Posts Tagged ‘Sustainable Design’
Dr. Ken Yeang is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for developing environmental design solutions for high-rise buildings. As a principle of T.R. Hamzah & Yeang in Kuala Lumpur, he pioneered the passive low-energy design of skyscrapers, what he has called “bioclimatic” design. In 2005 Yeang became a director of Llewelyn Davies Yeang, [...]
“SketchUp and Green Design” - a video from Google SketchUp 3D Basecamp conference in Mountain View, California. You will see how to use Sketchup with additional tools like Chhaya, Greenfoot, SPOT, AGI32 and the Energy Design plugin (as featured in an earlier post) to explore green building design opportunities.
You can find more 3D Basecamp session [...]
Autodesk went on a green shopping spree the last couple of month: After announcing the full aquisition of Green Building Studio now the acquisition of Ecotect was a surprise.
I hope all the resources behind Autodesk help leapfrogging innovation
in the building analysis and simulation field and it would be great if some of those items would [...]
VE-WARE from IES (Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd) is now available to download. It works as a Revit plug-in only for now, other options for inputting the geometry data will be coming soon.
Some highlights are:
Suitable for all building types across worldwide locations
Assesses performance against the Architecture 2030 Challenge
Easy to use – produce results at the touch [...]
In line with its commitment to the sustainable building design movement and responding to Architecture 2030 Challenge, IES on May 14 announced the release of VE-Ware, freely downloadable software that enables building owners, facilities managers and architects to analyze, better understand and take steps to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon emissions associated [...]
Autodesk updated the recently acquired Green Building Studio. This web service integrates sophisticated engineer’s tools with architectural design software and enables architects to evaluate the energy use of their designs.
Part of the update is a tighter integration with the 2009 line of the Revit platform. The external application was added to the Tool pull down [...]
Could Skyscrapers supply food?
See how the vision of vertical farming might work.
The WebUrbanist has great coverage on 5 Design Proposals for 3D City Farms.
Find more in depth information as well at the The Vertical Farm Project website and at Wikipedia.
Concept from Paris-based Pierre Sartoux
The Company Agilewaves has developed the Resource Monitor, which continuously measures electric, gas and water consumption of a home or business, calculates its carbon footprint in real-time and makes this information readily available on a wall-mounted touchscreen or web page.
Residential and commercial buildings account for 40% of the U.S. energy market. People and businesses want [...]
Ever heard about the UK BREEAM system or the German Building Passport and want to compare them to the LEED rating system approach?
Here is an international Survey of Life-Cycle Assessment Tools, Assessment Frameworks, Rating Systems,Technical Guidelines, Catalogues, Checklists and Certificates. It is not the most up-to-date information (final revisions 2004) but it’s a good start [...]
Sometimes a less high-tech, more simple and robust design might be more appropriate even if life cycle efficiency would be inferior. Many current regulations and codes focus on energy efficiency during the operational life of a building. Therefore we tend to forget possible wider impacts of the materials we choose or about potential future waste [...]
