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STWR Ion ed Inside: Longevity — Why it matters | The Shophouse; our love affair with the old | Living Building Challenge —A new standard for certification| Jason F. McLennan, ~ (UNE MOIE EM e Re CCAM URL os AT ee ee Oe ate \With projects from Australia, China, Inia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, ad Thailand ENERGY-EFFICIENT RETROFITTING OF THE EECCHI OFFICE by Gregers Reimann eects fas Scene i Sess 2Teecocon sts erect Dagan toneghon cya ‘ert pana 190 FUTURARC The ft oor ofthe Annex Bulng ofthe Directorate General of Electric in inka, donee was votes wt the soe golf achevhg suas nergy savings The vote fice soece houses th ery Een Censevatin Gearing Hause Indonesia EEC, whose misono irerease awareness and frawleogesbut energy een tought Indes. As such, thw eergy-fiintratit of h fce prenige fams a ata pa of thir wor Apart om damonsraing ermal 63-pecent cop in eer ansumption tis vot als sgnicanty improves the toa envroanert wth respect to tera confor, ak qu, digg, window views and nose ees, hence proving wong the cummort ed miscanceptin tha rea ein cores at the erpnee of ternal conor. The pgoste was shan her; hanks ot ng a demonstetn project, he pedomance ingroveent wre wel ocunorted Thereof bling stated coal in Jakarta, jus ast ofthe oad irtersecton in Jalan Csatarea ae Jaln HR, Ratu Si. Te man fgade of ‘he buling aces no oa busy four-lane oad at iste source of sgniicant trafic os that canbe hard even inside the bug. Te reason for thse ue tothe bung fagade’s por sound insulin a a rest of single pag, The parable widows caro bo asd hy ana tauty around the tana—a canman sgt or low-rise fice bldngs nhs par of he won. was ‘heretrcla tom te begining at someting had tbe dane to imorove the ‘elomanoe of th windows Morn, the dor to he raualy-reltd fre escae tacate was ef permanent ape, which any added tthe nfo of taht ard humid aside arin te al eontoned oie spaces Tre offce had other tla ‘et design that ths revo rjc set out © nprove up, Ft te bung was making ue et tral vertical Dips hat wore contanty engaged, esvong both the ex ofdayight imo the oices and ccing ans to the uti Second the det ighing system wasnt (18 tubes} ard was ast always sched on, Fly, the cetalal-condtionlng ‘tem wasnt runnng often supplying a constant amount of osha ‘agar ofthe occupancy. owe paraps less typical chalnge faced was hata the ulng rmanagaments ets ocosane onary. te canal acontonng ese was swt oft hve inthe aero every ay eevng he occupants to rake vith tual vertiatn by apeing te windons. Ths acre atected te ait of ‘he oxcupants tocar ctl fc wrk de to indo: temperatures soaring om 28 0 31 cares Coss, reaasng fumiaty ves, ng nenshing wae noe, cad Ered aro Cora Pers Pe Prag RETROFITTING STRATEGIES CG the stustion at had, ne kay satega nt trofiin projet were o make te Duiting envelop aight; make fl use o! he agg ana instal enery-tient systems for asondoning and lating as a 36 cotoling Yes Syn tga FAGADE The petead scution wa o replace the existing sngle-lazed eth spect seactva double gazed window However, his soliton Was fund be prbibitvel expense. As aur, an aden wi'donpane sede instead from ini, w much cheaper an yet il sateectary olution, The indo was wide enough to allow for an adil window tame oe ntl eal a 50-milimete gap betwosn the eating and new windowpanes, nroging Su en si gab sgifeaty prc tha Bormann of he wage more important, bth he scouste performance bl x side and the a-ghiness were great entanc were installed for sce 90H afew and an ornary donpane—an 6 When removing the suspend oper barr preventing ouside a tom entering 2 pal of terete was o ensure shines th inluing ini the suspended celing spac, vn en spec, etre ouing en DAYLIGHT This offce had agret. yet unexpited,ptenal for eing amos 100 percent an daylighting, Ber neta at itt o 6.2 depres soth of he equator, and 2 T-etre oorang tate 1 7-met tl wndows wile also benetng 3 aca, te otce was area Gsigned ta lok det sigh througout the year Morac the Tmt al paapet wal nes a 0S-mete horizontal edge ust cutis the window, whic sa erect cation er plang ink-eecve igh hel and detecting the ctse capt up ano te oaling note ofiee sft 2 rom hs hsb, te oncrense the teow of daylight by 30 percent io 4 mets, refctor sly adjustable nal bnas woul, when engage tt matted 45-

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