Green architecture is an architectural style in which the architect/designer is considering what is good for the building structure, environment, users, as well as the persons who are near the building. It basically reduces / minimizes the harmful effects, toxics that’s coming from the building constructions to human health. By choosing and replacing the standard materials to eco-friendly, and recyclable building materials, can easily help lessen the pollution and chemicals that can accumulate and spread through the air and in haled by the people around it, and also serves as a help to the environment and the society as well.
The goal of green architecture is to be fully sustainable and helping the environment to help the users to pay less, and less harm to their health in overall. There are some other things that the designers/architects consider such as:
- Natural ventilation
- It is an air ventilation with the use of windows. Right positioning of window can really help the user to have less electricity fee for having too much fan usage due to heat. natural ventilation in museums helps them to maintain and conserve energy as well as lower its usage of electricity for fans and any machines that requires electricity to have ventilation inside the museums.
- Museums are a big infrastructure that requires ventilation to circulate around so that the users can be comfortable while learning and enjoying their visit.
2. Natural lighting / energy efficient lighting
- This feature also uses the window and other solar paneled lights in which can save up energy usage.
- Natural lighting is essential to museums to save energy usage, since museum requires to use a lot of different lights to showcase each art that is shown in each rooms, or place inside the museum. lights can also help see details from afar and can be a key to express certain artworks made by the artists.
- Natural Lighting are important not just to save energy but some artworks has different effects from sunlights, some artworks changes its figures depending on where the light source is.
3. Energy efficient windows
- Minimizes the heat, cooling, artificial lighting, as well as minimizes the radiation that is coming through the window itself.
- Using this kind of windows is a must for infrastructure like museums to have a light inside as well as lessing the radiation that can harm the users in the future, low emessivity glass window can help the users be more comfortable while having a perfect light to the interior of the museum.
4. Landscaping
- With the help of vegetation, trees can help the environment to lessen the pollution as well as provides quite a fresh air.
- With the proper landscaping, it can make the structure more attractive and pleasant to look at. some landscaping makes the place look more cozy and relaxing while some makes it look worse, in short landscaping is a tool in which can make or break the design of the structure or place around it.
5.Rainwater Harvesting
- It is a type of draining systemin which it saves up rainwater to be used for other purposes.
- Rainwater harvesting is a key for the museums to save money. reusing the rainwater can help them reduce the usage of water that’s coming from the providers which can cost a lot.
- Having a rainwater harvest in one place is a big help to acommercial infrastructures like museums in the long run.
6. Efficient use of space
- Right placing of things, maximizing the spaces inside and outside of the house can simply help the users to move around with ease.
- Right planning can make the place look comfortable for the users to roam around with ease, as well as the circulation of cars in which is the number one source of traffic in museums. A good use of space can really help make the users be comfortable at all times.
These are some of the common things that is considered when designing a green building. According to research, there are also an benefits, advantages and disadvantages in using green architecture in construction and in designs.
Advantages
- It can help decrease the use of natural resources and fuels.
- It can help improve the maintenance of the structure from the environmental elements itself.
- It can help improve the atmosphere from inside to outside the structure.
- It also has financial benefits for people that’s living in a green building, it includes saving electricity bill.
- Lighting and temperature can be controlled.
Disadvantages
- May be a hindrance in the industrial world
- Requires many resources and investments
- Deforestation caused by ozone depletion
- Costs more than the standard construction due to special materials and has to be maintained.
Benefits of green architecture
These are some notable benefits of green building/green architecture/sustainable design:
Eco-friendly
- According to research green building can enhance, or save life since it uses eco-friendly materials in constructing it, which means chemicals and harmful effects of materials are lessen compared to the standard materials that are used.
Maintenance cost
- Benefits of green buildings are low maintenance cost since it is using unique and green materials to lower its energy consumption.
- Solar panels can help the museum save a lot of money in the long run, however it is very pricey for having a big piece.
Energy efficient
- Museums needs Natural elements to save energy as well as save some pennies for having a lot of electricity consumption per day.
Durability
- Green buildings are built to last for years, with the help of sustainable materials, and is proven that it lasts longer.
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