I am choosing to do the research paper on aspects of green architecture. I am going to first discuss what green architecture is in general. I feel like many people have heard the term before including myself, but don’t really have the understanding of what it all entails. Green building is more than the structure itself, I want to explain the methods and planning that goes into building. After giving a general basis of the different aspects, I am going to focus more on how green building can preserve energy. I will talk about some of the materials that are being used such as solar panels that help use natural energy. The person I am interviewing specializes in solar paneling, and I plan to ask him the basic details of what makes them energy efficient and want him to break down the mechanics. I also want to look at windows and how they can be used to trap the heat from leaving the house which allows someone to run the heat less or keep it at lower temp so they are not losing as much heat. Then I want to talk about the financial aspect of green building and why it is not necessarily available to everyone and if this is something that will change in the future. Finally, towards the end of the paper, I want to talk about ways of learning about greening building. Essentially, communicate with the reader and relay information of where they can learn more about the subject.
-Danica
Over and Out
15 years ago
1 comment:
Hello Danica!
I think one of the reasons why green buildings are not so prevalent in Seattle yet is because Seattle's current building code does not require buildings to "be green". It will be the investors choice if they want to spend more money and build a green building but the law is not going to require every building to be sustainable. But the code is getting stricter every year. I got this information from JR Fulton who is the HFS Capital Planning and Sustainability Manager of the UW. I am currently working on a story for the Daily about green buildings on campus so I happened to interview him last Friday. Fulton told me he believed green buildings is going to be a big part when it comes to tackling our energy crisis. A lot of architectures try to think from the green perspective when they design a building but they often don't have enough budget to design a building that meets the investor's requirement and at the same time be energy efficient.
I hope this helps :)
Jocelyn
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