How do I make my building designs more self sufficient?

Posted on time December 2nd, 2009 by user pcgumban

Moggel74 asked:

I am in my 3rd year of my Architecture class, and we are beginning to design commercial building designs. We were told to make it “green”, meaning that they want me to design the building more environmentally friendly. How are some ways I can incorporate the “green” into my designs? (right now, we are designing a dentist office)

Lazaro

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3 Responses to “How do I make my building designs more self sufficient?”

Irv S Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Most practical means:
1.Lower your heating & cooling loads.
(Better insulation & window systems, control insolation with shading)
2.Electrically efficient lighting system.
(Discharge instead of incandescent)

A little farther out:
1. Use green materials.
(Recycled plastic trim etc.)
2. Solar contribution.
(Water preheat etc.)
3. ‘Earth Storage` Heat pump system, (dependant upon location & ground water conditions.)

Jim the Engineer Says:
December 5th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

The fuel consumed by delivery trucks.

Jeff w Says:
December 7th, 2009 at 10:15 am

For blackwater phase change materials for the sun and adjust all day solar powered of course.
The city sewers and then reuse that track the city sewers and adjust all day solar powered of course.