto I will advert to the definition proposed by Jason McLennan who asserts that sustainable design: “seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.” I find this definition particularly useful in the emphasis which it places on quality. By quality, in this

Interior design is a profession that is undertaken academically just like other professional careers. It mainly involves the development and imparting of skills, knowledge and attitudes that pertains the activities undertaken in the building and construction industry. The profession of interior designing goes beyond designing how a structure will look because it incorporates environmental issues especially aesthetic value of the structure to be constructed, the ergonomics, local fire codes and besides studying fundamental design issues and practice in the building and construction industry (Guerin & Thompson, 2014). Even though the profession is not as old as some of the established professions, the fact remains that the fundamentals of design

skyscraper architecture "http://www.coshe.com/search/" The architectural design of the 20th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern technology. Benny Louie Humanity 450 Dr. Maureen Schmid 17 May 1999 The architectural design of the 20th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern

They perceived social attributes of the architectural features as important. The appropriate alterations for building front (e.g., entrance and porch), height and scale were to solidify community’s demographic character and strengthen their social bond and diversity. However, this study illustrated that a controversy can arise in the pursuit of social bond and diversity. For instance, the desire for protection of the existing residents from gentrification conflicted with the desire for social diversity (i.e. building height and scale) in this study. Furthermore, participants evaluated an acceptable change depending on how the original features were, on how they had been modified and how they have been currently serving a social function. (i.e., building entrances and porches). The affordability and practicality of the features were also important issues. Wealthy Heights was historically a working class neighborhood. Many low income families still live in this district to this day. Such a recognition seems associated with the issues and influential to the importance and/or acceptable treatments for the materials. Interestingly, these concerns resulted in participants’ interest in construction materials and technology for a green

Over the past few decades a small number of designers and design professionals have begun to realize their influence on the natural world and have decided to change the way they think of design and designing. This new approach has become known as sustainable design. Sustainable Design is a design philosophy that seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment. In others words designing physical objects with the idea of creating under the principles of ecological sustainable compositions. This type of design is being having great advance and advertising during the last couple of years, therefore is becoming a new alternative in terms of designing and

Reducing Your Energy Bill: The Study of the Effects of Heat on Roofs Ricardo Medina Cathedral High School Abstract Would painting your house a different color change its overall temperature? The project presented is about the studies of the effects of different colored paints when applied to a building’s roof. In the studies it was discovered that a lighter color will not keep the heat trapped so a light colored house will do well in a hot region, such as El Paso. A darker colored house would trap the heat, so a house that is darker will serve a better purpose in a colder region. The materials needed for this project are acrylic paint in red, white, brown. Apply the paint to three different boxes. When that is done set a timer for 30 min and leave the boxes outside and record the temperatures. Once the time is up, record the readings and input them into a chart. This will make it easier to analyze the results and see the differences between each temperature. This experiment can help you decide what color is the best option to paint your roof. Doing this experiment can help notice what colors regulate temperature the best in different environment.

Course: ARC 103 Title: Architecture and Sensitivity: A Manifesto for Sustainable Design This manifesto proposes an approach to sustainable design that I am interested in exploring during my time studying architecture. The idea of sustainability is a complex one, not without apparent contradictions. This makes it difficult to define in a wholly satisfactory manner. For the purposes of this manifesto I will advert to the definition proposed by Jason McLennan who asserts that sustainable design: “seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.” I find this definition particularly useful in the emphasis which it places on quality. By quality, in this

Sustainability, a common vocab being used in design industry nowadays. It is mean to design something with a well consideration of improve environment, people and economic, which has become the fundamental aspect when comes to initiate the design thinking. According to Oxford Institute for sustainable development, the tools to measure and construct sustainable urban development are prejudicial focus on environmental and economic aspects. Most of the time, ecological and economical sustainability are well concerned but Social sustainable, which merely shown or mentioned on any press or architect’s forum. This essay will talk about the social sustainability in design, by defining the social sustainability in design, the key elements of the

The topic of the emergence of architecture could be the first concern of energy in the design process of an architect. In a small scale and narrow definition of energy, when designing one building at one location in a short period time, the major concerns of energy in the emergence of architecture would be in the construction process and system, which consume great amount of

Interior design and architecture are essential, and often overlooked, aspects of everyday life. In modern society people rely on function, durability, and visual appeal when selecting designs for their homes, businesses, and places of leisure. The way that a space is designed influences such things as mood, which,

HOW TO MAKE WORK EFFICIENT IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN In today’s world, having a job has become a major part of our lives. As human beings, we want to have the capacity to provide for ourselves, and become less dependent on others. This is because depending on others makes people to lose respect and self-esteem. As the need for job increases, so does the need for a better working environment. Many of the jobs today are conducted indoors rather than outdoors. For this reason, construction companies have to ensure that the buildings they construct provide employees with an outdoor-like feeling to improve their efficiency at the workplace. Office jobs require employees to sit down for long hours, which can have negative effects on their health. The key to improved employee morale lies in the design, maintenance, and setup of the workplace because they spend the majority of their time in that space.

In the past few decades, climate change has been an essential topic for the global citizens due to the use of fossil fuel and other pollutions, which contribute an estimated 70% of the world’s energy-related greenhouse gases (Jiang, W., Pitts, A. and Gao, Y., 2016). The design strategy for energy-efficient buildings is based on climate analysis, the main benchmark to define criteria design, in order to reduce the usage of non-renewable energy (Boeri, A. & Longo, D.2010). Sustainability can be defined as: ‘the physical development and institutional operating practices that meet the needs of present users without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, particularly with regard to use and waste of natural

My argument is how sustainable architecture can be used and how it can benefit the Earth and it’s residence in an environmental or cost-effective way. Thus, leading to exploration of the different forms, of technology and materials used. Further developing my research on how culture, or time, might have affected, what or why, the building might have been constructed in a certain way, and also how the location might have affected the designs, of the buildings.

Tall buildings are built with an abundant amount of resources because of their enormous scale. This paper presents sustainable structural engineering strategies for tall buildings, which will lead to the construction of tall buildings with less amount of structural material to meet design requirements. Selecting a particular structural system for tall building design involves many complex factors, such as availability of resources, architectural aesthetics, spatial organizations and structural efficiency. SOLUTION OF THE

The hype of creating the tallest building has led to a new type of of architecture. This architecture has various other driving force. These driving forces has started a tug of war across the