Done by: Charles Brittain

Hayden Symmonds

Green Buildings

A green building is environmentally friendly. Its is resource efficient and environmentally responsible throughout the buildings life cycle. i.e: siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and demolition.

What is a Green Building?

Reduces waste

Reduces pollution

Energy and water efficient

Protects occupants health

Resource efficient and responsible

Design features in green buildings.

Un-green Buildings

Buildings like the one

on the right(dayboy

bathrooms) are un-

green because there

is very little natural

light that is let in.

This means that the

building uses more

energy to provide

sufficient light. It

would be a lot better

to make the windows

larger to create more

natural light.

Un-green Building

This is un-green due to the

fact these lights are shining

all day unnecessarily. I

would create more natural

light to ensure there is

enough light during the day,

or you could use motion

sensing lights so that they

only come on when

somebody is inside.

Un-green Buildings

This is an un-green

building site because it is

not resource efficient. All

the resources are being

left unused. Use all the

resources, even if in

another area, so that

there will be none left

over.

Un-green buildings

This feature of the

building makes it un-

green. This feature(air-

con) makes it un-green

because it uses up

unnecessary energy.

Using something like a

fan will create a similar

effect but use less

energy. It will obviously

be better if nor a fan or

an air-con were used but

sometimes these things

are a necessity.

Un-green Buildings

This is very bad because

it is wasting energy

extremely unnecessarily.

This light is on in the

middle of the day when

the sun was shining

brightly. I suggest that a

motion sensing light is

put on or a light on a

timer so that the light

will only shine when

necessary so that

energy will not be

wasted.

Un-green BuildingsThis may not contribute

harmfully to the environment but

it could certainly be improved. If

there was some sort of

catchment at the bottom of this

pipe there would not be any

wastage of water which will help

in conserving water.

This is an example of the amount

of water that is wasted.

Green Buildings

This is a green building

because natural material

has been used to make it.

This is better because

using synthetic material

damages the environment

more than using a

renewable

resource(wood) will.

Green Buildings

This is a green design

because a natural resource

has been used to make this

wall. This is dry wall that has

been formed in such a way

that it can withstand the

weight of the building. This is

also a cheaper method to

use and it uses resources

very efficiently.

Green Buildings

This is a god feature for

the building to have

because it uses resource

very efficiently. It uses

less energy than a

normal light, creates the

same amount of light

and it also lasts for

longer. This is more

expensive but it is

definitely worth it if you

are looking at it from an

energy perspective.

Green Buildings

This is a very good example

of natural light. The more

natural light there is the less

man-made light there is that

needs to be used. This

creates a huge energy

saving and will also save a

lot of money in the long run

because of the energy

saving.

ConclusionAfter going around the

school taking photos of

green and un-green

features of the school

buildings. We conclude that

there are more un-green

features around the school

but the school is moving

steadily forward to become

a greener place.