It can also decrease its environmental impacts. Recycling infrastructures can reduce operation costs and increase building resiliency. But due to people’s increasing environmental awareness, combined with technological advancements, construction companies are now making extra efforts to be greener and more environmentally conscious.īesides sustainable concepts, sustainable building practices also encourage renovating existing buildings rather than building from scratch.
In the past, a community’s development meant there would be environmental repercussions. Greener, More Environment-Conscious Building Efforts As such, many architects and developers turn toward sustainable construction practices to build eco-friendly and energy-efficient designs to decrease pollution, natural resources waste, and create a calming environment for people living or working in it. Lighting and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the top energy wasters in the United States, eating approximately 30 percent of the energy. Commercial buildings use the most energy in the United States.
See more of The Edge in this 2015 video from CNN’s Richard Quest.The construction of commercial buildings has a significant negative impact on the environment and society itself. The Edge got an enviable sustainability score of 98.3% from the British rating agency BREEAM. Workers can even adjust their window blinds with the app.
Temperatures are regulated by pumping warmer and cooler water from different levels in an aquifer. The skin of the building is made of solar panels. The architects estimate an 80% savings over traditional lighting. The Edge, a light, bright and app-controlled building with a large atrium as its nucleus, is as green as it is worker-friendly – a key directive by PLP Architects when designing the building.Įschewing traditional electric lights and wiring, LEDs are powered by a “digital ceiling” with computer cables connected to sensors, anticipating lighitng needs rather than running at a steady rate. Opened: 2014 | Use: Offices | Design: PLP Architecture The Edge, headquarters of Deloitte, is one of the greenest and smartest office buildings in the world.
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