GREEN BUILDING

DONE BY: LIIK HUI ZHEN

TAN YII JIE
CONTENT
1. WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING?
2. WHY IS GREEN BUILDING SO IMPORTANT?
3. BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING
4. WHAT ARE GREEN FEATURES / CHARACTERISTICS OF A GREEN BUILDING
5. GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
6. GREEN BUILDING IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
7. GREEN BUILDING IN WESTERN EUROPE
8. GREEN BUILDING IN CANADA
9. GREEN BUILDING IN JAPAN
10. MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE DID
WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING?

• A ‘GREEN’ BUILDING IS A BUILDING THAT, IN ITS

DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION, REDUCES OR
ELIMINATES NEGATIVE IMPACTS, AND CAN CREATE
POSITIVE IMPACTS, ON OUR CLIMATE AND NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT. GREEN BUILDINGS PRESERVE
PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES AND IMPROVE OUR
QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHY IS GREEN BUILDING SO
IMPORTANT?
• GREEN BUILDING PROMOTES THE EFFICIENCY OF
BUILDINGS WITH REGARDS TO THE USE OF WATER,
ENERGY AND MATERIALS WHILE REDUCING THE
BUILDING’S IMPACT ON INDIVIDUAL’S HEALTH AND
THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH BETTER DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTAINANCE AND
REMOVAL.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

ENVIRONMENTAL
• ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF BENEFIT GREEN BUILDINGS
OFFER IS TO OUR CLIMATE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. GREEN
BUILDINGS CAN NOT ONLY REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
ON THE ENVIRONMENT, BY USING LESS WATER, ENERGY OR NATURAL
RESOURCES, BUT THEY CAN – IN MANY CASES – HAVE A POSITIVE
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT (AT THE BUILDING OR CITY SCALES) BY
GENERATING THEIR OWN ENERGY OR INCREASING BIODIVERSITY.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

• ENHANCE AND PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND
ECOSYSTEMS.
• IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY.
• REDUCE WASTE STREAMS.
• CONSERVE AND RESTORE NATURAL RESOURCES.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

ECONOMIC
• GREEN BUILDINGS OFFER A NUMBER OF ECONOMIC OF FINANCIAL
BENEFITS, WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO A RANGE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR
GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDE COST SAVINGS ON UTILITY BILLS
FOR TENANTS AND HOUSEHOLDS (THROUGH ENERGY AND WATER
EFFICIENCY); LOWER CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND HIGHER PROPERTY
VALUE FOR BUILDING DEVELOPERS; INCREASED OCCUPANCY RATES OR
OPERATING COSTS FOR BUILDING OWNERS; AND JOB CREATION.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

• REDUCE OPERATING COSTS.
• IMPROVE OCCUPANT PRODUCTIVITY.
• ENHANCE ASSET VALUE AND PROFITS.
• OPTIMIZE LIFE – CYCLE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

SOCIAL
• GREEN BUILDING BENEFITS GO BEYOND ECONOMICS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
BRING POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS TOO. MANY OF THESE
BENEFITS ARE AROUND THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING
OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN GREEN OFFICES OR LIVE IN
GREEN HOMES.
BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

SOCIAL BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING

• ENHANCE OCCUPANT HEALTH AND COMFORT.
• IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY.
• MINIMIZE STRAIN ON LOCAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
• IMPROVE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHAT ARE GREEN FEATURES/
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GREEN
BUILDING?

• MINIMAL DISTURBANCE TO LANDSCAPES AND SIDE CONDITION.

• USE OF NON – TOXIC AND RECYCLED/ RECYCLABLE MATERIAL.
• EFFICIENT USE OF WATER AND WATER RECYCLING.
• USE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ECO – FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT.
• USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
• QUALITY OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY FOR HUMAN SAFETY AND
COMFORT.
• EFFECTIVE CONTROLS AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT IN
THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
• GREEN BUILDINGS ARE PART OF A GLOBAL RESPONSE TO
INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE ROLE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN
CAUSING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
• BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 40% OF ALL GLOBAL
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, ONE OF THE MAIN CULPRITS
IMPLICATED IN THE PHENOMENON OF GLOBAL WARNING.
• EXAMPLES OF COUNTRIES THAT BUILD GREEN BUILDINGS:
1. US
2. WESTERN EUROPE
3. CANADA
4. JAPAN
GREEN BUILDING
IN UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
GREEN
BUILDING IN
WESTERN
EUROPE
GREEN
BUILDING
IN CANADA
GREEN
BUILDING
IN JAPAN
MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
DID
PHOTO OF THE MODEL

View from Above

MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
DID
PHOTO OF THE MODEL

View from Sideways

MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
DID
PHOTO OF THE MODEL

View from the Front

MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
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PHOTO OF THE MODEL

View from the Back

MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
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DRAWING
MODEL OF GREEN BUILDING WE
DID

CHARACTERISTICS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE

DESIGN OF THE MODEL ARE SHOWN AT THE
TABLE BELOW.
 Characteristics Advantages

• Allow sunlight to enter into the building.

Mostly built in glasses. • Light is not needed during daytime.
• Save electricity.

• Easy for the green plants to absorb sunlight during

daytime as they are planted on the roof.
Green plants on the roof.
• Process of photosynthesis can be carried out.
• Oxygen is produced.

• Enable oxygen produced by the green plants to

enter the building.
Specially designed layers under the roof.
• There are 3 layers to prevent the soil on the roof to
drop into the building.

• Enable water to flow through it and absorbed by

Pipes under the roof.
the green plants.
 • Produces a cycle.
• Water flows up when pumped through poles at one
side of the building to water the plants.
• Poles at the other side of the building collect water
that flows through the pipes under the roof and the
water collected flows down through it.
• Water that flows down from high floor to the
Poles of the building are filled with water. ground produces lots of kinetic energy which is
used to generate hydroelectricity. It supplied
electricity at night and the automatic sliding door,
which is the main entrance of the building.
• The water that flows through the poles can also
cool down the building.
• This can decrease the use of air-conditioner and fan
which can also save electricity.
THAT’S ALL AND