Basic Principles and Guidelines in Design and Construction to

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Content

CONTENT .2

1 BACKGROUND .4

1.1 Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) overview4

1.2 Population and climate change .7

1.3 The building and construction sector .8

2 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE MEASUREMENTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES

IN BUILDINGS.10

3. APPROACHES FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN BUILDINGS .14

3.1 General Approaches.14

Renewable Materials.17

Building Size and Shape .18

Climate Responsive Design.18

3.2 Design Approaches.19

3.2.1 Structural Design and Building Materials 20

3.2.1.1 Interaction between building materials and spatial structures.20

3.2.1.2 Materials for specific spatial structures.21

3.2.1.3 Conventional building materials and related GHG Emissions25

3.2.1.4 “Alternative” building materials and related GHG Emissions.27

3.2.1.5 Combination of Alternative and Common building materials 33

3.2.1.6 Local Materials .33

3.2.1.7 Proportion of a building’s life phases on the total GHG emissions 34

3.2.1.8 Multifunctional Design .35

3.2.1.9 Durability 38

3.2.1.10 Maintenance.40

3.2.1.11 Lifespan – Reuse and Recycling40

3.2.1.11.1 Reuse of components42

3.2.1.11.2 Recycling of building materials.43

3.2.1.11.2.1 Recycling materials made of residual building materials 43

3.2.1.11.2.2 Recycling materials made of industrial by-products44

3.2.1.11.2.3 Recycling materials made of other products, e.g. consumer goods .44

3.2.2 Climate Responsive Building Design 45

3.2.2.1 Introduction.45

3.2.2.2 Basic principles of Climate responsive building.46

3.2.2.3 Climate Factors .48

3.2.2.4 Climate zones and structural requirements .48

3.2.2.4.1 Hot and Humid Climate Zones50

3.2.2.4.2 Arid Climate Zones .55

3.2.2.4.3 The Temperate Climate Zones 60

3.2.2.4.4 The Cold Climate Zones .65

3.2.2.5 Data and Planning Tools.69

3.2.2.5 .1 Collation of Information69

3.2.2.5 .2 Analysis of collated information and building design.71

3.2.3 Energy efficient building conditioning measures and building services engineering 72

3.2.3.1 Natural Lighting72

3.2.3.2 Artificial Lighting .80

3.2.3.3 Natural Ventilation81

3.2.3.4 Mechanical Ventilation:83

3.2.3.5 Cooling, Heating and Air Conditioning 84

3.2.3.5 .1 Cooling techniques86

3.2.3.5 .1.1 Evaporative Cooling .87

3.2.3.5 .1.2 Ground Cooling 89

3.2.3.5 .1.3 Radiative Cooling .90

3.2.3.5 .1.4 Refrigerative Cooling .91

3.2.3.6 Technologies for heating and electricity production.92

3.2.3.6 .1 Passive Solar Heating93

3.2.3.6 .2 Components for active thermal utilisation of solar energy94

3.2.3.7 Sanitation Systems and Water Consumption 96

3.3 The challenge of Guidelines, Regulations and Building Codes 97

4 APPENDIXES.98

4.1 Planning Tools for Climate Responsive Building and Construction in the hot and humid climate

zone of Pondicherry, India” .99

4.2 Life Cycle Assessment Tools104

4.3 Internet Resources Sustainable Building and Construction.108

4.4 International Case Studies.122

Promotion of Cost-Efficient Housing in Ethiopia124

Chumbe Island Coral Park project Tanzania .126

Housing Development Villa Hermosa in Diriamba, Nicaragua.128

Resettlement in Peru 130

Changzhou demonstration project .132

MECM Low Energy Office (LEO) building in Putrajaya Malaysia 134

Buenavista Homes Jugan Consolacion Cebu City, Philippines .136

Bio-Solar House in Thailand .138

60L Green Building, Carlton, Victoria 140

Production Hall “Huebner”142

4.5 Physical Data 144

4.6 References Illustrations .150

4.7 References Literature 162