Week 2 Green Building

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Green building, also known as ecological buildings or sustainable building, refer to the buildings which maximum conservation of resources (energy, land, water, and materials), protect the environment and reduce pollution in buildings’ life cycle. The definition of green building should at least include the following parts:

1. The building should reduce the load and impact on the Earth's resources and the environment. Using resources efficient and controlling energy consumption as low as possible to meet the functional requirements of the building.

2. Green building considered healthy, comfortable and safe, aims to provide people with the best working and living environment of the building. Thus, our emphasis on energy saving, not at the expense of people's comfort, but to improve the efficiency of energy use and change energy use patterns.

3. Green building has minimal impacts on environmental. Moreover, The development of green building harmony with nature and reduce damage to the nature.

Reference List:

Breeam.com, (2015). BREEAM: the world's leading design and assessment method for sustainable buildings. [online] Available at: http://www.breeam.com/ [Accessed 12 March. 2015].

Green Building Council of Australia 2015. GBCA publications - Green Building Council Australia (GBCA). [online] Available at: https://www.gbca.org.au/resources/gbca-publications/ [Accessed 12 March. 2015].