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Assignment on Festival Walk
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Added on 2021-02-22
Assignment on Festival Walk
Added on 2021-02-22
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Unique eco-building — Festival WalkAt the shopping mall, people can find different types of stores. However, have they ever paid attention to the shopping mall design? Festival Walk is a seven-storied shopping mall which is located in Kowloon Tong. The shopping mall was designed by“Arquitectonica”, a well-known American architectural firm, with “flowing water”, “canyon” and “glacier” as the design layout concepts. In 2017, Festival Walk receivedthe Final Platinum certification of BEAM Plus EB for existing buildings in the Hong Kong Green Building Council(HKGBC). Eco-friendly shopping mall designs of Festival Walk have three major positive impacts on building design and management, namely decreasing operational costs, reducing the amount of environmental pollution,and raising environmental protection awareness among citizens.First of all, an eco-friendly shopping mall design is effective in reducing operational costs. In Festival Walk, the glasses over the atrium are transparent. It provides natural light to the interior of the building. Also, the interior design is dominated by white light. The light inside the mall is brighter and more natural. Also, Festival Walk used anew LED AR111 series for main lighting functions. Compared with halogen AR111 lamps, the LED AR111 series saves up to 80% of energy(MEGAMAN, n.d.). However, it provides the same luminosity. After using LED AR111, energy consumption dropped by 736000 kWh in a year which means less electricity is used
up. HK-BEAM Society (2007) pointed out “Festival Walk converting the air-cooled conditioning system to a water-cooled one in 2002 to improve energy efficiency.” This system has reduced energy consumption by almost 5 million kWh in a year. Festival Walk reduces a large amount of consumption of electric power. Therefore, it cuts back on spending every year.Secondly, an eco-friendly mall design can reduce the amount of environmental pollution. Operating a shopping mall consumes a lot of energy. Using LED AR111 series, Festival Walk carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 515 tons in a year (MEGAMAN, n.d.). Hong Kong Green Building Council(2017) mentioned, “Festival Walk is the first mall to direct thermal energy from the melting of ice from Festival Walk’s Glacier ice skating rink for air conditioning purposes of its office units.” This design can save 43,827kWh of energy annually.Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases. It is produced when electricity is used. And it causes air pollution and global warming. Also, the mall switches off lighting from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Then the mall can avoid light pollution caused by excessive use of lighting systems. Generally, when the amount of energy consumption decreases, it can be less emission reduction and less pollution.
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