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Assignment on Building Environmental Design

   

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Building Environmental Design 1BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNBy NameCourseInstructorInstitutionLocationDate
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Building Environmental Design 2Sustainability in a broader context refers to the wish and desire to perform activities which do not exhaust the resources or have harmful effects on the environment. Sustainable architecture is thus architecture that aims at minimizing the negative impact of the environment that a building can cause. The impact is minimized through the efficient and moderation in the use of building materials, development space, the ecosystems as well as energy. In sustainable design, care and conscious approach are applied the conservation of the ecology and energy during the design of the built environment. In this regard, ecological design is geared towards ensuring that our decisions and actions now do not erode the opportunities that may exist in the future.Sustainable buildings aim at encompassing the principals of sustainable development among them economic development, social development, economic development in the design, building, siting, maintenance and occupation of various buildings. By incorporating the principles of sustainable development, the sustainable design promotes the conservation of the natural environment as well as safeguarding the well-being and human health.Within this task is a comprehensive look into the use of sustainable energy in buildings among them the advantages and the disadvantages of the system. The use of sustainable energy has impacts both on the occupants of the building as well as the footprint of the building. Use of sustainable energyEfficient energy is one of the fundamental goals of sustainable design with designers, architects and contractors adopting numerous varied techniques-passive and active- in a bid to curb the energy requirements of the building as well as increasing their ability to generate their own energy. In order to achieve sustainable energy usage in buildings, the architects focus on the
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Building Environmental Design 3environmental resources that are available locally and also influence other factors that are relatedto energy, for example, ventilation, daylight and solar heat gains. The use of site analysis is vital in ensuring maximum exploitation of these natural and energy-related factors. These factors include;Generation of renewable energyThe renewable energy sources that can be generated on site include solar energy which is tapped from sunlight by the use of photovoltaic cells, wind energy tapped by wind turbines, domestic water systems as well as heat pumps. The site experiences winds from the Northeast Sector. This wind can be tapped using wind turbines to produce energy[CITATION Pan12 \p 556 \l 1033 ]. The turbines should be placed in such a way that they tap maximum wind on windy days and to the North East sector since this side of the site receives quite a constant amount of wind. In order to increase the maximization of the energy production through wind, small wind turbines can be located on top of the roofs of the individual buildings. The energy tapped would accommodate up to 25% of the domestic energy requirement of the buildings. Having active photovoltaic solar panels on the roofs of the building can also be adopted as a mean of providing sustainable electricity for the buildings. In order to maximize the energy production through solar panels on this site, the photovoltaic cells should be should be oriented towards the south[CITATION Mat131 \p 699 \l 1033 ]. Efficiency of heating, cooling and ventilation systemsAmong the passive architectural strategies in achieving this efficiency include window orientation and size and arrangement of the rooms or spaces in a building[CITATION Ori15 \p 698 \l
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