ADVANTAGES OF GREEN BUILDINGS FURKAN ATAŞ

WHICH ONE IS A GREEN BUILDING ?

THE ANSWER IS …

OUTLINE Why Do I Choose Green Buildings As My Fınal Project? Economic Advantages Of Green Buildings Enviromental Advantages Of Green Buildings

Why Do I Choose Green Buildings As My Fınal Project? Why do we need green buildings? How does green buildings affect nature? What are the differences between green buıldıngs and normal buıldıngs?

What We Mean By GreenBuildings?  Green building are energy sufficient buildings which are contructed with new technology and some new features.  The purpose of green buildings are ;  Efficiently using energy, water and other resources.  Protecting occupants health.  Reducing waste and pollution.

ECONOMIC ADVANTEGES

ENERGY=MONEY Buildings consume %70 of nation’s electricity and large part of materials. Kats,G,(2003),Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits

Green Buildings As Compared With Conventional Buildings Kats,G,(2003),Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits Green Buildings Energy Efficiecny %28 On-Site Renewable Energy %2 Green Power %6 Total %36

Financial Benefits of Green Buildings(per ft2) Kats,G,(2003),Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits Category20-year Net Present Value Energy Savings$5.80 Emissions Savings$1.20 Water Savings$0.50 Opertations and Maintanence Savings $8.50 Productivity And Health Benefit $36.90 to $55.30 Average Extra Cost of Building Green -$3.00 to -$5.00 Total 20 –year Net Benefit $50 to $65

CASTLE HOUSE SKYCRAPER  Designed by M&E Engineering and the tallest residual building in London  Its a 43 storey building thats cost is over 113 million £.  Its contruction started in 2007 and finished at 2010.

INDIA TOWER  Its 126 storey building which is the second tallest building in the world.  Indıa tower construction has started at 2010 by Foster and partners engineering and its planned finish time is 2016.

ENVIROMENTAL ADVANTAGES

Source 2( U.S. green council) Buildings use %13.6 of all potable water, or 15 trillion gallons per year

Source 2( U.S. green council) Buildings use %13.6 of all potable water, or 15 trillion gallons per year Buildings use %40 of raw materials globally.(3 billion tons anually)

CONCLUSION  As we see in the presentaion green buildings have many adventages in energy use, water use, CO 2 emission and raw material usage.  Before we damage everything, we have to find solutions to consumerism of the people like green buildings.

Make your home green…

References Kats,G,(2003),Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits Energy information administiration,(2006),Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in U.S. U.S. Green Building Council database U.S. Geological Survey (2000) Turner C. & Frankel M.(2008),Energy Performance of LEED for New Constraction buildings