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Arch6026 - Building Systems II (2000/2001) Energy and Environmental Systems for Green Buildings

Arch6026 - Building Systems II (2000/2001) Energy and Environmental Systems for Green Buildings. Lecture 01 - Introduction. Welcome back to school!. Contents. Course Description Purpose Issues Strategies Information Sources. Course Description.

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Arch6026 - Building Systems II (2000/2001) Energy and Environmental Systems for Green Buildings

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  1. Arch6026 - Building Systems II (2000/2001)Energy and Environmental Systems for Green Buildings Lecture 01 - Introduction

  2. Welcome back to school!

  3. Contents • Course Description • Purpose • Issues • Strategies • Information Sources

  4. Course Description • Theme: Energy and Environmental Systems for Green Buildings • basic concepts of green buildings • important factors for designing greener environmental systems • Duration: 13 weeks (one semester) BS2

  5. Course Description • Topics: • green building concepts • design of environmental systems • energy efficiency and energy analysis techniques • renewable energy systems • sustainable technology & management • intelligent buildings • building environmental assessment

  6. Course Description • Teaching methods • formal lecture • suggested reading and other references • assignments • case studies • Assessment • coursework - 40%; exam - 60%

  7. Purpose • Survival of our planet: environmental crisis cannot be ignored • air (destruction of Earth’s atmosphere) • global warming, climate change • water (an undervalued resource) • shortage and pollution • fire (the problem of fuels) • fossil fuel burning (coal, oil) • earth (resources and materials)

  8. Drawing by the American architect Malcolm Wells

  9. Purpose • Buildings consume significant resources • how to lessen the environmental impact • GREEN BUILDING • Aims • environmentally responsible and sound • economically viable • ecologically benign • ‘sustainable’ (this term should be used carefully)

  10. Purpose • Green buildings pay • direct benefits (e.g. energy/cost savings) • indirect benefits (e.g. healthier) • wider global benefits (e.g. reduced CO2 emission) • Building life cycle • consider operating cost and performance • design, construction, operation, disposal • Architectural quality

  11. Issues • Major issues • SITE - urban planning, land use, transport • ENERGY - supply, use & generation • WATER - supply, use & reuse • MATERIALS - environ impact & health • WASTE - reduce & recycle • Energy & environmental systems • building services, natural energy

  12. Issues • Important factors • human factors • thermal comfort, visual comfort • indoor air quality • economic factors • first costs, running costs • environmental costs (externality) • building and construction process • from inception, to design, to construction, to maintenance and refurbishment

  13. Strategies • Checklist for environmentally responsive design and construction (http://arch.hku.hk/teaching/bs2/checklist.htm) • design • site issues • materials • equipment • business practices

  14. Strategies • Energy efficiency • building ‘energy performance’ (how to measure) • general issues • climate, human comfort, planning • design issues • building form, envelope, thermal mass • lighting system and daylighting • HVAC & other building systems • management issues

  15. Strategies • Renewable energy • definition: • energy resources that occur naturally and repeatedly in environment and can be harnessed for human benefit • e.g. solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydro, biomass • design considerations • holistic, location-specific, complimentary • demand matching, integration • cost effectiveness

  16. Strategies • Design and analysis • building green demands an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to design and construction • together with investments in energy and resource-efficient materials and technology • Evaluation • environmental assessment methods & indicators

  17. Information Sources • Recommended text (“A Green Vitruvius”) • list price = UKP 25.0 • discounted price = UKP 17.5 (HK$200) • ask Sam Hui for ordering • Reference books in library • see the following web page • http://arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/sustain.htm • suggested reading will be indicated later

  18. Information Sources • Internet resources • many useful online documents on this subject • news and product information • case studies (being developed) • Web sites • http://arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/ • http://arch.hku.hk/teaching/

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