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

Category 20-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, CO2 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…

ReferencesKats,G,(2003),Green Building Costs

and Financial BenefitsEnergy 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