Critical Assessment Holistic Sustainability at Building Scale in China through Case Studies of Sustainable Tall Buildings

Abstract:

In 1987, the Brundtland report defined sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The 30 percentage of the whole world greenhouse gas per year come from buildings. In many situation when architects design tall buildings, they often take into more consideration operational efficiency instead of some influence of environment. The consumption of energy ascend dramatically in developing counties, which leads to air pollutions and increase of greenhouse gas in these countries. In China, the number of tall buildings are increasing and these tall buildings take large proportion of energy consumption. The number of tall buildings was 400 until 2000 and the energy consumption of huge tall buildings is 6 to 8 times more than common buildings. Therefore, how to reduce energy consumption in tall buildings plays a vital role in sustainable development. The holistic sustainability includes three aspects which are economy, society and ecology. The purpose of this essay is critically assessing sustainable tall buildings in China and UK. Then limitation of holistic sustainability of building scale in China would be analyzed and how to enhance it.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 361-363)
• Pages: 75-80
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.361-363.75
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Yu Chuan Liu*, Jie Wan, Zhen Hua Wang
• Keywords: Energy Consumption (EC), Holistic Sustainability, Tall Building

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