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Report on Investigating Aspects of Green Building Projects

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Report on Investigating Aspects of Green Building Projects

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Green Building Project 1GREEN BUILDING PROJECTNameCourseProfessorUniversityCity/stateDate
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Green Building Project 2Executive SummaryClimate change is a global concern that is affecting lives of many people in different parts of the world. Construction industry contributes significantly to climate change. This has led to promotion of sustainable development in construction industry. Green building is one of the major approaches of sustainable development in construction industry. This report aims at investigating various phases and aspects of green building projects. The phases discussed are: preliminary design; detailed design; and testing, evaluation & validation and optimization phases. Each of these phases plays a key role in successful implementation of green building projects. Human factors such as comfort, safety, air quality and operating and maintenance costs should also be considered when implementing green building projects. Finally, the report recommends involvement of all stakeholders from early stages of the project so that they can have better understanding, give opinions and accomplish their roles and responsibilities as expected towards successful completion of these projects.
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Green Building Project 3Table of Contents1.Introduction.......................................................................................................................................42.Preliminary design phase..................................................................................................................53.Detailed design and development phases.........................................................................................64.System test, evaluation & validation and optimization...................................................................75.Human factors...................................................................................................................................96.Conclusion and Recommendations.................................................................................................10References................................................................................................................................................11
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Green Building Project 41.Introduction The benefits of green building projects cannot be overemphasized. In recent years, these projects have become the top in sustainable development[ CITATION Dar16 \l 1033 ]. Many countries are making significant efforts to promote green building projects so that they can realize their potential economic, environmental and social benefits[ CITATION Hwa17 \l 1033 ]. Research about green building projects has also increased because of public concerns regarding the impacts that construction industry has on global climate change[ CITATION Tat151 \l 1033 ], energy use and human health[ CITATION Kho17 \l 1033 ] and wellbeing[ CITATION Tha14 \l 1033 ]. The main objectives of green building projects are to minimize resource utilization, improve human comfort and health[CITATION Sin \l 1033 ], boost utilization of renewable energy and minimize waste generation and environmental disturbances throughout the project’s lifecycle[ CITATION Gou13 \l 1033 ]. In general, green building approach aims at ensuring that buildings and other structures are designed, constructed, operated and maintained with minimal resource usage[ CITATION Wed08 \l 1033 ] thus reducing unfavorable impacts that these structures would have on the environment[ CITATION Kub10 \l 1033 ]. In other words, green building projects aim at increasing efficiency of the building throughout its lifecycle[ CITATION Owe12 \l 1033 ]. Achieving the benefits of green building requires that the project is implemented using green building approach from start to finish[ CITATION Zig08 \l 1033 ]. All stakeholders involved in greenbuilding projects, including client, architect, specialized engineers, contractor and suppliers, must also collaborate so as to achieve expected goals[ CITATION Ahn16 \l 1033 ]. These projects have to be completed through an integrated process right from conceptual phase all the way to demolition phase. This report analyzes the preliminary design phase; detailed design phase; test, evaluation and validation; and optimization of green building projects. The report also discusses
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