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GREEN BUILDING 01 July 2020
GREEN BUILDING 01 July 2020
1. PURPOSE OF BUILDING
Depending on the purpose the site selection will defer:
Residential Building: educational place, market,
transportation facilities etc.
Public Building Post office, Banks, Offices - near the
public place
School Building: Privacy, Noise environmental Ease in
transportation, availability
College Building
Industrial Building : suppliers , market ,storages,
transportation etc.
6. TERRAIN CONDITION
The site should be situated on an elevated place and also
leveled with uniform slopes from one end to the other so
as to provide good and quick drainage of rain water.
so as to have better rain water collection system for
conversation of rainwater. For sustainable building i.e.
Rainwater Harvesting
In other words for site selection - topographic,
geological, hydrogeologic, and atmospheric factors and
conditions must be considered
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Let us know in the comments what you think about the concepts
This means to protect the green fields that are the important trademark for the community and convert
any grayfield or brownfield for the construction purpose.
Having project development that is half a mile away from the populated or residential area.
A site that was previously occupied and form an urban neighborhood is good for development.
Having the project within half mile of amenities. The access to these amenities must also be provided by
means of sidewalks, roadways so that pedestrians can reach easily. The amenities include places of
worship, hospitals and medical centres, post offices, restaurant, stores, libraries and parks.
LEED system application in green building construction not just let the construction happen in a
sustainable manner, but also help develop the community surrounding the construction site
Transportation-
LEED system provides a great concern for proximity of
transportation. When analyzing a building that is seeking LEED
certification, a maximum of 6 credits are given for those
construction sites that are near to public transportation
facilities like subway station, train station and bus station.
The LEED specifies the site to be within a quarter of a mile
walking distance for a minimum of 1 or 2 stops for
transportation. This promotes the use of public transportation
by the future occupants instead of having their own cars. This
reduces traffic, carbon emission and hence the negative
impacts on the environment.
energy and materials flows and that, in order to be sustainable, it must be regenerative,
Landscapes must be created using regenerative design (i.e., design that creates cyclical
flows of matter and energy within the landscape). According to Lyle, a regenerative
system is one that provides for continuous replacement, through its own functional
processes
■■ Minimum use of fossil fuels and man-made chemicals, except for backup
applications