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Umass Amherst Campus Green Building Resources, Ludmilla D. Pavlova-Gillham
Umass Amherst Campus Green Building Resources, Ludmilla D. Pavlova-Gillham
Ludmilla D Pavlova
UMass Amherst is a STARS Gold institution that has received numerous awards for its sustainability efforts in higher education. To celebrate the physical elements of the campus sustainability achievements, and to inform campus staff, faculty and students how to support green building projects, Campus Planning and Design & Construction sponsored a presentation to the campus community on Campus Green Building Resources: LEED and Beyond. Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, Senior Campus Planner reviews the commitment UMass Amherst has made to sustainable design and construction and the range of sustainability/LEED resources available to campus staff, faculty and students as they work on planning, designing …
Landscape And Sustainability: Three Residential College Buildings In The Tropics, Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin, Ati Rosemary Mohd Ariffin, Nila Keumala Daud, Hazreena Hussein
Landscape And Sustainability: Three Residential College Buildings In The Tropics, Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin, Ati Rosemary Mohd Ariffin, Nila Keumala Daud, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
Three residential colleges located in a university campus at the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and built in different decades were selected for landscape studies with respect to species and position of the trees, as well as the effects of the current landscapes as a shelter in reducing solar radiation on buildings, as a pre-assessment for the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) and assessment system. These landscape settings were carefully studied through on-site observation. The name and location of the mature trees were redrawn and visualised with standard normal photographs. These studies revealed that the old residential college landscape is …
Validation Of The Adaptive Reuse Potential (Arp) Model Using Iconcur, Craig Langston
Validation Of The Adaptive Reuse Potential (Arp) Model Using Iconcur, Craig Langston
Craig Langston
This paper aims to focus on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings that have become obsolete, an important strategy for sustainable development and a pertinent response to excessive resource usage resulting from typical destruction and redevelopment.
Achieving Sustainable Development: Accessibility Of Green Buildings In Malaysia, Chua Fuh Yiing, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, Hazreena Hussein
Achieving Sustainable Development: Accessibility Of Green Buildings In Malaysia, Chua Fuh Yiing, Naziaty Mohd Yaacob, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
Both Universal Design (UD) and Green Building Design (GBD) aim to achieve sustainability in the built environment. In Malaysia, the introduction of Green Building Index (GBI) is a reinforcement of GBD agenda although not made mandatory to comply. At the same time, the Persons With Disabilities Act 2008 Malaysia (PWD Act) promotes strongly UD. Both the GBI and PWD Act are in support of Sustainable Development (SD) in terms of environmental protection and social equity, respectively. This study provides a critical analysis of how these two SD instruments are either being corroborated or compromised or complemented through the practice of …
Integrated Sustainable Roof Design, Lee Xia Sheng, Ati Rosemary Mohd Ariffin, Hazreena Hussein
Integrated Sustainable Roof Design, Lee Xia Sheng, Ati Rosemary Mohd Ariffin, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
‘Necessity is the mother of invention’…this proverb is very true with all great inventions that contribute to sustainable development. High density and steep land value have driven people to maximise liveable and productive spaces in urban settings. This include the reinvention of roofs’ functions extending from merely a protection from the elements to a platform housing sustainable building technologies such as green roof, rainwater harvesting and photovoltaic power generation. On one hand, researches or different sustainable technologies are competing for funding, resources, space and recognition. On the other hand, some of the green building rating criteria have immense influence on …