TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesFig.5 - Proposed layout of roofThe design aims at significantly reducing consumption of operating energy andwater, and harvesting as much solar energy [Fig. 6] and wind energy as possible,and for providing food, hot water & optimized air quality for the residentsFig. 6 – Harvesting solar energy by:a. solar hot water panel / solar PV panel,small wind turbine, big Fresnel lens of1.2m diameter for solar ovendb. 2 layers of green plants at flat roof /balcony:i. top layer - fast organic growingof food plants e.g. melonsand fast growing vegetables inhot summer for food, which willreduce transportation of food andfarmland demandii. lower layer of grass - grows wellin less sunshine, to harvestresidual sunshine and daylightbbac. growing of plants of herbal & hd. ealth value for improving AIR quality, so that closing up the façade and operatingthe air conditioners, rejecting the optimized AIR quality, will surely be a regretfulloss.d. performing TOTAL HARVEST of solar energy by maximizing the surface areasof the façade for growing plants, and intake of daylight by increasing glazedsurface and skylight, yet without overheating the interior.e. solar air chimney4. sunlight reflecting system by ventilation tube574