Emerging Trends in Tall Building Design: Environmental Sustainability through Renewable Energy Technologies

doi:10.13189/cea.2014.020302

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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 2(3), pp. 116 - 120
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2014.020302
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Emerging Trends in Tall Building Design: Environmental Sustainability through Renewable Energy Technologies

Mohammad Arif Kamal ¹^,*, Smriti Saraswat ²
¹ Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts, Integral University, Lucknow, India
² Department of Architecture and Planning, I.I.T. Roorkee, India

ABSTRACT

Tall buildings are considered as a great consumer of energy which utilized huge amount of resources and materials; produce massive volumes of waste discharge into the environment and more often called as unsustainable buildings. Building materials such as steel and cement with high intensities of embodied energy are required to create the skeletal framework and lay the foundation for their long lasting structures. The growing global pressure to reduce carbon footprint and concerns for creating sustainable habitats, have also greatly ignited the quest to delve for innovative solutions and emerging trends in tall building designs. This paper discusses environmental sustainability in tall buildings with special reference to the application of renewable energy technologies. Further the paper also validates the application of renewable energy technologies by two detailed case study namely Bahrain World Trade Center, Bahrain and The Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou.

KEYWORDS
All Buildings, Environmental Sustainability, Renewable Energy Technologies

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mohammad Arif Kamal , Smriti Saraswat , "Emerging Trends in Tall Building Design: Environmental Sustainability through Renewable Energy Technologies," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 116 - 120, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2014.020302.

(b). APA Format:
Mohammad Arif Kamal , Smriti Saraswat (2014). Emerging Trends in Tall Building Design: Environmental Sustainability through Renewable Energy Technologies. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2(3), 116 - 120. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2014.020302.