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@MISC{Hui_•case,
author = {Sam C. M. Hui},
title = {• Case Studies on Sustainable Buildings},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Sustainable buildings can be defined as “those buildings that have minimum adverse impacts on the built and natural environment, in terms of the buildings themselves, their immediate surroundings and the broader regional and global setting ” (Hasegawa, 2003). At present, there are many schools of thought on sustainable architecture or green building. In general, it is believed that cradle-to-cradle design will enable an ecologically intelligent approach to architecture (McDonough and Braungart, 2003) and life-cycle thinking is a key to the sustainable construction concept (Kohler and Moffatt, 2003). Although the general principles of sustainable building are not too hard to understand, there are many aspects and issues about the sustainable building practices that need to be studied and evaluated carefully. When people try to study the related concepts and practical applications, they often find it difficult to locate good information sources, practical examples and key references. In order to promote sustainable design and planning of buildings, efforts have been made to develop the following Internet Websites to provide useful information and resources to all the interested persons (including developers, building designers, researchers, students, etc.). This R&D work is an extension of the Web-based learning environment developed by Hui and Cheung (1999) and a side-product from the research on building energy efficiency and sustainable architecture. At present, there are three Websites established at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
Keyphrases
sustainable building case study sustainable architecture immediate surroundings global setting useful information intelligent approach building energy efficiency many aspect sustainable design cradle-to-cradle design interested person building designer general principle minimum adverse impact many school sustainable construction concept following internet website web-based learning environment green building practical application natural environment life-cycle thinking sustainable building practice related concept key reference practical example good information source hong kong
