TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesThe most common dynamic micro-climate modulation features for buildings arethe windows. We open or close them and fix them for certain percentage ofopenness as we want them. Also there are some retractable awnings and adjustablesolar shading devices in use. Such dynamic features however do not respond inoptimal ways to climate changes for the best use of green energies surrounding thebuildings.Common green energies surrounding buildings include solar energy, wind energy,rain and snow energy. Their design and use in residential buildings are commonlynot well integrated. For example, windows with clear glass, double or triple glazed,allow good penetration of sunlight during day time in winter, but are not furtherdynamically insulated, with rock wool for example, for most part of it when thesun goes down to avoid heat loss from the building. Viewing ports with insulatedhinged covers should be fitted for minimizing heat loss.The above example shows the lack of an integrated approach to gain the best ofavailable green energies and minimizes expenditure of energy in residentialbuildings.2. THE PROPOSED S3P2E2R4 SUSTAINABLE BIREATHAPPROACH: BUILDING INTEGRATED RENEWABLEENERGIES AND RESOURCES, AND OPTIMAL AIRQUALITY TOTAL HARVEST APPROACHThe United Nations Environment Programme [1] says that major threats to theplanet such as climate change, the rate of extinction of species, and the challengeof feeding a growing population are among the many that remain unresolved, andall of them put humanity at risk.Responding to this report, substantial incorporation of sustainability into buildingdesign has to be conducted, leading to priority shifted as : Safety, Health,Sustainability, Comfort.570