2. What is a Green Building?
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.
3. Design features in green buildings.
Reduces waste
Reduces pollution
Energy and water efficient
Protects occupants health
Resource efficient and responsible
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Un-green Buildings
This 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Conclusion
After 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.
