SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE DESIGNS
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ustainable architecture designs and constructs buildings in order to minimize their environmental impact, with the objectives of achieving energy e f f i c i e n c y, positive impact on health, comfort and improved livelihoods for inhabitants; all of this can be achieved through the implementation of appropriate technologies within the building. Sustainable architecture makes use of a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment. The idea of sustainability is to ensure that our use of presently available material or resources does not have a negative impact on our collective wellbeing and that of future generations.
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Energy efficiency over the entire life cycle of a building is one of the most important goals of sustainable architecture. Architects make use of various passive and active techniques to reduce the energy requirements of a building and increase the ability to capture or generate their own energy. In order to reduce cost and complexity, sustainable architecture places a priority on passive techniques by taking advantage of the building location, incorporating architectural elements and supplementing with renewable energy. Designing sustainable architecture means taking a number of fundamental elements into consideration; orientation, shading, sunlight created by pre-existing elements, natural ventilation as well as the use of renewable energy systems. All this is done in order to satisfy consumer’s needs in the most natural way possible, planning ahead by making the space and materials employed completely reusable.
To start with a site analysis is done to exploit environmental resources such as daylight and ambient wind for heating and ventilation.
