Green roofs & green walls lai confrence 110511_jonathan grealy
Ganendra Art House Green Building Strategies
1.
2.
Green
Building
Building
Construc1on
Technology
Ganendra
Art
House
Green
Building
Strategies
Sustainability
Energy
Efficiency
Water
Efficiency
Materials
Building
Orienta1on
Building
Envelope
Renewable
Energy
Water
FiBng
Landscape
Recycled
Material
Green
Material
3.
4.
5.
6. Bedrooms
and
bathrooms
face
the
south.
The
entrance
porch
is
facing
north
while
the
kitchen
faces
west
in
this
building.
West
side
has
minimum
window
openings.
7. The
central
courtyard,
external
pa@os
and
study
room
face
east,
shaded
from
aAernoon
sun.
8.
External
finish
of
this
building
is
light
grey,
this
colour
reduces
heat
gain
by
reflec@ng
solar
radia@on.
Hollow
bricks
with
double
sand
bricks
for
the
west
facing
external
walls.
9. All
windows
openings
and
doors
have
ver@cal
or
horizontal
concrete
sun-‐shading
slabs
that
extend
450mm
from
the
wall.
Float
glass
windows
in
the
building.
Void
with
louvers
above
to
maximize
daylight.
10.
Wind
Chimney
:
Ver@cal
Wind
ShaA
§ To
channel
the
wind
from
upper
parts
of
the
site
at
the
roof
level
channelling
external
wind
down
the
shaA
Gallery
spaces
below.
§ Provide
comfort
cooling
&
natural
ven@la@on.
View
of
Wind
Chimney
from
the
inside
of
the
building.
11. Water
efficient
water
closets,
shower
heads,
basin
taps
and
kitchen
taps.
All
trees
and
shrubs
for
landscaping
are
na@ve
plants
which
require
no
ar@ficial
irriga@ons.
12. The
rebars
and
broken
concrete
blocks
recovered
from
the
demolishing
of
exis@ng
building
were
retained
for
use
in
the
construc@on
of
hand
rails.
Low
vola@le
organic
compound
(VOC)
paints
have
been
used
for
all
internal
walls.
No
added
urea
formaldehyde
products,VOC
adhesives
or
sealants
were
used.