Uploaded on 2015-05-15 by martinecarney

> ***How do you understand the expression "For the future, it will be crucial that the environmental system in which a building is placed is > disrupted as little as possible" ? Provide some real examples that > exist in your own area or others that are based on your knowledge and > experience.*** Currently, buildings in the developed world consume a substantial portion of the world’s energy production. About a third of overall energy demand. Between a half and two thirds of that energy consumed in the buildings’ daily operations is used to provide a comfortable interior climate and lighting for the building’s inhabitants. Due to the undesired effects of energy production on the climate and the scarcity of land and water and resources due to population increase, energy consumption becomes more problematic. Building design should seek to mitigate the undesired strain that these trends place on society by constructing buildings that operate effectively in providing comfortable interior climate and lighting with the lowest possible consumption of energy -or even negative energy consumption. It is believed that the lowest hanging fruit of energy solution is to use less whenever possible. Perhaps this might extend to energy production by the building in some circumstances. Windmills, solar collectors, hydro and geothermal power plants are, after all, buildings purpose built. http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/stories/pittsburgh-gets-its-first-net-zero-energy-home ![Bahrain World-Trade Center (from web - http://ecofriend.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bahrain-World-Trade-Center_1-600x330.jpg)][1] Today, construction costs of a net zero building are sometimes substantially higher than an inefficient structure with similar dimensions on a given site. But in other cases (such as single family dwellings on an appropriate site built using passive solar design from the ground up) they can be priced about the same as a traditional home. More research, familiarity with construction techniques and larger scale manufacturing of the building components can overcome those obstacles. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14316495035764212.jpg