Construction Technology ECM 446 Assignment 2: Case Study: Water Efficiency On Platinum Sentral
Construction Technology ECM 446 Assignment 2: Case Study: Water Efficiency On Platinum Sentral
Construction Technology ECM 446 Assignment 2: Case Study: Water Efficiency On Platinum Sentral
ECM 446
ASSIGNMENT 2
TITLE:
CASE STUDY: WATER EFFICIENCY ON PLATINUM SENTRAL
In developed countries across Europe, America and Asia, green building has been
widely adopted and integrated into the building and construction sector (Ding, 2008).
Particularly, countries like Canada, Germany and United States have successfully
implanted the concept of green building deep into their building foundation, to become
the leaders in sustainability (Kibert, 2016).
There are 3 main objectives in this research. Firstly, to study the item of green
technology that always been used in green building. Second, to determine the function
of the green technology. Lastly, to study the advantages and the disadvantages of
green technology.
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2.0 Background
In Malaysia, the awareness level of sustainable construction is still nascent. With the
launch of Green Building Index (GBI), Malaysia has taken a huge step forward to rate
the performance of green buildings in the country (Chua and Oh, 2011). The evaluation
of Green Building Index (GBI) is based on six important criteria which is Energy
Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, Sustainable Site Planning and Management,
Material and Resources, Water Efficiency and Innovation (GBI, 2016).
Platinum Sentral installed flat metal roof, atrium roof and roof garden. Metal roof has
coatings that prevent 75% to 80% of the sun energy from being absorbed into the roof,
which then reduces roof surface temperature and minimize the heat gain towards the
interior of building. Roof gardens provide shade and remove heat from the air through
evapotranspiration, reducing temperatures of the roof surface and the surrounding air. The
atrium is entirely naturally ventilated, which reduces the use of artificial lightings during
daytime as well
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Figure 3 – Roof
Platinum Sentral was designed with a good daylight system. The design involves:
Figure 4 - Window
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Figure 5 – Platinum Sentral Figure 6 – Platinum Sentral Position
Rainwater Harvesting is a type of harvest in which the rain drops are collected and
stored for the future use rather than allowing them to run off. Rainwater can be collected
from rivers or roofs and redirected to a deep pit, aquifer, a reservoir with percolation or
collected from dew or fog with nets or other tools. Its uses include water for garden,
livestock, irrigation, domestic use for proper treatment, etc.
Rainwater harvesting system is one of the green technologies that have been used at
Platinum Sentral.
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3.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of the method
Advantages Disadvantages
Suitable for irrigation Unpredictable rainfall
Most of rooftops act as a workable Rainfall is hard to predict and sometimes
catchment area, which can be linked to the little or no rainfall can limit the supply of
harvesting system. This also lessens the rainwater
impact on the environment by reducing
use of fuel based machines.
Reduce demand on ground water Initial high cost
With increase in population, the demand Depending on the system size and
for water is also continuously increasing. technology level, a rainwater harvesting
The end result is that many residential system may cost hundred thousand ringgit
colonies and industries are extracting and benefit from it cannot be derived until
ground water to fulfill their daily it ready for use.
Reduces floods and soil erosion Storage limit
During rainy season, rainwater is collected The collection and storage facilities may
in large storage tanks which also help in also impose some kind of restrictions as to
reducing floods in some low lying area. how much rainwater you can use.
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4.0 Conclusion and Recommendation
Basically, there is more green technology that are used at Platinum Sentral such
as solar system, pneumatic waste system, etc. this report identified the exciting
developments taking place on technology front and analyzes their implications for
intelligent technologies. These buildings are dynamic environments that respond to
their occupants changing needs and lifestyle. Green building can be achieved using
intelligent technology and that this “greening” will provide a tangible and significant
return on investment.
For the recommendation, I think green technology is a must in today’s scenario
to achieve environmental sustainability and also to lead sustainability life. This is
because traditional method is challenging the sustainability of today’s environment.
Although some problems are coming in the way of its implementation but if we see
its long term implication it’s for sure we and our future generation will be benefitted.
Also using green technology, we can conserve our limited energy sources to some
extent.
5.0 Reference
1. Chua, S.C. & Oh, T.H. (2011). Green progress and prospect in Malaysia.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15(6), 2850-2861.
2. Green Building Index (GBI). (2016). Retrieved on:
htttp://new.greenbuildingindex.org/whatandwhy
3. Sin, T.C., Peng, L.Y. (2011). Sustainability development through energy
efficiency initiative in Malaysia. Paper of green and energy management.
4. Yusoff, Wen W.R. (2014). Analysis of the international sustainable building rating
systems (SBRSS) for sustainable development with special focused on green
building index (GBI) Malaysia. Journal of environmental conservation research,
11, 11-26.
5. Wang, W., Rivard, H. (2005). Applying multi-objective genetic algorithms in
green building design optimization. Building and environment, 40(11), 1512-
1512.
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