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Paper Abstract: This paper looks at green design and how environmentally conscious building is now becoming the new trend in architecture and design in America and spreading to China. Europe has had this form of development for many years because energy costs are so much higher there, but America is starting to catch on and is turning green. Paper Introduction: Green design is gradually working its way into the A D community\'sconsciousness and environmentally conscious design is becoming less anoption and more a requirement in the design business Weeks Muchof the success of the movement in the United States is due to the effortsof the United States Green Building Council USGBC and their Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design LEED Green Rating System which providescertification to validate green initiatives by designers and gives clientsa selling point LEED does not only influence building standards Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. "A greener point of view." Real Estate Weekly. "It matters little to specify sustainable productsand surfaces if the actual building is torn down in 2 , 5 , or 75 years."Europeans also focus on the health of interior environments, being muchmore stringent in creating green environments inside. Europe isstill years ahead of everyone in green design, and America has a lot ofcatching up to do, but things are starting to move. TheGreen Building Council of Australia is developing a Green StarEnvironmental Rating tool, also based on LEED, and a related trainingcourse. Green design is gaining popularity among developers and thegeneral public. Green design is gradually working its way into the A & D community'sconsciousness, and environmentally conscious design is becoming less anoption and more a requirement in the design business (Weeks 44-45). "Globally green: sustainable design continues to gain attention in the United States: but how does it measure up abroad?" Contract. The New York Times buildingwill also add to this latest trend. The Manhattan skyline reflects the constant change in architecturalstyles of the past century, but is now getting some new additions from thelatest trend - green design (Kaplan 86). The Battery Park City Authority has instituted sustainabledesign guidelines for both residential and commercial building in itsdistrict. The long- term benefits of environmentally consciousdesign is being recognized and New York Is greening. Redeveloping a site that is brownfield with some toxic waste is animportant green project, according to Philip Pryor of Geller DeVellis Inc.,in Wellesley, Massachusetts. 5 (34) (2 4):86.Weeks, Katie. Green design does not have to belimited to monumental structures - energy conservation, maximization ofnatural lighting and maintaining a clean air environment can beincorporated into any building design. LEED does not only influence building standards in the United States,but is having an impact overseas as well - even as far away as China (Weeks44). Muchof the success of the movement in the United States is due to the effortsof the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and their Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Rating System, which providescertification to validate green initiatives by designers and gives clientsa selling point. 31(2) (2 4):14 -15."'Green' Buildings Get Noticed." R & D. 46(4) (2 4):44-45. The second award went to the Joe Serna, Jr. The building was designed with 42 facility-based sustainablefeatures, run under 11 major sustainable operational policies (Bolch 15).It features such green designs as charging stations for electric cars; 736solar panels that can generate up to 55,18 kilowatts at peak exposures; anaggressive waste collection, recycling and compost program; an indoor airquality plan which involves janitorial, landscape and maintenancepractices; and an integrated pest management system that reduces chemicaluse. California-EPAHeadquarters building in Sacramento, for design, construction and operationwhich incorporated sustainable yet economically competitive technologies,materials, methods, and processes, earning it a gold certification. Austria has had suchprograms for the last 2 to 25 years. China does not yet have its own codes so is borrowing the LEEDSstandards until it does, and a whole lot of construction is going on inChina. The Helena, a 37-story residentialbuilding with 58 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments on Manhattan'sWest Side will be the first voluntarily green residential building inManhattan. It features floor-to-ceiling glass, wrap-around windows andsleek metal panels. Although it is notyet a primary issue in China, indoor air quality is becoming more of anissue in terms of ventilation and materials over there now. The Canada Green Building Council has submitted its own version -LEED Canada - based on the U.S. "Going for the green: environmentally friendly buildings and sites can also be friendly to the bottom line." Plants Sites & Parks. A silver certification went to theNational Geographic Society's Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, whichupgraded their heating and cooling system, interior lighting systems, andbuilding operations practices within all four of its interconnectedbuildings, increasing the market value of the property by $4 for every $1invested. Brownfields are cheaper to purchase thanprime land and many local and state authorities offer tax incentives forredeveloping such lands. Black watertreatment technology, micro-turbine co-generation, a centralized heatingand cooling system and photovoltaic panels with promote resourceconservation. It is not just new buildings that are turning green either. standards, to the USGBC for approval. Whilenew building codes call for more environmentally friendly building, manyolder buildings are not subject to these so-called "green" initiatives.The USGBC recently honored two buildings with the Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEEDEB) certifications forimprovements to older buildings. "The focus is on better, longer term, higher quality, moredurable buildings," explains Dietrmar Eberle of the Austrian design firmBaumschlager-Eberle. The Conde Nast building at 4Times Square stands as testimony to how sustainable design can beintegrated into a state-of-the-art facility. With a green site, an environmentally friendlydeveloper will disturb as little of the site as possible and leave nativeplants and shrubs in place to reduce watering, fertilizer and care costs.The greening of America is underway. Another factor is the approachto building: in Europe much more value is placed on building a qualitystructure that will last for 2 to 3 years, so sustainability isessential. 46(1) (2 4):1 .Kaplan, Dan. Energy costs are much higher in Europe, as much as four times higherthan in the United States, so conservation is a natural part of andevelopment project over there (Weeks 45). Works CitedBloch, Matt. The United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria are amongcountries which have their own energy codes and green design standardswhich they set up long before LEED was created. Site development is also part of the green design process (Bolch 14). Roofs will be covered in greenery to help retain stormwater, reduce heat gain and temper the micro-environment. If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.

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