Green Building Concept Research Articles

Adaption Of Construction Management Modelling System Through The Use Of Internet Of Things (IoT)

This paper aims to adapt, implement, and practice the physical use of IoT in the construction management industry as a configuration protocol. The authors describe the general outlines of this field capability as a framework, and they foresaw the opportunities of developing a dominant steam line approach to be incorporated in the construction management side. The challenge is to bond the BMS, SCADA, IoT, smart data “Tags”, green building concepts, smart surveillance, self-moving transportation, and mobile technology in one practical, innovative configuration model. The authors, however, called it “Construction management modelling system” (CMMS). The gap point in this paper is the harnessing of Data Tagging systems along with a smart mobile system via radio frequency and Wi-Fi communication system. The significant effort here is to establish optimum modelling of the IoT system to roll out a product containing all the solutions for the existing and expected obstacles in the construction sites for the different types of projects. The literature review, proposed configuration system, affiliate works, benefits, conclusions, and recommendations have been furnished.

EVALUATION OF ADVENCE GREEN BUILDING BASED ON GBCI CERTIFICATION, CASE STUDY : LA CUCINA, SEOUL

Green building is a concept as a response to global urban heat island problems, water pollution and ozone depletion. The concept of green building has been applied in various tools, none other than GBCI with six categories. This paper evaluates the La Cucina building in Seoul with the aim of knowing the extent to which GBCI is implemented outside the region as it should be and knowing the constraints and advantages of the rating tool. The method used is to make a La Cucina building simulation with Archicad software then evaluate the calculations with exel, velux and look for the building material literature and match it in the greenship tool. The results obtained in the existing building OTTV values ??and natural lighting have not reached the GBCI target, while for environmentally friendly materials and fabricated materials, they have not yet been fully achieved. Therefore, it was retested in accordance with the initial recommendations and results. The final results of OTTV, natural lighting, environmentally friendly materials and fabrication materials as expected and successful. The conclusion and recommendation of this paper is that OTTV can be achieved by measuring shading and replacing glass materials which have low Sc Glass and Uv values. While in lighting, 30% of the space on each floor has natural lighting. For environmentally friendly materials and fabricated materials, it has been achieved, evidenced by the material and fabrication certification from the factory.
 Keywords : Green Building, GBCI, OTTV, environmentally friendly materials, fabrication materials

Towards an Adaptation of Efficient Passive Design for Thermal Comfort Buildings

This paper discusses the effect of various climatic conditions that pertain to passive design measurements and their relationships with building configurations to improve indoor thermal comfort based on the different climate zones in Egypt to support Egypt’s sustainability agenda 2030. We find the most appropriate design settings that can increase the indoor thermal comfort, such as building orientation and shape. These settings can be modeled using DesignBuilder software combined with Egyptian meteorological data. This software is used accompanied by computational fluid dynamics to numerically assess the outcomes of different changes, by simulating indoor climate condition factors such as wind speed and temperature. Natural ventilation simulations were performed for four different shapes to create comprehensive dataset scenarios covering a general range of shapes and orientations. Seven scenarios were optimized to put forward a series of building bioclimatic design approaches for the different characteristic regions. The results indicated that the temperature decreased by about 3.2%, and the air velocity increased within the study domain by 200% in the best and the worst cases, respectively, of the four different shapes. The results of the study gave evidence that the configuration of buildings, direction, and wind speed are very important factors for defining the natural ventilation within these domains to support the green building concept and the sustainable design for a better lifestyle.

A study on the Green Building Concepts in Vastu Sastra principles for sustainable development

The traditional Indian architecture provides us with deeper knowledge and experiential values, reflecting the essence of cultural and ritual aspects of its society through its intrinsic articulation of spatial and architectural elements that are governed by the strict architectural principles laid in early times of civilisation. It is interesting to note that these principles were aimed at providing guidance for perfect architectural productions and built environment believed to be sustainable, climatically responsive and enhance the well-being of the inhabitants. This paper tries to explore the Green Building Concepts promoted by our ancestors through the established Vastu Sastra principles which are being practised even today mundanely without recognizing the original spirit and intent.

Analysis of the current state of green buildings in the Russian Federation

PurposeThe concept of green buildings (GBs) in contemporary building design has risen in popularity with the rapid economic development resulting from globalization. The primary objective of this research is to provide an impetus to improve the methods of green technology adaptation, taking the Russian Federation as an example.Design/methodology/approachGlobally, the first green building rating systems were implemented in the 1990s. The Russian Federation had launched its national green building rating systems apart from the international green building rating systems that were implemented in the country.FindingsBased on qualitative analysis, a common approach in the Russian market for certifying green construction was identified. The collected information can be considered evidence of market entry and aid in preparation for possible market shocks.Originality/valueFurthermore, the study determined seven significant rating measures that were generally applied by various green building rating systems, and the most influential rating measure was “energy,” followed by “site,” “indoor environment,” “land and outdoor environment,” “material,” “water” and “innovation.” Additionally, this study determined the primary research endeavors of the analyses of contemporary green building rating systems and presented the scope for future research.

Mathematical Model Applied to Green Building Concept for Sustainable Cities Under Climate Change

Recently the effect of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is worldwide terrified anxiety to the public and scholars. Even this global problem is one of the great issues that continuously makes worrying the governments and environmentalists, but its solution findings are not out of the image at all. In this study, we have proposed and analysed a mathematical model for the solvable management of GHGs by sowing the seeds of green building dynamic systems. Moreover, in the model, the human community is used to enhance the production power of individuals of green buildings by absorbing the GHGs. The model is analysed by stability analysis at the equilibrium points: trivial and global equilibrium, and also by convincing the stability and instability of the system of equations. The behaviour of the propound model has been developed by numerical simulations which shows the rate of the fruitfulness of GHG components.

Water Conservation Planning at Telkom University Landmark Tower Bandung Campus

Telkom University makes efforts in developing higher education facilities and capacities by constructing new campus buildings. One of the supports for improving services is sanitation infrastructure in the form of installations consisting of clean water installations, wastewater installations and ventilation, and rainwater installations with the concept of installed clean water. Each building that will be built in the area of West Java Province applies the concept of green buildings and conservation air as regulated in the Regional Regulation of West Java Province 13 of 2013 concerning Buildings, including campus building builders so that business actors are required to implement water management which aims to maintain quality, quantity, and continuity of clean water in West Java Province. The implementation of the installation with the concept of green buildings and air conservation is carried out at the Telkom University Landmark Tower building, which aims to use clean water in the building which can be more efficient because the location of the building is in a clean water distress zone based on the basin map of West Bandung Regency. The implementation of water conservation that is planned is WAC-3 waste water recycling (water recycling) which can be used as a rinse and watering the garden. Construction of infiltration wells which functions to reduce rainwater runoff and increase groundwater reserves, WAC-5 rainwater storage (rainwater storage) which can be used as alternative raw water. The use of the WAC-2 water-saving sanitary device (water feature) uses water usage and PDAM water costs. The application of air conservation that ignores water is 17.5% in the dry season and 61.5% in the rainy season of the clean water need total.

Adoption of Green Building Assessment Systems to Existing Buildings under Kazakhstani Conditions

The construction industry is an enormous economic sector with a profound economic, social, and environmental impact. The building sector is responsible for one-third of total energy consumption and, notably, construction activities account for 39% of the total carbon emissions in the world. Therefore, nowadays, the promotion of green building concepts is essential for all countries. Typically, the sustainability level of a building is evaluated by specified certification systems through rating assessment tools. The development of national assessment tools is necessary for the developing world due to environmental, social, and economic issues; consequently, a national assessment tool adopted under specific local conditions would provide a more precise assessment. This paper analyzes the rating system of BREEAM, LEED, CASBEE, and Green Globes certification systems and discusses their adoption with assessment measures for the existing buildings in Kazakhstan’s reality. The following main criteria were discussed during six roundtable sessions: sustainable site and landscape, energy and carbon footprint reduction, water and wastewater management, indoor environmental quality, sustainable building materials, commissioning, and maintenance. A set of assessment criteria and measures were suggested, and 43 existing buildings were assessed. Only eight buildings reached a high rating level. The “sustainable site and landscape” and “indoor environmental air quality” categories were the categories with the highest scores; otherwise, “energy and carbon footprint reduction” with “water and wastewater management” had the lowest average scores. One of the buildings was evaluated separately by several experts to check the consistency of the suggested assessment measures. This evaluation also provided insight into how the assessors’ knowledge and experience may change the overall rating scores obtained. The most critical issues for the existing buildings in Kazakhstan’s reality were discussed. Despite the widespread adoption of green certification methodology, the application of global certification systems in Kazakhstan remains complicated due to the lack of knowledge and limited awareness.

Owner’s motivation to construct the green buildings in Jakarta, Indonesia

Green building concept is a concept that design to reduce the effects of global warming. Research needed to know what things that motivate the owner to increase the number of green buildings. The study was conducted by interviewing building owners in Jakarta, Indonesia that had certified as green buildings. The results showed that although the costs required to build a green building was higher than conventional buildings, the owner got a higher sale value of the building and saved the building’s maintenance costs. The level of education and understanding of the owner about the concept of green building was still lacking but did not affect the decision to build green buildings.

Analysis on Green Building Design in China

With the acceleration of urbanization in China, urban development is facing a huge ecological environment crisis, so it is urgent to promote the construction of green buildings. This paper first introduces the concept and standard of green building, then summarizes the main characteristics of green building, and finally puts forward the main points of green building design, hoping to provide a useful reference for the future green building design in China.

FUZZY GREEN CONSTRUCTION FOR MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

In the last three decades the Indonesian construction industry has gradually answered to demands for more environmentally responsible industry, where sustainability initiative has evolved from sharing idea amongst academia and professionals to real on-field implementation of green concept. While the application of the concept of green buildings has become a common practice in the building and housing sector, efforts to expand the application of green principles and sustainability to also cover the stages of the construction process only proceed slowly. One challenge is the lack of understanding from construction practitioners and project owners about the benefits of the green process, which is caused by the unavailability of metrics to assess the performance of green measures in construction projects. Such condition makes it difficult for the construction industry to promote the idea of green construction. This paper will discuss the development of instrument to measure the environmental impact of construction process in building construction process. This instrument is arranged in the form of a hierarchical structural system that addresses seven environmental aspects of construction work, that adopts fuzzy concepts to better accommodate human subjective assessments of resource use and other practical aspects of construction during the construction implementation process.

Green building construction rating assessment in The LL Dikti Office Building, XIV Biak Region, Papua

The number of CO2 emissions produced by buildings harms the environment. Green building is an action to reduce negative impacts on the surrounding. This research had conducted to assess the rating of green building concepts that applied to the LL Dikti building, Papua. The result is the accumulation of points from each criterion such as land use, energy efficiency and conservation, water conservation, material resource, and cycle, indoor air health and comfort, and building and environment management. The total acquisition result for the building was 41 points and awarded the silver rating. Several things can do to increase the rating, such as install a kWh meter to measure electricity consumption in each load group and equipment system, use of alternative water sources, and the existence of installations or facilities to sort and collect household-like waste.

Penghematan Air di Hotel X Kota Batam Provinsi Kepulauan Riau dengan Menerapkan Daur Ulang Air Limbah

Hotel X is a hotel located in the city of Batam, the province of the Riau Islands, which is expected to be visited by tourists on holiday in the city of Batam. As the main means of providing comfort and health to guests, Hotel X should plan a good clean water supply system in terms of quality, quantity, and continuity. Currently available clean water sources are limited, such that sufficient efforts must be made to recycle clean water. This research aims to plan water savings at Hotel X using the Green Building concept in the aspect of water conservation. The concept of this research is to recycling greywater into a second quality water source that can be used for rinsing and sprinkling water. Calculating of water requirements, generation of grey water wastewater refers to the Regulation of the 2017 Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Regulation, No. 4, Domestic Wastewater Management System. The greywater recycling process is conducted using biological and chemical processes. Based on the research use of recycled water research has the potential to conserve water use amounted to 200.32 m3/ day of total water use of 313 m3/ day or the percentage of water savings of 64%.

Categorising green building features in developing countries: the case of South Africa

Purpose This study aims to explore the concept of green building by determining a suitable system for categorising green building features (GBFs) that are considered significant in enhancing the value of a building in a developing economy with particular reference to South Africa. The motivation for categorising the features is based on the perception that the upsurge in adopting green building and sustainability has ushered in a new and formidable set of challenges to practising professionals in terms of recognising the most significant value-adding GBFs. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approach was adopted, involving randomly selected construction professionals within the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis tools. Findings Based on the mean ranking analysis, the top three most important features, amongst others, were kitchen and water-closet (WC) water efficient fittings, megawatt photovoltaic solar plant and water metering for monitoring and leak detection. Additionally, an exploratory factor analysis revealed that the underlying grouped features were “recycled materials and high-performance building energy design”, “water-saving and solar technologies”, “biometric system and acoustical feature”, “sensor control and natural daylight design”, “daylight harnessing feature”, “high-performance hydrologic strategy and noise control feature” and “special utility feature and water efficiency technologies”. Research limitations/implications This study was conducted and limited only to the Western Cape Province of South Africa. However, the findings have practical significance to the generality of green building projects and may serve as a useful guide for other developing countries. Originality/value This study broadens the viewpoint of construction professionals to recognise and prioritise the most important GBFs in South Africa that increase the value of a building. To create a system for assessing the sustainability of a building, the seven components and the features associated with them may be useful.

Green Human Resource Management Practices in Hospitality Industry: A General Review

Abstract: Purpose: This article aims to explore the concept of Green Human Resource Management (HRM), the Green HRM model, and the practice of Green HRM implementation in the hospitality industry.
 Research methods: This study used a qualitative descriptive method with literature review. The article was taken as study material using the Google Scholar search engine.
 Findings: Human resource managers must have a good awareness of the Green HRM concept, after which Green HRM practices can be carried out, such as: green building concepts, minimizing paper use, recycling and disposal of waste, and energy conservation. They should clearly integrate the concept of Green HRM in human resource functions.
 Implication: Employees are expected to have a vision of sustainability, which is in the end company also concentrates not only on economic sustainability, but also ecology, and the social environment.

Existing Problems and Countermeasures of Energy-efficiency Residence Exploitation in China

Energy-efficiency residential building, based on the concept of green building, aims to solve the new field of residential problems. The purpose of the development of energy-efficiency residential buildings is to provide livable buildings for people with the lowest energy consumption. It reduces energy consumption throughout the life cycle of the building and contributes to sustainable development. However, this study finds that there are many obstacles in the process of promoting the use of energy-efficiency houses. There is not sufficient government support. Real estate companies avoid the promotion of energy-efficient buildings on a large scale by pursuing the maximization of profits. Buyers are blindly buying due to a lack of energy-saving awareness and related knowledge. To solve these problems, through literature research, this paper shows the progress status of the domestic energy-efficiency houses, excavated the existing obstacles, and attempt to offer specific measures and methods to break the obstacles from the three dimensions of government, enterprises and customers.

Relations Between Pro-Environmental Behavior and The Physical Characteristics of Vertical Housing

Residential buildings consume a lot of energy and can cause environmental damage, especially in the post-occupation and operating phase. In order to minimize environmental damage, the green building concept was chosen as a solution that can minimize the causes of environmental damage. Pro-environmental behavior of residents is suspected to be influenced by the occupants environment, which is the physical characteristics that exist in the vertical housing. This study aims to analyze the correlation of physical characteristic in a residential building with the value of pro-environmental behavior, especially on student vertical housing. Based on purposive sampling (non-random/non-probability sampling), correlation analysis shows that the physical characteristic has a high correlation with a significant value of < 0.05 towards pro-environmental behavior. The physical characteristics of vertical housing define into three categories, which are site characteristics, building characteristics, and residential unit characteristics. On site characteristics, the highest significant value is at site accessibility, building density, and vegetation distribution. In building characteristics, the highest significance value is in building blocks, distribution systems, building floor area, and the number of residential units. While the characteristics of the residential unit, the highest significance value is found in the occupancy unit area and the existence of the bathroom.

Strengthening green building policies in Indonesia

Currently, Indonesia has several regulations governing the implementation of green buildings. The primary reference for implementing green buildings is the regulation of the Minister of Public Works no 2 of 2015 concerning Green Buildings. Several rules at the regional level are Governor and Mayor Regulations. This study aims to determine the completeness of green building policy in Indonesia. This study will examine the existing regulations and financial support in Indonesia relevant to green buildings’ implementation. Regulatory tracing is carried out using the online method by searching various ministry websites and various online sites documenting regulations issued by the Republic of Indonesia’s government. The collected data were then analyzed by comparing it with the green building concept from diverse literature. The results show that there are still a few regulations available to support green building policy. This condition will affect the intensity of the green building implementation directly and also will affect directly to the quality of green building in Indonesia.

Research on the Application of Green Building in Building Design

Green building has an important impact on building design, so it should be emphasized. The application of green building design concept to housing design can better improve the design effect. But the use of green building design concept need to follow certain principles, in order to better serve the construction industry. According to the related concepts in the development of green building design, and combined with practice, this paper briefly analyzes the application of green building concept in housing design. It provides some reference for the development of construction industry.

KAJIAN TINGKAT KENYAMANAN FISIK RUANG DALAM UNIT HUNIAN RUMAH SUSUN DAAN MOGOT JAKARTA BARAT

Planning and Construction of Daan Mogot Flats, West Jakarta using green building concept is the Government's effort to solve problem of housing needs for residents who do not have housing and low income. The planning and construction of Daan Mogot Flats, West Jakarta is a pilot project by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government which is expected to create healthy, comfortable and effective housing for its residents and become example for other flats. The research entitled Study of Physical Comfort Level Space in the Residential Unit of Daan Mogot Flats, West Jakarta, have a purpose to know the extent of the comfort of the space in flat's residential unit when inhabited. This research is using quantitative method by instrument in the form of 40 respondents. The results show that level of physical comfort space in the residential unit of Daan Mogot Flats, West Jakarta is quite good, but there is still something needs to be improved, including the adequacy and quality of space that should be occupied by one family so that the adequacy and quality of space is more adequate, more optimize natural ventilation, use public facilities as selling areas not in residential units in order to obtain space suitability.