Transcript A Look Ahead on Green Building Innovation

A Look Ahead on Green
Building Innovation
Introduction
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Industrialization has been coupled with increasing harmful effects to the
environment in the past. Call for changes were extended, beginning from setup protests up to constitutional enactments.
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Several bodies agree to it, and one of them was the construction industry
where practices have shifted to come up with green modular buildings.
Green Modular Buildings
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Buildings which meet all the three basic requirements or has the basic
benefits like
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Efficiency
They use the materials in a far better efficient manner than the prevailing
construction practices. A United Kingdom based Water & Resource Programme has
found that manufacturing outside the site or offsite helps in reducing the waste by
90% because it limits the use packaging materials such as wood pallets, cardboard,
concrete, shrink wrap..
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Health
New construction projects mainly the large scale projects have an adverse impact on
the environmental air quality. Meanwhile modular construction uses air quality
controls inside the building so that it prevents the waste from entering the
environment.
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Durability
Quality control is a consistent feature of modular buildings. They are designed to
meet specific requirements in the best possible manner with the best fit and
finish of materials.
Defining Green Building
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This innovation is defined as the adaptation of a certain building or structure
to a resource-efficient and responsible environment scheme.
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To further comprehend what does green building mean, the understanding of
what fixtures or materials generate higher energy loss has to be established
so that alternatives are considered and eventually implemented.
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This is also the same reason why it is alternatively called sustainable
buildings.
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Generally, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems are the main contributors
in ensuring this is attained as they are highly responsible to the energy
savings that any building will eventually attain.
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Nevertheless, this has to be coordinated with other disciplines so that they
can pattern their methodologies to match with the requirements a guideline
set forth to come up with the desired sustainability.
Sustainable Building Design
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Sustainable design practices are to completely avoid or decrease, diminution
of critical resources like water, energy, and raw materials; and also to prevent
dreadful situations caused by facilities and infrastructure all along their life
period; and create built environments that are livable, comfortable, safe, and
productive.
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A group of professional engineers and architects that specializes in
sustainable building designs is best sought to fully optimize all of this as
early as the detailed design period.
Undertaken Steps to Assure Sustainable
Building Designs
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By virtue, the assurance that sustainable designs are laid out in the plans and
specifications is not the only measuring stick to satisfy green building
standards. It has to be reflected in the construction methodologies, practices,
and in the operational and maintenance of the building itself. When
necessary, it has to be implemented as well during renovation or demolition
works. The best way to ensure that all undertakings would adhere to the
codes and standards set forth would be through as follows:
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Require green building certifications coming from LEED or from any equivalent
organization that recognizes professionals demonstrating capability and knowledge
in addressing practices that are contrary to the established codes and standards on
material resources and energy efficiency.
Official logo of LEED, one among the many institutes providing green building
certification
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Invest on an environmental impact to determine the potential threats that
your proposed structure would entail to its surroundings. This has to be
coordinated with the local environmental agency later on to receive
permitting and approval to execute construction.
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The selection of a contractor is recommended to undergo regular bidding
procedures for proper screening. Prior to the activities, the bidding
documents has to indicate that only those that profess to be green
construction companies would be entertained as one of the restricting
guidelines for selection.
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During the bidding process, the produced design drawings and standard
specifications should be passed on to a group of construction companies that
expressed interest in participating in a bidding to qualify for the
implementation of the proposed building or structure. This will lead to the
formation of several technical proposals that shows various construction
methodologies and practices that would be implemented to attend to the
building requirements. The one that provides the more adequate and fitting
practices is recommended for final selection.
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The process doesn’t stop here however as the possibility that some of the
initially proposed design schemes would not be attained due to difference in
the actual site conditions is imminent. The best practice to address this
matter is by introducing an independent construction manager capable on
deciding alternative approaches during these cases. This move can be
rendered optional due to the additional expenses it entails, but it manages to
assure continuous compliance to whatsoever green and sustainable building
construction standards were set forth.
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Some of the operation and maintenance obligations do not rest on the
shoulder of the designer nor the contractor as the end-users would most likely
encounter wearing and tearing issues later on. To assist them, guidelines and
manuals on how maintenance workarounds are done should be provided prior
to turnover activities
Green Construction Companies
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They are those companies which implement the green practices in their
construction work
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Top 15 Green Construction Companies
Top 10 countries with LEED Certified
Projects
The Look Ahead: Green Building in the
Future
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With this kind of practice continually implemented, green building energy
efficiency solutions would definitely become a practice in the near future.
Some homeowners are beginning to be convinced with the results and are
looking on the possibility that the same practices be integrated into their
properties. The call for economic and sustainable residential designs would
become very inevitable and highly demanded later on.