System Engineering Design Environmentally-Conscious Buildings Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the system engineering design for environmentally-conscious buildings. It begins with an introduction to the topic and defines the need for such projects, emphasizing their role in reducing environmental impact. The report then delves into the conceptual design of a green building, detailing its components such as solar panels, insulation, and water collection systems. It explores the operational requirements of the project, focusing on energy generation and water conservation. The report includes diagrams illustrating energy and water consumption, comparing the environmentally-conscious building design to conventional structures. Finally, it concludes by summarizing the key findings and highlighting the benefits of sustainable building practices. The report uses multiple references to support its claims and provides a strong foundation for understanding the principles of green building design.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................2
2. Need Definition of the Environmentally-Conscious Buildings Project..........................3
3. Conceptual design of Environmentally-Conscious Buildings project.............................6
4. Conclusion.......................................................................................................................8
References..........................................................................................................................10

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1. Introduction
According to Krarti (2016), the designing of a system holds an integral part for the
development of the complete solution. The system designing is very helpful for integrating the
activities of the organizations and developing operational development of the processes. The
conceptual designing is very important for the development of the effective deployment factors
of operations. The successful implication of the processes would help in forming the divergent
process of the implementation models. The accompanying report would help in investigating the
calculated planning procedure and shape the reduced report for the sending of the successful
procedures and devices. The arrangement of the compelling control systems had helped in
framing the powerful strategies and instruments (Sosnin 2013.). The calculated plan
investigation would help in shaping the powerful organization range.
The following report would help in analysing the conceptual designing process and form
the compact report for the deployment of the effective processes and tools. The deployment of
the effective control strategies had helped in forming the effective methods and tools for
constructing 60L premier commercial building in Australia. The conceptual design analysis
would help in forming the effective deployment area and material used. The framework planning
is extremely useful for coordinating the exercises of the associations and creating operational
advancement of the procedures. The calculated planning is essential for the improvement of the
compelling organization variables of operations. The required consequences of the procedures
would help in framing the dissimilar procedure of the usage models.

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2. Need Definition of the Environmentally-Conscious Buildings Project
The development of the environmental conscious building would help in decreasing the
overall impact on the natural environment due to the activities at the building development
(Acciarri et al. 2016). The successive formation of the project operations would involve the
applicant for the divergent processing process. The environmentally conscious buildings are
favourable for the deployment of the improved facility in development operations. The project of
developing sustainable building in accordance to the commercially viable, low energy utilization,
healthy, and resource efficient would be achieved by the end of 60L environmentally conscious
buildings. There are three primary elements valuable for the acknowledgment of the framework
and they are segments, properties, and relationship. The frameworks can be grouped into,
i. Physical vs. Conceptual Systems
ii. Closed vs. Open Systems
iii. Static vs. Dynamic Systems
iv. Natural vs. Human-Made Systems
The project is headway of Environmentally-Conscious Buildings and it requires the
sending of reasonable illustrating and change (Zhou et al. 2013). The utilization of the best
possible methods of system testing for the appraisal would apply the essential organization for
the use of the headway limits. The system for the project of Environmentally-Conscious
Buildings can be described as the gathering of various essentially related segments and
fragments joined to shape as unit. The ACF organization had decided to overcome the pollution
problems and develop their headquarters in a more sustainable design (Australian Conservation

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Foundation 2017). The company had joined hands with Green Building Partnership for
purchasing site in Carlton and develop an eco-friendly and green building development. The
growth of the sustainable methods for utilizing the effective operations would help in forming
accurate and improved processes in the organization. The implication of the 60L
environmentally conscious buildings at Carlton, Australia would help in forming the improved
functionalities of the operations. The following diagram had shown the consumption of the
energy at 60L green building,
Figure 1: Annual non renewable source Electricity Consumption
(Source: Carayon et al. 2014, pp-21)
The figure had shown that the decrease of the electricity consumption due to the use of
the improved operations. The improvement of the ecologically feasible building would help in
diminishing the general effect on the common habitat because of the exercises at the building
advancement (Carayon et al. 2014). The progressive development of the venture operations
would include the candidate for the unique handling process. The costs of non-renewable energy

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consumptions heating, cooling, lightning, and equipments have been decreased considerably.
The implementation of the processes would be implied for the development of the operations
(Akerib et al. 2015). The following figure has shown the water consumption with various types
of treatments being applied and it would be compared to the 60L building design.
Figure 2: Average annual main water consumption comparison
(Source: Desouza and Flanery 2013, pp-98)
The environmental friendly structures are positive for the sending of the enhanced office
being developed operations. The venture of creating economical working in understanding to the
monetarily practical, low vitality usage, sound, and asset effective would be accomplished before
the finish of 60L naturally cognizant structures (Desouza and Flanery 2013). The ACF
association had chosen to defeat the contamination issues and build up their home office in a
more reasonable outline. The organization had held hands with Green Building Partnership for
obtaining site in Carlton and build up an eco-accommodating and green building advancement.
The development of the maintainable strategies for using the successful operations would help in
framing exact and enhanced procedures in the association (Kim, An and Choi 2017). The effect

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of the 60L environmentally conscious buildings at Carlton, Australia would help in framing the
enhanced functionalities of the operations. The decrease of the power and water consumption
had made the green building more effective to be used. The deployment of the effective and
smart processing would help in forming the effective and smart deployment of the operations at
the green building development.
3. Conceptual design of Environmentally-Conscious Buildings project
The conceptual design for the Environmentally-Conscious Buildings has been developed
with most of the improved methods of decreasing the cost of energy consumption and water
waste (Lei et al. 2017). The design has been influenced with the development of the technology
and it had helped in forming the accurate deployment of the operational processing. The design
consists of three layers including the deployment of the effective technological components. The
following diagram would show the conceptual diagram for 60L environmentally-conscious
buildings,

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Figure 3: Conceptual Design for 60L Green Building
(Created by the author in Visio)
According to Lewandowski (2016), the components of the Environmentally-Conscious
Buildings are solar panels, alternative solar panels, high quality insulation material, carbon
monoxide alarm, central dehumidification system, central vacuum system, and rain water
collection. These components would help in forming the accurate and improved system for the
green building development. The Solar Panels are deployed for deployed for effective
deployment of the operations and it would form the improved process of the organization. The
solar panels are kept at the top of the building for absorbing the solar glare and develop the
energy required. The solar panels would be implied for the capturing the solar radiations and
implementing the generation of the solar power (Marshall and Rossman 2014). The solar panels
would develop the use of the effective sun rays for generating power. The solar energy would be
converted by the use of the heat accumulated at the receiver to make the electrons flow in the

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system generator. The flow of electrons would result in forming the generation of the electricity
in the system. The alternative solar panels are used for forming the operational processing of the
operations. The implication of the alternative solar panels is helpful for forming the supportive
deployment for the organization (Pahl and Beitz 2013). The applied outline for the
Environmentally-Conscious Buildings has been created with the greater part of the enhanced
techniques for diminishing the cost of vitality utilization and water squander. The plan has been
impacted with the improvement of the innovation and it had helped in shaping the precise
organization of the operational handling. The plan comprises of three layers including the
organization of the powerful mechanical segments. The parts of the Environmentally-Conscious
Buildings are sun powered boards, elective sun based boards, top notch protection material,
carbon monoxide caution, focal dehumidification framework, focal vacuum framework, and rain
water gathering. These segments would help in framing the exact and enhanced framework for
the green building advancement.
The Solar Panels are conveyed for sent for powerful arrangement of the operations and it
would frame the enhanced procedure of the association (Sedrakyan, Jarvela and Kirschner 2016).
The sunlight based boards are kept at the highest point of the working for engrossing the sun
powered glare and build up the vitality required. The sunlight based boards would be inferred for
the catching the sun oriented radiations and executing the era of the sun based power. The
sunlight based boards would build up the utilization of the viable sun beams for producing
power. The sun oriented vitality would be changed over by the utilization of the warmth
aggregated at the beneficiary to make the electrons stream in the framework generator. The
stream of electrons would bring about framing the era of the power in the framework. The option
sun oriented boards are utilized for shaping the operational preparing of the operations (Skara et

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al. 2015). The outcomes of the option solar developed panels are useful for shaping the steady
sending for the association.
Operational Requirements of the project: The project requires the development of the
solar panels for implementing the energy storing and generation process. The Environmentally-
Conscious Buildings is developed with the help of the construction activities and planning. The
components of the Environmentally-Conscious Buildings are solar panels, alternative solar
panels, high quality insulation material, carbon monoxide alarm, central dehumidification
system, central vacuum system, and rain water collection. These components would help in
forming the accurate and improved system for the green building development.
4. Conclusion
The report had helped in analysing the conceptual designing process and form the
compact report for the deployment of the effective processes and tools. The deployment of the
effective control strategies had helped in forming the effective methods and tools. The
conceptual design analysis has been helping in forming the effective deployment area. The
analysis had shown that conceptual planning and designing was extremely useful for
coordinating the exercises of the associations and creating operational advancement of the
procedures. The successive formation of the project operations had involved the applicant for the
divergent processing process. The environmentally conscious buildings are favourable for the
deployment of the improved facility in development operations. The figures used in the report
had shown that the decrease of the electricity consumption due to the use of the improved
operations and the comparison of water consumption with various types of treatments being
applied and the 60L building design. The venture of creating economical working in

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understanding to the monetarily practical, low vitality usage, sound, and asset effective would be
accomplished before the finish of 60L naturally cognizant structures. The report had been made
for successful implication of the analysis and understanding of the conceptual designing.

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