Environmental Considerations in Buildings Design

摘要

This paper explores environmental considerations in buildings design, and some indicators to assess buildings' environmental impact to help ameliorate environmental threats. The major design considerations are highlighted to help realize more environmentally friendly buildings and designs, along with reporting some environmental architecture design features. Design considerations include the choice of site; materials; massing of the project; special architectural feature; special electrical and mechanical considerations; waste management and traffic impact considerations; and landscape features. In addition some case studies are reported. Major building schemes have to be preceded by an environmental impact assessment/statement, considering the possible ramification of a particular design and location before construction.