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12 ATTRIBUTES

OF A SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

A FRAMEWORK

I Preamble

II 12 Attributes

III Conclusion

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IGBC PENANG 2010 l PAM / GBI l MAY 13, 2010

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preamble

A FRAMEWORK

Context

Position

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perception

rating systems

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Aim

Attributes

Qualifiers

context

ecommercial

eco-centric

Green consumers

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Credit : Gary Schneider, John in Sixteen Parts, 1995

Credit for collage: 2B Architects

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perception


rating systems

preamble

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Taiwan GBC(2005) EEWH(Launched 1999)

Philippine GBC(2007)

Korea GBC(2005)

India GBC(2001)LEED India(Launched 2001)

Indonesia GBC(Prospective)

Singapore GBC(2009)BCA Green Mark(Launched 2005)

Japan Sustainable Building Consortium(2001)CASBEE(Launched 2001)

Vietnam GBC(Emerging)LOTUS

HK-BEAM Society(1996)HK-BEAM(Launched 1996)

Malaysia Green Building Confederation(2009)Malaysia Green Building Index(Launched 2009)

China GBC(2008)

China Green Building Evaluation Standard

(Launched 2007)

Credit:: Dr. Nirmal Kishnani

Aim

A FRAMEWORK

Context

Position

Attributes

Application of principals of sustainability to the

design, construction operations and disassembly

of the built environment.

A multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholders, whole-life

perspective approach.

Global and local impacts of these principals on

the planet‟s climate and ecology.

Such impacts as noted by United Nations IPCC

and Singapore‟s IMCSD.

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Qualifiers


position

A FRAMEWORK

Context

Position

To articulate by revisiting the question

“what is a sustainable built environment?”.

To work with policy-makers, experts and other

stakeholders.

To contribute to the dialogue on sustainability in

Singapore.

To highlight important metrics to the making of the

sustainable future.

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Aim

Attributes

Qualifiers


aim

Natural Capital

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Resilience to Climate Change

Urban Infrastructure

Replenishable Resources

Resource Efficacy

Longevity = Adaptability + Re-Use

Harmonization with Place

Wellness of the Inhabitant

Integrated Landscape

Food Security

Design Process

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attributes

A FRAMEWORK

Context

Position

Origin for the twelve principals, a.k.a. „Attributes

of a Sustainable Environment‟.

As a global consensus on how the built

environment behaves in a world of limited

resources.

As a framework to the architects in the making of

a sustainable Singapore.

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Aim

Attributes

Qualifiers


attributes

A FRAMEWORK

Role of the architects and importance of design as

an integrating framework. Architects may not be

the sole drivers. However, design process is all-

embracing.

This list is a framework and a means of

comparing developments. A sustainable

development may not address all 12 attributes.

Some attributes lead to quantifiable impacts such

as carbon footprint. Others are more qualitative,

but equally as important.

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Qualifiers

Attributes


qualifiers

Context

Position

Aim

MATRIX SHOWING

RELATIONSHIP OF

ATTRIBUTES

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DefinitionOur planet‟s ecology, and the biological diversity that thrives in it

and there by provides us with ecological goods such as foods,

fresh water and climate regulation.

ApplicationA sustainable development recognizes the intrinsic value of

Natural Capital and seeks zero impact through site selection, site

planning, procurement of raw materials and products,

management of pollution and waste.

Metrics - Ecological footprints

- Bio capacity

natural capital

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Credit : 2B Architects


Application

Singapore has a high ecological footprint and low biocapacity.

Sustainable development seeks zero or positive impact on natural

capital on and off site, within and beyond national boundaries.

natural capital

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HIGH ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT LOW BIOCAPACITY


ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF NATIONS Credit: The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2008

BIOCAPACITY OF NATIONS Credit: The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2008

greenhouse gas emissions

DefinitionThe atmospheric influx of greenhouse gases (GHG), such as

carbon dioxide and methane, to traps the sun‟s heat and raise

average global temperatures, leading to global warming. This

manifests itself through altered climate patterns

ApplicationA sustainable development actively seeks to reduce its GHG

emissions which is often linked to human activities such as

burning of fossil fuels

Metrics - Carbon footprints

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Credit :untitled, from website



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Wal-Mart

Wall-Mart’s Pledge on Feb 25, 2010

“to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its

global supply chains by end 2015”

Wall-Mart’s action plans :

1. Reduce GHG emissions from its direct operations (stores

and fleet) and through out its supply chain

2. Increase global efforts to operate energy efficient stores





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Wal-Mart Supercenter in McKinney, Dallas, USA

Credit :untitled, from websiteCredit :: Walmart


resilience to climate change

DefinitionClimate change, its effects, is deemed inevitable and in some

places, severe. These include sea level rise, erratic weather and

flooding, food and water shortages.

Mitigation and Adaptation are complementary strategies related

to resilience to climate change. Mitigation tackles cause of

climate change; Adaptation tackles impact of climate change

across the life of a building or community.

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Credit : 2B Architects



Katrina Hurricane, New Orleans, USA

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Before After

New Orleans

Credit :untitled, from websiteCredit :untitled, from website


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Make It Right Foundation

3Kieran Timberlake

Associates

Morphosis

Shigeru Ban Architects

Credit : Architectural Digest MagazineCredit :: www.makeitright.com


urban infrastructure

DefinitionA set of interdependence and synergy related infrastructure

in varying scales of building environment, often affecting

environmental effects to neighborhoods and cities.

ApplicationA sustainable development look into a set of urban

infrastructure that supports the community such as, energy

interdependence, potential synergy between water and

waste management, transport system and zoning.

Metrics- None

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Credit : Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates Inc.



Application

Density – Zoning & Intensity

Car free – City Gym & Public Transportation System4


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Credit : untitled, from website

kampung baru, kuala lumpur


Examples

1. Walking school bus : all over Rome, groups of children walk to

school, following a set route and picking up other children at „bus

stops‟ as they go, escorted by two adult „drivers‟.

2. City sports arena in Singapore with good road infrastructure.

3. Munich‟s vividly colored U-Bahn is an underground art gallery.

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replenishable resources

DefinitionA natural resources found on our planet, such as water from the

ocean and bamboo, which we have to consider now with

advanced technology. This is to reduce our dependency on non-

renewable resources such as wood from rainforest and fossil

fuels.

ApplicationA sustainable environment has little or no use for non-renewable

resources; it is designed instead to seek out replenish-able

resources available to it.

Metrics Instead of metrics, categories to consider are:

- Energy

- Water

- Materials

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Credit : WCAFI


replenishable resources

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Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center,

New Caledonia

Credit : Renzo Piano Building Workshop


resource efficacy

DefinitionThe capacity and responsibility of stakeholders to extract more

value from fewer non-renewable resources, i.e. lowering the

input-to-output ratio.

ApplicationA sustainable development should be designed and operated

optimally, with sustained efficiency of its electro-mechanical

systems, with minimal waste resulting from the operation of

these systems and occupant behavior.

Metrics Instead of metrics, categories to consider are:

- Energy

- Water

- Materials

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Credit : Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates Inc.


resource efficacy

Natural Ventilation

Reuse of building structures

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Credit : Aurecon


fusionpolis

137 market street

longevity = adaptability + re-use

DefinitionThe longevity of a development is a measure of how effectively

embedded resources are utilized, referring to the materials and

energy that were consumed in its making. In other words, the

longer it stands, the less it has consumed annually.

ApplicationA sustainable building avoids obsolescence by offering

opportunities for whole building adaptation to change-of-use or

expansion. It is designed for loose fit; it is accommodating and

generic in its layout and for long life, and anticipates eventual

end-of-life by allowing for disassembly and re-use of components.

Metrics - None

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Credit : Overland Partners



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Old National Library

Old National Theatre

presentpast

presentpast

Lost in Cultural Memory




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chijmes cheong fatt tze museum

fullerton

Preserving Cultural Memory


Credit : untitled, from website Credit : Cheong Fatt Tze website

harmonization with place

DefinitionHarmonization is the conscious act of embeddedness in Place,

of actively reducing the burden that a building or city will place

on the environment at large.

ApplicationA sustainable environment seeks to be in harmony with its locale.

It does so by investigating and appropriating local knowledge;

this is manifest in its choice or materials, climatic response, and

respect for site and ecology.

Metrics Instead of metrics, 3 pre-conditions of Place to address are:

- History and Culture

- Ecology and Terrain

- Climate

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Sustainable Place Making

Sustainable building

Sustainable citySustainable neighborhood

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Kandalama, Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Green Philosophy

Eco Park

Sewage treatment

Elephant dung paper

Recycling

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Physical Setting

Between rock formations

No tree was destroyed

Minimum impact on the

ecosystem


Credit : Kandalama website

wellness of the inhabitant

DefinitionBuildings and cities should enhance the inhabitant‟s quality of

life which relates to the issue of wellness.

ApplicationA sustainable building and cities provide us, the inhabitants,

comfortable environments for work, rest and play. If designed

well, they can also impart pleasure and delight.

Metrics Instead of metrics, 3 descriptors of wellness to address are:

- Comfort

- Health

- Happiness

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Application

Not all occupants need uniform conditions all of the time

Line of sight to Blue and Green

Variable ventilation and user control to vary thermal conditions,

15% drop in staff absenteeism (source: Peter Buchanan)

Increased profitability?

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Credit : Greenhilli

integrated landscape

DefinitionGreenery – both natural and man-made landscapes – which

is a readily available component of the built environment that

by „carbon sequestration‟ counters GHG emissions from our

buildings and cars.

ApplicationA sustainable environment maximizes

landscape elements, integrating them

onto site and envelope.

Metrics - None

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Credit : 2B ArchitectsCredit : untitled, from website


integrated landscape

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Credit : Newton Suites, WOHA Architects


Credit : Jean Nouvel‟s

Musee du quai Branly

Credit : Bio Wall, Integrated Learning Centre,

Queen‟s University, Canada

food security

DefinitionA community is „food secure‟ if food is available at all times,

when all persons have access to it, where its composition is

nutritionally adequate in terms of quantity, quality and variety,

and generally acceptable within a given culture. Can be an issue

or matter of survival for nations. Urban agriculture is an

infrastructure strategy.

ApplicationA sustainable environment therefore seeks out productive

landscapes (as distinct from landscapes that are solely aesthetic)

integrating them into facades and roofs, gardens and parks.

Metrics - None

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Credit : untitled, from Scientific magazine


design process

DefinitionA domain of architects and as a integrated design process

embraces all the other 11 attributes. Key factors are a

collaborative outlook and multi-stakeholder buy-in.

ApplicationA sustainable development is therefore a product of an integrated

design process. Rethinking cost across the entire life of the

building allows developers to consider strategies and technologies

with greater long-term benefits and savings.

Metrics Instead of metrics, 3 attributes are:

- Multi-disciplinary

- Multi-stakeholder

- Whole-life perspective

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Credit : Gary Schneider, John in Sixteen Parts, 1995

conclusion

This policy paper by SIA is a first step in establishing a framework of

attributes for both our profession and its allied partners to contribute

on the dialogue on sustainability in Singapore and in the region.

This list is ever-evolving and forward-gazing in approach.

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Join us in this dialogue on sustainability!


speaker info

Speaker

Cheong Yew Kee, MSIA, AIA

SIA Council Member 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011

Chairman, SIA Green Practice Committee

Principal, 2B ARCHITECTS

Contact Information

Cheong Yew Kee, MSIA, AIA

[email protected]

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