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Achieving Zero Carbon in Sustainable Communities
Contemporary urban lifestyle emphasises green living and encourages people to reduce their carbon footprint. It is important for the carbon footprint of users and their demand for energy to be measured to explore scenarios for the design of buildings to create sustainable communities. This chapter presents an alternative approach for developing sustainable communities using activity‐based design principles based on the quantification of the energy demand per activity performed on a daily basis by members of various communities rather than making assumptions on space and energy requirements using the traditional functional‐based design approach. It starts with an overview of the key concepts and the principles for the development of sustainable communities to achieve an equilibrium between the supply of local renewable resources (e.g. wind, water, solar) and demand for alternative energy. The chapter also discusses how energy consumption analysis provides the foundation for evaluating overall energy need, space and land requirements.
Achieving Zero Carbon in Sustainable Communities
Contemporary urban lifestyle emphasises green living and encourages people to reduce their carbon footprint. It is important for the carbon footprint of users and their demand for energy to be measured to explore scenarios for the design of buildings to create sustainable communities. This chapter presents an alternative approach for developing sustainable communities using activity‐based design principles based on the quantification of the energy demand per activity performed on a daily basis by members of various communities rather than making assumptions on space and energy requirements using the traditional functional‐based design approach. It starts with an overview of the key concepts and the principles for the development of sustainable communities to achieve an equilibrium between the supply of local renewable resources (e.g. wind, water, solar) and demand for alternative energy. The chapter also discusses how energy consumption analysis provides the foundation for evaluating overall energy need, space and land requirements.
Achieving Zero Carbon in Sustainable Communities
Robinson, Herbert (editor) / Symonds, Barry (editor) / Gilbertson, Barry (editor) / Ilozor, Benedict (editor) / Jacewicz, Malgorzata (author) / Robinson, Herbert (author)
2015-03-02
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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