11.07.2015 Views

TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>The</strong>me B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesSite specific design options “with” and “without” podium are compared foridentification of the significant variance in building permeability for air ventilationat pedestrian level. <strong>The</strong> average wind speed and velocity ratio at street level(leeward side) increases by 13% and 14% respectively without podium.Figure 6:Environmental Performance with different block number, height andlayoutR/F +153mPDApprox. 146m43+5 StoreyR/F +111mPDApprox. 104m38 StoreyNoise Compliance Level49.9%Noise Compliance Levelabout 70%Figure 7:Environmental Performance with and without podiume) Urban greening filtrates the air flow and provides shade and cooling. A greendeck garden is designed at 1/F level of the high rise domestic tower to enhance thebuilding permeability and extend the external garden into the habitable spaces.Figure 8: Urban greening design approach with enhancement of buildingpermeability487

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!