GREEN BUILDING

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Green Building
Green building - also known as
sustainable or high performance
building - is the practice of:
Increasing the efficiency with
which buildings and their sites
use and harvest energy, water,
and materials; and
Protecting and restoring human
health and the environment,
throughout the building lifecycle:
siting,
design,
construction,
operation,
maintenance, renovation and
deconstruction.

Green Building Concept

The `Green Building' concept is gaining
importance in various countries, including
India. These are buildings that ensure
that waste is minimized at every stage
during the construction and operation of
the building, resulting in low costs,
according to experts in the technology.

Cont.
The techniques associated with the
`Green Building' include measures to
prevent erosion of soil, rainwater
harvesting, preparation of landscapes to
reduce heat, reduction in usage of
potable water, recycling of waste water
and use of world class energy efficient
practices.

What makes a building

"green"?
A green building is a
structure
that
is
environmentally responsible
and
resource-efficient
throughout its life-cycle.
These objectives expand
and
complement
the
classical building design
concerns of economy, utility,
durability, and comfort.

Green buildings are designed to reduce the

overall impact of the built environment on
human health and the natural environment
by:
Efficiently using energy, water, and other
resources
Protecting occupant health and improving
employee productivity
Reducing waste, pollution and
environment degradation

For example.
Green buildings may incorporate
sustainable materials in their
construction
(e.g.,
reused,
recycled-content, or made from
renewable resources);
Create healthy indoor
environments
with
minimal
pollutants (e.g., reduced product
emissions);
And feature landscaping that
reduces water usage (e.g., by
using native plants that survive
without extra watering).

How Homes Become Green

Building Types
Homes
Schools
Commercial
Buildings
Laboratories
Healthcare Facilities

Benefits Of Green Building

Buildings have an
enormous impact on
the
environment,
human health, and the
economy.
The
successful adoption of
green
building
strategies
can
maximize both the
economic
and
environmental
performance
of
buildings.

Environmental benefits
Enhance and protect
biodiversity and
ecosystems
Improve air and water
quality
Reduce waste
streams
Conserve and restore
natural resources

Economic benefits
Reduce operating costs
Create, expand, and shape markets for
green product and services
Improve occupant productivity
Optimize life-cycle economic
performance

Social benefits

Enhance occupant comfort and health

Heighten aesthetic qualities
Minimize strain on local infrastructure
Improve overall quality of life

How do buildings affect

natural resources?
Buildings and development have significant
environmental impacts on our natural resources,
including:
According to surveys conducted in 2002, 107.3
million acres of the 1.983 billion acres of total land
area in the U.S. is developed, which represents
an increase of 24 percent in developed land over
the past 10 years.
In terms of energy, buildings accounted for 39.4
percent of total U.S. energy consumption and
67.9 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption
in 2002.

Cont.
Building occupants use 12.2 percent of the
total water consumed in the U.S. per day.
Buildings, and the transportation infrastructure
that serves them, replace natural surfaces with
impermeable materials, creating runoff that
washes pollutants and sediments into surface
waters. Urban runoff constitutes a major threat
to water resources, as it has been identified as
the fourth leading source of impairment in
rivers, third in lakes, and second on estuaries.

How do
climate

buildings affect
change?

The energy used to heat

and power our buildings
leads to the consumption
of large amounts of
energy,
mainly
from
burning fossil fuels - oil,
natural gas and coal which generate significant
amounts
of
carbon
dioxide (CO2), the most
widespread greenhouse
gas. Buildings in the U.S.
contribute 38.1 percent of
the nation's total carbon
dioxide emissions.

Cont.
Reducing the energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions produced by buildings is therefore
fundamental to the effort to slow the pace of
global climate change. Buildings may be
associated with the release of greenhouse
gases in other ways, for example, construction
and demolition debris that degrades in landfills
may generate methane, and the extraction and
manufacturing of building materials may also
generate greenhouse gas emissions.

Brief History Of The Green Development Of

Menara Public Mutual

The development of the Menara Mutual Bhd held a limited ideas competition to develop the
land. The Site was originally purchased ten years prior. As a result of the competition, the
Consultants team was formed. The idea of building a green building was readily accepted by
the Owners, who were, and continue to be, very supportive of pursuing sustainability. A rating
using LEED 2.0 was recommended and a Gold rating was targeted and desired by the
Owners. In the original DO submission to DBKL, the Owners had pledged their commitment to
develop the building to achieve the LEED Gold rating. At that time, GBI was not yet created. In
2009, after GBI was launched, the Consultants team recommended, and the Owners agreed,
and expanded their and GBI NRNC tools. The target rating is Gold for both tools. Architectural,
M&E and green building design work started together immediately after the competition. These
have remained intertwined since design stage. Green building concepts such as OTTV, BEI
and EE were introduced early on in concept design. Green building features such as daylight
harvesting, use of low-e double glazing, use of energy efficient chillers, underfloor air
displacement, sunshading, IEQ, roof and vertical landscaping, rainwater harvesting etc were
developed and incorporated into the BP submission. DO was obtained in March 2010, and BP,
together with Kebenaran Mendirikan Bangunan, in April 2011. Substructure works commenced
in December 2010, and the overall building works is scheduled to be completed in September
2015.

Project Team

Project Fact Sheet

Menara PMB will serve as the new head office for Public Mutual Berhad. The Client intends to develop a multi storey commercial Grade A office building with a
maximum built up office floor space in excess of 96,000sqm(over 1 million sq ft). The building, when complete, will be 40-storeys high with an attached 4 storey
podium. A 6-level basement will be provided to serve the parking needs of the development. The proposed height of the building is 185.5m with a site plot ratio of
9.0. The development is on a 6,541sqm land parcel earmarked for commercial use. The completion date is targeted to be September 2015.
Sustainability focus for the various design disciplines is as follows:
Architecture
North south building orientation
Double glazed facades
Green Roof and Green Walls
Day lighted lift lobby and concourse
Rain water harvesting and drip irrigation
Recycling Centre
Use of high recycled content material
Low VOC paints and adhesives
Light shelves and sun shading
Fixed internal daylight louvers
Bicycle storage and Changing Room
Native / Adaptive landscaping
External views for 90% of spaces
Certified wood usage
Waterless urinals
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control
Structure
Re-use of existing diaphragm walls
Diversion of 50% construction waste from landfill
Use of Regional and recycled content materials

MEP
Under floor comfort air conditioning system (for typical office
floors)
Low level displacement air conditioning system (for double
volume areas)
Condensate water harvesting
Superior Indoor Air Quality
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide monitoring and control
Energy efficient mechanical ventilation
Use of high frequency ballasts and T5 lamps
Occupancy and daylight sensor lights
Controllability of systems Individual Thermal Comfort
Use of EMS to monitor and analyse building energy
consumption
Sub-meters for energy usage of 100 kVA (Separate metering
for lighting and power)
Energy efficient procurement policy

Detail Assessment Criteria

Final Score Summary

Summary/Reports of
Waste Collection

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