Environment friendly design

Environmental degradation is a hot topic in recent years. Buildings account for nearly 40% of global energy, and emit over 30% of GHG emissions. Therefore, integrating sustainable measures into architectural design is the future trend of development. As a cosmopolitan city, Sydney also has a sustainable city vison called sustainable Sydney 2030, to make Sydney […]

Space utilization

In a traditional design, a single space corresponds to a single function, and the layout follows the functional requirements. However, there is limitation on time according to the use of space. For example, the classroom is not being used at night, and the space such as the theater isn’t being used frequently during the day. […]

Noise pollution

Site analysis is an essential step before the architectural design begins. Comprehensive analysis of the climatic conditions of the site and the surrounding environment can lay the foundation for the architectural design, and also provide data support for the subsequent building layout. In the site analysis, air pollution and noise pollution are factors that must […]

Building energy waste- Night-time lighting

According to data from the united nations environment program, the building consumes 40% of global energy. In addition to energy consumption during building construction, buildings consume most of the energy in the phase of operation, and energy is used in all aspects to maintain building operations, including heating, plug load, heating and etc. Among them, […]

Are the Green buildings perform as expected?

To reduce the impact of the built environment on the natural environment, more and more countries have begun to promote green building. In order to better measure whether a building is a green building or not, many rating systems have emerged. The major ones are LEED in the United States, BREEAM in the UK, Green […]

Resilient city

Resilient city has been frequently mentioned recently. In order to increase the resistance of urban disasters and ensure the smooth and healthy development of cities, many cities have begun research on resilience. Resilient city is one that assesses, plans and acts to prepare for and respond to hazards – natural and human-made, expected and unexpected. […]

How building orientation effect building performance

In Australia, according to my observation, in the order of the importance to the house, first one is the view, followed by the orientation, the last one is the layout. In fact, I think that is what the Australian developers do. On the contrast, Chinese architectural design emphasis on the ventilation and orientation, but in […]

Building energy waste – Daytime lighting

Energy support is required from the construction phase to the operational phase of the building. As a major aspect of energy consumption, how to reduce energy consumption in buildings is one of the research directions of sustainable scientists. Generally, the following three measures can be taken to reduce building energy consumption: reducing energy use, improving […]

Plastic pollution from Supermarket

As plastic products are filled with every corner of the modern city, plastic pollution has always been a headache. Plastic product is not only hard to dispose, as mentioned before, the sand required for the production of plastic products, also do great damage to the environment. At present, the best way to reduce plastic pollution […]

Waste management in Sydney

With the advancement of urbanization, how to solve a large amount of urban domestic garbage has become a thorny issue. Unlike in the past, modern garbage becomes too much to be easily disposed in landfill, in that case, more complex management methods need to be applied. Not only that, urban waste contains enormous value potential, […]