The Library has created a page of resources for this on the LibGuides MYP Page HERE

What is Sustainable Housing and how do we achieve it? listen to this PBS podcast from the Sweaty Penguin

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Are Buildings Evil Pt2.mp4

Are Buildings Evil.mp4

Sustainable House resources

Many of these resources have been taken from the Bath University course Modern Building Design.

Share some examples of buildings that you have seen with either new and modern features, or features that are old and need improving. Look at the following PADLET created by the University of Bath Future Learn course.

Modern Building Design (July 2020) - Step 1.4

To create a post, click the big pink cross at the bottom of the page or double-click on the wall. Give your post a title in the box that appears. Then click on one of the icons to attach a link to an image, a video or a website showing your building. PADLET https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/modern-building-design/10/steps/791879

Are Buildings Evil? (See video attachment below)

"Returning to our definition of evil. Well, we know our buildings are the single greatest cause of climate change. We know climate change is likely to be catastrophic for some of the poorest people on the planet. And we know how to build buildings that use almost no energy. But we stubbornly refuse to build such buildings. This means we can tick the destructiveness, harm others, and consciousness boxes in the definition. So look around you as you walk past and through buildings, and rank them as evil or not. And if you design or purchase buildings, rank yourself." Coley 2020

Reducing energy consumption

As we have seen so far in David’s presentation (see attached video above), we have struggled to reduce energy consumption, and we don’t really know why. However we have a list of possibilities. Here are just a few which we would like you to reflect on as you look at buildings.

1. Given better insulation people simply heat their buildings to higher temperatures. In 1980 the mean internal wintertime temperature in UK houses was 14 degrees centigrade (this is the whole-house mean, not the temperature of the sitting room). Now it is 20 degrees and rising. In Sweden it is already 22 degrees. In air conditioned offices we see the same, with people wearing jumpers in summer. We need to be aware of these desires when designing low-energy buildings: we need to provide sensible temperatures, but without using energy.
2. New buildings have many more lights and they normally don’t get turned off during daylight hours.
3. Fossil fuels are cheap and easy to use, so we leave doors and windows open with the heating system on because the boiler can make up the difference. In an old under-heated property we are less likely do this, because it would take much longer to reheat the building.
4. Architects love glass. Even a modern triple glazed window loses more heat per metre-squared than a simple cavity brick wall with a little insulation in it, and ten times that of a well insulated wall. Over-glazing is also one of the main reasons for buildings needing air conditioning.
5. Sticky out bits: the heat loss from a building is not just a function of what it is built from, but of its shape. In general, simple shapes have a lower surface area for a given floor area.
6. IT: the newer the building, the more complex the IT system is likely to be, and it is unlikely that energy efficiency was a priority in its selection.
7. Thermal mass: lightweight buildings tend to overheat more easily. This can increase air conditioning loads.
8. Inappropriate heating and cooling systems: we have lots of new options: for example heat pumps and under floor heating. However unless these are designed correctly by people with a proven track record, and only used on buildings of the right type, they can lead to very high energy use.
9. Controls: a building can simply be out of control, with no-one understanding how it is meant to work.
10. Poor build quality, with insulation missing or gaps that allow heat to escape.
11. Lack of post occupancy evaluation: by this we mean checking that the building operates as it was meant to.

It is very easy to produce such a list, but we simply do not know the relative importance of the items. This is very strange. In the UK we spend £90 billion a year within the construction industry, much of it on new buildings; by this measure, we aren’t getting good value.

Brise Soleil

Have a look at buildings near you:

- Can you see examples of features such as brise-soleil? Do any of them look unnecessary because shading is provided another way?
- Nominate an example building, showing good or bad practice, and add an online link to an image if you can on our Padlet wall.

Look at the building you work in or live it (or one you know well):

- When was it built?
- Has it lasted for 100 years yet?
- If ‘Yes’ has it been modified and if so, how?
- If ‘No’ do you think it will last 100 years?… will it need modification? …could it have been better designed to avoid the need for modification?

This PADLET from the University of Bath course has some inspirational concrete buildings.

GOUHN_Building presentation 2023.pdf

PHV LIEU GIAI PRESENTATION_240426

Grade 8 visited our neighbour, the new Pizza Hut signature. Left are the slides from the presentation and HERE is the school FB post.

The Plan for the GOUNH is attached below, as are images from before and after the renovation.

Try the competition from Discover Design HERE

Hanoi's own GOUNH- Field trip destination

Materials

The Gounh uses YTONG a form of Autoclaved Areated Concrete

SAW, CLAY, WOOD a site about making houses out of natural resources.

The Earthship Global website lists THE 6 HUMAN NEEDS FOR A HARMONIOUS LIFE ON EARTH

UNHabitat ebook GOING GREEN https://issuu.com/unhabitat/docs/going_green

10 Eco Friendly Off Grid Homes Architecture from DEZEEN magazine

Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ- Article from the Guardian

RIBA Plan of work- can you spot similarities with our own Design Cycle from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

In the time of Covid, architects have come up with a few ideas on how to survive through architecture in this Pechakucha Competition

Solar Power

This Instructable is useful DIY OFF GRID SOLAR SYSTEM and includes a link to a LOAD CALCULATOR. and a tool for calculating the cable resistance and size.

The Scouts have a Sustainability Merit Badge- would you be able to achieve it?

SOLAR for SCHOOLS App on the Play Store Here and also available on the AppStore. This app helps educate about solar power.

Solar Power Bitesize from the UKGBC

A school in Hanoi is solar powered- read this article for more

"Nguyen Trai Secondary School was supported more than 90 million VND out of 114 million VND to buy equipment and install 14 5.32 kW/h solar panels on the roof of the school. This device supports the use of fans and lights in 18 classrooms, which is expected to save 1-1.5 million VND per month."

This is the company that set up Solar Panel system for Nguyen Trai School : https://solarbk.vn/du-an?category_id=5f87ca90e790d&nam=2020&dia_diem=7&partner_type=5fb734c462d63#project-listing

Suppliers in Vietnam

SolarBK are the suppliers of the solar sytem at the UN GOUNH

Supplier of existing panel: http://toptech.vn/web/static/introduce.html

Solarvietnam (based in HCMC) http://www.solarvietnam.vn/lien-he.html

1516 have some projects including the solar bench next to the Tiger cage downstairs. Check out their website here

Association of Architects Vietnam https://kienviet.net/

Future smart city video from world economic forum https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/1427919080919279/

From the Edx Polytechnic university of Valencia sustainable architecture course come the following resources:

See Tips for Daylighting with Windows 1167562.pdf file below.

For a comprehensive listing of different house typology and energy usage check out this European Union funded website https://webtool.building-typology.eu/#bm

University of British Columbia, Canada has a living laboratory approach to sustainability:

https://sustain.ubc.ca/about

WATER

This sink design sends waste water to the toilet- yanko

An electric bike

CARBON COUNTER

Carbon Calculator

Ecolizer - How sustainable is your material?

Materials

https://theconstructor.org/sustainability/embodied-energy-building-materials/567108/

cardboard https://refold.co/pages/worklife-series

Vietnam Green Building Council https://www.vgbc.vn/en/