ARCG 510 – ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN VIIASSIGNMENT 1:
UNDERSTANDING THEORY
Tasneem Alajmi -20185283 Nuha Ahmed -20185555 Kawther yusuf -
20185595
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Research on Green Design
Strategy of Office Building
Hong Chen, Wei Luo, Fengbing
Zhao, Limei Geng, Shiyun Cheng
 INTRODUCTION

01 02 03

Energy conservation Outdoor Comfortability &

and environmental environment Feasibility
protection

04 05
Reasonable overall Use energy-saving and emission-
planning reduction design methods &
Strengthen the use of new energy

Office buildings differentiate from other buildings in a number of ways, and the necessary techniques are carefully chosen based on things like use
functions. One of them is green building design, which is the use of energy-saving and environmentally friendly technology in building design and
construction to lower the energy consumption of architecture. Natural consequences impose additional difficulties that we must overcome.
Raffles City Chongqing
Safdie Architects
A Research and analysis on
the pertinent strategies of
green building design are
required to effectively
ensure that the project can
be carried out in line with
the requirements of green
public buildings.
Main features of headquarters
 Energy conservation and
environmental protection
Office buildings use a lot of
energy, with a significant
percentage of that energy
coming from the energy usage of
air conditioning, heating,
ventilation, and photoelectric
lighting. The office building's
heat load is lower and its cooling
load is higher.
 Outdoor environment
Considering the surrounding
unavoidably have some impact
on the urban environment,
transportation networks, and
municipal services.
 Main principles of green
building design
Raffles City Chongqing
Safdie Architects

 Comfortability

the effectiveness of energy

conservation use The
architecture keeps up efficient
lighting and ventilation,
completely meeting user
demands.

 feasibility
Energy conservation and
environmental protection must be
implemented, but it's also crucial to
ensure the plan is feasible while
taking necessary costs and economic
rewards into account.
 Key Points of Green Building Design for
Office Buildings

Water-saving
Reasonable Design
Overall Planning water-saving appliances
rainwater recycling

Use Energy-saving ,
Location &
surrounding
Emission-reduction
Strengthen The
environment Layout design Design Methods Use Of New
detailed assessment of the
infrastructure Energy
Conditions, functionality
climate , characteristics and Ventilation And use of renewable energy.
surrounding environment Use of thermal At present, solar energy
insulation Lighting Design
and wind energy
materials make full use of
natural ventilation and the
energy-saving design of the wall rational application of air-
structure, materials : polystyrene conditioning equipment. the
board, concrete hollow block, application of high-efficiency
sandwich lighting Systems (LED).
composite wall
CONCLUTION

This paper explains the key point of office building green design ideas. The use of green
building design is required for achieving a sustainable development in the context of rising
awareness of environmental challenges. To reduce building energy consumption,
numerous energy-saving and emission-reduction design techniques must be actively
employed. Additionally, it is important to increase the usage of new energy, which is better
suited to meeting the objective of environmental conservation.
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Green office buildings
a practical guide to development
 Introduction

This book shows readers how to create an office building that is environmentally
friendly and economically efficient. Furthermore, it covers the specifics of site
planning, design, sustainable construction, facilities management, financing and
leasing, as well as governmental policies and trends. This book also provides
excellent examples of green office buildings already in existence while teaching
readers about the business case for green buildings as well as how to design and
build a sustainable office building.

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 SUMMARY OF THEORIES / CONCEPTS
BUILDING GREEN ON A BUDGET

green design must be integrated into Only when necessary does a

each project at the very start of work computerized lighting system replace
to make it a part of a building's DNA natural light.

Before we plan or design a single element, we Green buildings may be more expensive to
should consider the entire project site, construct than conventional buildings, especially
exterior, interior, and budget as a whole. when more advanced technologies are used, but
they may offer significant cost savings over time.

Applicability of theories /
concepts EXTERIOR DESIGN
The two most important aspects of
sustainable design are building
orientation and building form in
relation to the site's characteristics.
Compared to any other active or
passive system, they can significantly
improve energy efficiency and the
comfort of the occupants.
Setting a budget for an office
project can be made easier by
choosing green building
technologies, products, and
materials. INTERIOR DESIGN
floor layout are also cost - efficient
ways to green a building. Wherever
possible, the use of long, narrow floor
plates maximizes the use of natural
daylighting and reduces the need for
artificial illumination, reduces energy
consumption, minimizes heat gain
from artificial lighting, and reduces the
need for air conditioning.
BUILDING FORM
The office space can benefit from having wide
convex facades on the north and south and very
narrow facades on the east and west; the
curvature and orientation maximize exposure to
Northeast View daylight through the full-height glazing.
GLAZING
To reduce heat loss, several layers of glazing
with low-e coatings are preferable. The
addition of inert low-conductivity gas between
layers improves the insulating properties even
further.
INTERIOR FINISHES
Dark interior finishes absorb light instead of
reflecting it, necessitating the use of higher-
wattage bulbs.
FLOOR PLANNING
Plans that encourage the use of shared space
are more efficient, requiring less overall
square footage and thus reducing the overall
footprint of the building.
 Resilience design in headquarter

1- The building envelopes are improved and Building designers must improve
airtight.2-Improved drainage systems for everyday durability through improved
Implement fire safety precautions, building envelopes and durable
water-prone areas of buildings.3-Storm-proof
use fire-resistant materials, and interior finishes to ensure buildings
vents in mechanical rooms4- Flood-
plan escape routes. last longer than their average lifespan.
controlling barriers at ground level

Heavy rain and fire resistance life expectancy

hurricanes

temperature construction
extremes envelopes

Strategies that improve energy efficiency help to
improve the building's resilience in the absence of
electrical power. through the use of high R-value
insulation, natural ventilation, solar shading, and
operable windows
Airtight sealing and adequate insulation
for areas such as windows, doors, and
roofs are required for a building to
maintain high durability and flexibility.
Conclusion
simple techniques that we propose to apply in our project
The book provides simple green Rooms that are most
management techniques for improving effectively designed
have at least two
the environmental performance of a separate openings,
headquarter , which can lead to cost one for air to enter
savings from energy conservation, and one for air to exit
(preferably higher
lower lifecycle costs, and increased than the intake
employee productivity. opening).
advanced energy
management system
that monitors outdoor
temperatures and
humidity When the
outside temperature is
comfortable, the
system turns off the
HVAC system and
allows the windows to
be opened.
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Sustainable office design
unlocking performance and productivity
 SUSTAINABLE OFFICE DESIGN
UNLOCKING PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY

INTRODUCTION:

Environmental
This report shows the importance of a sustainable design in office Sustainability

buildings in terms of productivity, better work quality and

reductions in energy bills. It’s also focus on the basic elements
that should considered when designing a sustainable building
Social Economic
and how we can improve these elements to provide a better Sustainability Sustainability
outcome, As well as how the sustainable buildings will effect the
environment, economy and society.
DESIGN CONCEPTS
Examples

Interface’s Entropy
carpet came about
when a designer
noticed the random
Biomimicry beauty of autumn This randomness was included into the patterning of carpet tiles,
leaves on a forest reducing installation waste to 1%, and making the replacing of
floor. tiles more easy, while appealing aesthetically to customers.
Biomimicry is the study of nature
applied to design and innovation.

Nature has been trying things out

for ages and designers are learning
how to apply these lessons from
Spider silk has more
the nature level to entire systems.
tensile strength,
relative to its weight,
than steel. And this
fact inspired many
designs to create
lightweight structures
with a high tensile
strength. FTL Studio mimics the tensile strength of spider silk in its elegant,
flexible, lightweight structures, and is now beginning to embed
solar cells into the fabric.
 BASIC ELEMENTS WHEN DESIGNING
A SUSTAINABLE OFFICE

use of energy efficient measures or use of renewable,

equipment, energy saving individual control of lighting recycled or recyclable,
mechanisms, devices and levels for different tasks & lightweight, durable and
behavior, and renewable energy evenly diffused natural light non-polluting materials

Energy Light Materials

Air Water

fresh air and thermal use of rain or

comfort, using recycled water, and
natural ventilation water saving
devices
 ADAPTABILITY & RESILIENCE

An ability to reconfigure headquarter to meet future

needs. This can be achieved through: • Use multiple energy sources

• modular furniture
• Multiple water sources

• raised floors so that furniture can be moved

and work stations reconnected • Disaster Fortitude design

• refurbishment – extending the furniture • Passive system

useful life and allowing a ‘makeover’
without starting from scratch

• Reduce environmental effects

• avoiding styles that will quickly date

CONCLUTION

When designing a headquarter, sustainability and resilience are very important terms that
should be considered. Biomimicry is a unique and smart way to achieve sustainability an
resilience in headquarter design as well as invited new techniques and create a smart
building. Another principles that should apply in headquarter is reduce the use of energy
and use renewable energy sources, maximize natural ventilation and reduce heat gain,
maximize daylight through windows, and use recycled water. All these principles will
finally lead to a perfect sustainable headquarter.
Summary
simple techniques that we propose to apply in our project
The Facilities Engineering
Division (FED) of the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) works
as sustainable building
techniques develop. FED has
continued to make advances
toward sustainability
accomplishments that
promotes a culture of green
building practice as part of its
efforts to maintain upgrade,
and modernize NASA's real
estate.
In 2006, NASA continued to
submit applications for the
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)
certification program of the US
Green Building Council.
NASA facility requirements
policy required that facility
projects achieve a minimum
LEED Silver rating and,
whenever possible, strive for
LEED Gold.
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