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Environmental Concepts

The document discusses several key architectural concepts related to sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings. It covers passive design concepts that utilize natural ventilation, natural lighting, and passive heating and cooling to create thermal comfort without mechanical systems. It also discusses active design concepts that incorporate technology and innovation to save energy, such as automatic shading devices, efficient air conditioners, and innovative appliances. Additionally, it discusses sustainable architecture principles like biomimicry, tropical design, and the importance of energy conservation in reducing environmental impacts and energy costs.

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Environmental Concepts

The document discusses several key architectural concepts related to sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings. It covers passive design concepts that utilize natural ventilation, natural lighting, and passive heating and cooling to create thermal comfort without mechanical systems. It also discusses active design concepts that incorporate technology and innovation to save energy, such as automatic shading devices, efficient air conditioners, and innovative appliances. Additionally, it discusses sustainable architecture principles like biomimicry, tropical design, and the importance of energy conservation in reducing environmental impacts and energy costs.

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Architectural Concepts

Architectural conceptions are abstract ideas or notions formed by specific examples. relates to how
something works or might work, is abstract and ethereal, yet is at the heart of all decision-making. The
basic notion conceived as the initial step is the architectural concept. It directs and binds the project.
Some would even term it the project's overall identity. It is an architect's responsibility, however abstract,
to beautifully express the concept in the design with numerous elements.

Environmental Concepts

Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable architecture is also referred to as green architecture or environmental architecture. It


challenges architects to produce smart designs and use available technologies to ensure that structures
generate minimal harmful effects to the ecosystem and the communities.

The Concept of Green Architecture, also known as “sustainable architecture” or “green building,” is the
theory, science and style of buildings designed and constructed in accordance with environmentally
friendly principles. Green architecture strives to minimize the number of resources consumed in the
building's construction, use and operation, as well as curtailing the harm done to the environment through
the emission, pollution and waste of its components.

Tropical Design

Tropical architecture is all about achieving thermal comfort through the use of passive design elements
like sunshades, cavity walls, light shelves, overhangs, roof, and wall insulation, and even shading from
large trees to block the sun. It can look very traditional, ultramodern, or even high-tech. Passive design is
the process of achieving this comfort level without the use of mechanical systems. Tropical architecture is
all about tackling the urban heat island effect.

Biomimicry

Biomimicry (literally: imitation of the living) aims to inspire natural selection solutions adopted by nature
and translate the principles to human engineering. The biomimicry approach aims to favor “choices”
tested by nature which had millions of years to understand what works best and what doesn’t. Designs
following biometrics will ultimately allow human productions to be more efficient, resilient, and
sustainable.

Energy Conservation
Energy conservation means reducing the consumption of energy by producing or using less of it. This
could be in the form of using fewer energy services or using devices that require less energy. Energy
conservation is a big part of sustainability and sustainable development.

Energy conservation in buildings is the reduction in building energy consumption without reducing
thermal comfort. It usually results in better indoor air quality and occupant's productivity. The concept of
energy conservation in architectural design utilizes integrated technology, as well as scientific and local
wisdom, in order to reduce energy consumption and to create a comfortable zone

The Importance

Energy conservation is incredibly important for several reasons. Along with reducing our reliance on non-
renewable energy resources (like fossil fuels), it also helps save you money on energy costs, including
utility bills and other energy bills. Conserving energy also cuts down on expanding
development where natural resource extraction (such as oil or even lithium) is impacting natural areas.
When we conserve energy and use it more efficiently, we directly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas
emissions entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Passive Design Concept

Passive Design is the concept of building structures based on the principle and potential of natural energy
to create a comfort zone for the occupant. Passive heating and cooling as well as natural ventilation and
lighting are the most natural energy applications in this design. Passive systems provide thermal and
visual comfort by using natural energy sources and sinks e.g., solar radiation, outside air, sky, wet
surfaces, vegetation, internal gains etc.

Natural Ventilation Uses the natural forces of wind


and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings.
Fresh air is required in buildings to alleviate odors, to
provide oxygen for respiration, and to increase
thermal comfort.

Natural Lighting

In the application of lighting design in buildings,


direct lighting and indirect lighting depend on
functional areas, because heat comes with light,
which increases the load on the air conditioning
system

Active Design Concept

Active Design is based on technology or innovation


that saves energy. Architects have to integrate their knowledge of different building technologies and
decide on a selection of architectural elements, such as “automatic-shading devices”, “efficient air
conditioners” and “innovation of electric appliances”
Renewable Energy Systems

Use renewable energy systems (solar photovoltaic systems/ solar water heating systems) to meet a part of
building load The pressure on the earth’s nonrenewable resources can be alleviated by judicious use of
earth’s renewable resources i.e. solar energy. Use solar energy for meeting electrical needs for a building
can further reduce consumption of conventional forms of energy.

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