“Buildings consume more resources than necessary, negatively impact the environment, and generate a large amount of waste.” U.S. Department of Energy, 2003 The challenge, today, is to build intelligently, so that buildings use a minimum of non-renewable resources and produce a minimum of pollution and wastes, while increasing the well-being of the occupants. This paper is an effort to understand the importance of building materials’ selection in sustainable design and the place of traditional
The building industry has long been overpowered by the use of a select number of construction materials, largely concrete, masonry and steel. In more recent times however, an increased emphasis has been placed on environmental sustainability within the architectural realm and as a result, cross laminated timber (CLT) is becoming a more prominent building material due to its design flexibility, cost-competiveness, structural integrity and most importantly, its sustainable attributes. CLT was firstly
aware of the different types of materials used during the construction process. The purpose of this tutorial is to explain what we encountered during our site visit. Roofing plays a very important part of a building, not only aesthetically but structurally. There are many different types of materials used for roofing systems. Timber is one of the materials that is most commonly used in construction. Timber is one of the most environmentally friendly building materials available. It is extraordinarily
Cross Laminated Timber Over the past few decades, practitioners and researchers across the world have managed to make advancements in building system technologies that require the use of large dimension engineered wood panel elements, columns and beams. Commonly referred to as “mass timber”, these engineered wood products have given builders and designers the ability to construct large scale structures with higher performance for commercial use. Mass timber has revolutionized the use of wood in
Introduction: Autoclaved aerated concrete (“AAC”) is currently one of the many building products being touted as “green” or “environmentally friendly.” AAC is not a new building material. is a lightweight manufactured building stone. Comprised of all natural raw materials, AAC is used in a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential applications and has been in use in Europe for over 70 years, the Middle East for the past 40 years, and South America and Australia for approximately 20 years
Introduction Green Architecture Definition and Origin Green architecture or Sustainable building is the practice of building homes which are environment friendly and resource efficient throughout its life time. It is a way of reacting to the global economic crisis, environmental issues, growing human population, destruction of natural resources and the loss of biodiversity. While it may seem that this practice started only a few decades ago when environmentalists and conservationist were given
Original Design Planning The Barclays Center lies on a 22 acres land area with the original design as shown in figure 2. The arena has a conspicuous canopy 85ft high and cantilevers right above the main entrance and supported by 135,000 steel structure which spans through the length the roof and below the roof (Barclays Center, 2016). Once complete, the indoor arena had a space of 675,000. The arena also has a steel oculus which reaches 80 foot high. The arena was also designed to have a green roof
is the easy availability of the material especially in India. The use of bamboo as a structural construction material is also gaining popularity primarily because it is a rapidly growing material which makes it sustainable. It has many positive engineering attributes such as its high strength and durability. The goal of assessing bamboo’s potential to meet construction techniques as a low-cost, eco-friendly manner. Keywords: bamboo, easy availability, sustainable, low cost construction, eco friendly
design the Earth Sciences Building (ESB) at the University of British Columbia. ESB is designed to develop the growing relations between the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmosphere, the Department of Statistics, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, the Dean of Science and the Pacific Museum of the Earth, providing important chances for shared learning and partnership. Placed along Main Mall, the primary north-south pedestrian route on campus, the building provides opportunity to add
With global warming, the world's attention on building energy efficiency is increasing. There are a large proportion of architects recognised that the main factor of global warming is the use of building energy generated by CO2. Sustainable architecture is involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources. There are several major elements need to be considered, such as technology, economy and Health . However, architects pay their greatest attention to environment. Because