1. FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
SUSD0001. S1 - 2010
Sustainable Development & the Urban Environment
Course Convenor: Professor James Weirick
Tutors: Vivien Chow - Marika Hahn - Kathleen McDowell
Essay Topic:
Evaluating a study case where designing for occupants with sustainable criteria and an adequate site analysis, allowed
achieving a high performance and low energy consumption building.
Nicolas Carbone Gamarra – Student Number: z3281988
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EVALUATING A STUDY CASE WHERE DESIGNING FOR OCCUPANTS WITH SUSTAINABLE
CRITERIA AND AN ADEQUATE SITE ANALYSIS, ALLOWED ACHIEVING A HIGH
PERFORMANCE AND LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION BUILDING.
Nicolas Carbone-Gamarra
UNSW - SUSD0001 | Master of Sustainable Development
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It is broadly accepted that architectural design is more two centuries. Examples of this could be the enormous
effective when designing for future occupants advances in transportation, building structures and
addressing their needs and challenges, but also it is well power supplies. Accordingly it is equally important to
known that currently, functional modern architecture by notice how energy consumption rate has increased due
itself is not necessary sustainable over the long term. to poorly constructed buildings. This was illustrated by
Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important to the Worldwatch Institute Report which explains that
review the architectural design criteria along with a buildings in the United States for example use 17% of
clear understanding of the natural processes and their the total freshwater flows and 25% of harvested wood.
interactions with human needs incorporating the concept In addition, they are responsible not only for the 50% of
of sustainable development and ESD criteria (CFC) production and 40% of the total energy
(Environmental Sustainable Design). In the pursuit of consumption, but also for generating 33% of CO2
these qualities, many commercial buildings are being emissions in the country (Mendler & Odell 2000).
designed to become sustainable identifying the energy
uses and proposing more effective materials according Moreover, as populations grow energy consumption
to the specific site and climate condition in which they also increases, driving societies to deplete natural
are immerse. Although a variety of approaches have resources that could severely compromise our
being reviewed, this essay will focus on evaluating a development in the near future (Sachs 2004, p.1). That
study case where designing for occupants with is why researchers have shown increasing concern about
sustainable criteria and an adequate site analysis, the world energy demand rate, which is expected to
allowed achieving a high performance and low energy climb 50 % to 80 % above 1990, levels (Omer 2008,
consumption building also delightful, functional, p.2266). Naturally, it is becoming increasingly
productive and regenerative by design. The information necessary to consider the designing and promotion of
given in this essay will be structured in five sections. low-energy buildings in a cost-effective and
The first will expose the energy problem and the environmentally responsible way to achieve not only the
increasing tendency of energy consumption rates. Then, more effective, but also the least expensive sustainable
a description of the building situation and an evaluation strategy as possible. Passive and low energy architecture
of some site conditions will be presented. Later, an has been proposed and investigated in different
architectural critique is offered in order to understand locations of the world addressing in all cases the
the main strategies for functionality. In addition a concept of sustainable development. Therefore, by
review of the main ESD criteria used during the design incorporating design strategies that exploit these
phase will be exposed. Finally the results of the analysis principles may be the way of moving in the pursuit of
will lead to suggestions and conclusions for improving economical and environmental sustainability.
the architectural designing process in the pursuit of
sustainability. The case of „30 The Bond‟ reflects a sustainable
building rated with 5 stars achieved from the Green Star
First of all it is important to understand that energy has Office as Built rating tool (Green Star), in which
not only been part of sustainable development, but it sustainability, performance and economical aspects
also represents development itself. It is widely known where key issues to design, not only addressing site
that, high levels of energy inputs have allowed human conditions and climate variables but also expectations,
development to experience rapid growth during the last necessities and aspirations of future occupants.
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According to the (OECD., 2002) in (Godfaurd 2005), should carefully investigate the full potential of site,
“Sustainable buildings can be defined as those buildings building organisation, shape and climate influences to
that have minimum adverse impacts on the built and maximise the desired levels of comfort or protection to
natural environment striving for integral quality; future occupants from unwanted influences. The
including economic, social and environmental building skin for instance, should be designed for
performance in a broad way”. 30 The Bond is located in adaptation to the specific climate, orientation or natural
30-34 Hickson Road, Millers Point Sydney; and is a conditions of the individual site and by doing this to
leading example of social and environmental achieve better performance to the specific site
sustainability within commercial objectives, being the conditions identifying possible potentials and
first CBD office building in Australia to commit to a 5 diminishing the uses of artificial sources for interior
star energy rating with lower CO2 emissions than a climate. In this case: continuously sun exposition from
typical office building (Bovis Lend lease – “The Bond early hours until sunset and strong West and South West
Project Data Sheet” - June 06). winds affected the full height glazing. So the external
shading system had to deal with those difficulties to be
As it was mentioned before, “Site Analysis” played a certain to response and be reliably even through periods
huge role in determining which strategies were the most of high winds. On the other hand, day lighting, shading,
suitable to implement in the design. In the case of 30-34 air flows or solar radiation along with protection from
Hickson Rd for instance, it is a very constricted site, noise and air pollution can become important factors in
with only three exposed facades being the fourth a the designing of any building skin. Here is where double
heritage hand hewn listed sandstone wall built by facades may come into play with intelligent solar
convicts in early 1840‟s (Moreton 2006). The control systems or mechanical operable devices that
incorporation of this feature into the building is one of may enable to fairly reduce the energy consumption and
the highlights of the development because it gives at the same time to improve internal performance of the
thermal mass, humidity control and natural lightning building
representing also a commitment with heritage and
history. But before using the historic element in the Finally the studied site is connected with three heritage
design, some previous actions were required to fix and buildings from the 1840s that have been preserved as
clean the original drainage cavity and also the part of the cultural and social project. Due to the
surrounding soil full of bitumen residues from the old particular location, the project confronts several
construction. According to Moreton 2006 “Complex challenges to address. However, not only site
contamination both in liquid and solid forms had existed restrictions but also communal consultation where the
for many years on the site after the Gasworks ceased main sources of inputs that were taken into
operations in 1921”. In early periods for example, a consideration for achieving the final design.
chemical DPC was introduced into the connection
points between the rock face and the stone walls of the More than 300 people participated actively during the
building to form a barrier against further seepage but design process, being consulted in several occasions
unfortunately this chemical product is not only toxic but from conceptualization to completion. The answers
also hazardous for people. Therefore, before using the obtained, provided the main architectural input which
historic wall it was necessary to clean deeply the area was that the building should not be designed to achieve
affected and moreover to remove all the toxic and certain level of sustainability according to a specific
hazardous materials. rating tool; but that it should be planed to secure the
desire levels of comfort, and performance in accordance
Opposite to this sandstone wall is the main façade to the sustainable criteria hence, achieving better
facing west which orientation is very complicate to deal standards and reduced energy consumption rates. This
with, when designing for sustainability due to the lack statement is very important because it sets “people‟s
of shading, the constant direct insolation and glare. In comfort” as the most important issue, when deciding
the urban design context for instance, the building strategies to be addressed. “By putting people at the
envelope played a huge role to achieve certain levels of heart of their project „30 The Bond‟, intended to
sustainability because it transmit daylight, direct solar develop a process whereby the project reflects the
radiation and fresh air; all qualities that improve life at aspirations of the people who will ultimately be using
the interior of the building itself. Therefore, designers and interacting with it on a daily basis” (Moreton 2006).
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An integration of the new development into the existing that the internal performance as well as the occupants
community with a minimum of disruption or friction comfort and wellbeing was an important factor to define
was achieved by incorporating and respecting the the designing strategy and specifications, enhancing a
human environment, local residents, community groups productive and high quality working space. This shows
and other businesses in the area. the importance of designing for occupants in first place
rather than designing for achieving certain ratting or
30 the Bond, shows a good example in which recognition; at the end, occupants will be using the
collaboration between developers and the community space and they required to fulfil their needs in terms of
may work to profit everyone involved achieving not comfort, happiness and wellbeing to develop efficiency,
only technical sustainability but also social development productivity and economical effectiveness without
in an urban scale. For instance, an agreement between compromising their own health. Accordingly to Lend
Lend Lease, Deutsche Office Trust and the residents Lease CEO (Asia Pacific) Ross Taylor “this new work
involving the public areas of the development, ends in a environment, with the internal building design and
commitment between the three parties to modify the layout will be a place for „our people‟ that will inspire
rooftop by lowering it within the building envelope and and drive our distinct culture in years to come” (Lend
also creating a space used to grow a native wildflower Lease 2003).
garden improving the views for residents in the
surrounding buildings. Another relevant input delivered from the internal
consultations, was the aspiration to use excellence in
As well as the consultation and involvement of the local materials selection that could achieve strict
community, owners and developers looked for inputs environmental guidelines improving interior fitout and
from their own staff. The result was a series of ESD also air quality. To achieve this high level of
„Aspirations‟ rated in order of importance and expectations, materials selection included bamboo,
significance. These inputs, lead to some design wool, sisal, goat hair, linen, cotton, and leather; all these
definitions and built an accurate brief which included; in natural materials are well known for their high qualities,
first place wide open floor plans, with services cores environmental credentials and their contribution to
sitting on the edge to enhance high levels of planning improve healthy environments. The sense of quality can
efficiencies, and day lighting effectiveness. These be recognized due to the constant testing and quality
features are complemented with building balconies and measurements. For instance in the selection of bamboo,
open areas to achieve versatility and to improve the Lend Lease not only looked at a range of factors
interior air quality securing constant integration of including the manufacturing process, coatings and the
views and human contact. An example of it could be the glues used but also at practicalities such as the hardness
atrium which is a public space encouraging interaction and durability. Other important factor to choose high
between the building‟s occupants and the community. It quality materials was the fact that the building should
contains internal stairs, glass lifts and double storey achieve important levels of versatility and openness
“pods” which are used for shared activities creating a therefore the possibility to re-arrange spaces was a
great sense of connection (Moreton 2006). The design constant. A great example of this are the eastern crafted,
features also incorporates glass lifts, open stairs, timber slatted panels, which give the impression of
balconies and terraces all the ones, which contribute to being a single partition forming part of a wall but when
enhancing visibility and connectivity, maximising opened, either individually or in any combination,
functionality and achieving great levels of commitment reveal the expansive west views, over the harbour and
and comfort. docks.
Addressing the open and clear lines of sight within the Finally but equally important, is the desire to reduce the
building, modular and flexible workstation units were green house gas emissions, goal accomplished by the
provided and installed within the office areas to ensure reduction of a 30% of CO2 emissions compared with a
efficiency and practicality maintaining the quality of the common office building (Moreton 2006). This has been
working environment. The environmental credentials of achieved through the use of natural ventilation in
this workstations supplied, were also tested to ensure wintergardens and meeting rooms, passive chilled beam
they met with the strict criteria for all materials and for cooling, fully operable shading on the facades and
processes used throughout the development. It is clear natural daylight through the skylight over the atrium
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More specifically, chilled beams reduce the needs of air But To understand the reasons that had „30 The Bond‟
conditioning by pumping chilled water through cooling to push over the common benchmarks, first it is
elements in the ceiling, the ones that creates a natural necessary to understand the implications of building
convection process of hot air rising and cold air falling. environment in occupants performance and how low
This process allows natural control of temperature thus energy consumption buildings could affect
reducing the load of air conditioning systems systematically occupants health and economical
minimizing the external energy requirements. Chilled effectiveness. Accordingly to Steemers (2010) “low
beams also increase the usable space reducing the energy design cannot be limited to the technical issues
overall height of the building to maximize the natural that impact on our planet”.
day lighting and views but this enlargement of spaces
also requires external shading device to minimize Also occupants affect the energy performance of
afternoon sun radiation and therefore, air conditioning buildings and are affected by building environment
load itself. This is supported by evidence given in several
studies like the document presented by ASHRAE in
As it was mentioned before several aspirations were 2001 where clearly appears that people spend about 80–
identified by the workshops including greenhouse gas 90% of their time indoors and therefore various comfort
reduction, indoor environment quality, water and health effects are to be associated with the building
management, materials selection, waste management, characteristics such as, ventilation, conditioning
pollution and biodiversity systems, and the indoor air quality. Addressing the fact
of this result, “it has been naturally between researchers
Applied ESD criteria to develop the design project to shift in the direction from energy and environmental
involved the commitment with the environment but also performance of buildings towards a focus on human-
a strong effort to provide a better place for future users. centred concerns” (Steemers 2003).
In this sense as it was expressed, a reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions was a defining principle in Evidence in EPA Indoor air quality and student
the designing process. Indoor environment quality also performances, shows that when individuals experience
represented one of the main goals to achieve. That is at least two symptoms of discomfort they begin to
why fresh air is continually provided to the workplace perceive a reduction in their performance. Consequently
and exhausted out of the building without being occupants are demanding the best indoor environmental
recirculated increasing the air quality and reducing the quality for their wellbeing and productivity. Therefore
risk of sick building syndrome. Another important Well-being has become an integral concern for
feature was water management to reduce overall sustainable design.
consumption. In order to accomplish this, not only water
AAA-rated fixtures, and water sub metering were To confirm this assumption, Steemers (2010) suggest
incorporated to allow any leak detection but also, that “Most important, is the fact that low energy design
rainwater collection and storage for sub soil drip can achieve some of the highest levels of occupant
irrigation system was implemented on the roof to satisfaction”. This Provide clear evidence that
maximise water conservation. In terms of materials, promotion and achievement of low energy buildings is
over 80% of construction material considering finishing not only sustainable in the environmental aspects but
and fitout presented a high percentage of recycled also gives interesting economical returns in the
sources or waste diverted from landfill. Also, in louvers midterm; based in the high efficiency and performance
and shading devices for instance it is considerable the of occupants and working force involved.
use of recycled wharf timbers and patinated aged
copper. Meanwhile in interiors low CFC paints “Occupants and developers of office buildings
complement the timber decking from sustainable continuously ask for healthy and stimulating working
sources and low VOC carpets. Finally the rooftop environments” (Gratia E, 2003)
incorporates a roof garden increasing biodiversity.
In this particular study case the occupants wellbeing
Lend Lease CEO Ross Taylor said, “Creating the Bond was always the engine to pre-establish a design criteria
has allowed Lend Lease to again push the boundaries of in order to achieve better performance in accordance to
what is possible” (Lend Lease design 2009). better perception of the working space.
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In this aspect „30 The Bond‟ enhance a balance between
Based on the studied case it is possible to conclude that sustainability, performance and occupants aspirations
the challenge is then, to design buildings that can be representing the accomplished goal and demonstrating
responsive to users in terms of aspirations and needs to that a clear and strong occupants-focus strategy could
enhance better environments and more comfortable lead into a sustainable building not only with better
spaces. But also to create sustainable buildings which performance but also recognised for its design,
can identify the energy uses and propose more effective representing a delightful, functional, productive and
materials according to the specific site and climate regenerative building.
condition.
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CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW
Energy efficient design and occupant well-being: Case studies in the UK and India
(Koen Steemers, Shweta Manchanda – 2010)
Introduction
The purpose of this literature review is to analyse the mentioned paper and from this reading to get some values, data
and structure to develop a comprehensive research relating occupants wellbeing, comfort and performance in an office
building ambience. First, this literature review presents the main purpose of the selected paper, the one is summarized
and described; later a brief critique is offered to understand the main points of the selected reading. Finally the
conclusions will offer a way to structure the definitive research.
First it is possible to sustain that the main objective of the reading proposed is to demonstrate the relationship between
sustainable building design and occupant wellbeing. It starts with a definition of sustainable design and wellbeing. Then
several case study office buildings from UK and India are presented. Then the results demonstrate that increasing
energy use in the case study buildings is associated with increasing mechanisation (e.g. centralised air conditioning) and
reduced occupant‟s control. The result of this situation is that the reduced control also reduces occupant comfort and
satisfaction therefore, deteriorating performance. Finally, the paper reveals that the reported health conditions of
occupants correlates strongly with their levels of satisfaction. The overall conclusion is that energy use in typical office
buildings is opposite to the wellbeing of the occupants which means that while increasing energy use does not improve
wellbeing satisfaction or performance moreover it decreases them.
Summary and main purpose of the selected reading
In this article the author presents findings showing that there has been a shift in the direction of scientific research
related to the energy and environmental performance of buildings towards a focus on human-centred concern where
people are demanding the best indoor environmental quality for their wellbeing and productivity. Many international
standards are also now beginning to move towards people-centric regulations and guidelines for building design and
engineering, recognizing that some of the older ideas of sustainability have ignored significant psychological, cultural
and sociological dimensions.
According to Steemers 2010, the most effective way to determine comfort is through a combination of measurable
parameters of the environment and their correlation with reported occupants comfort. This investigation shows that
lighting, job satisfaction, thermal conditions, and noise are among the top factors dominating the occupant responses.
However, air quality and degree of control are also important. This correlation is critically influenced by the perception
of control that the users has over their own environment, particularly when the physical conditions become distracting
or extreme.
Also it is mentioned that is common to assume that outdoor environment and the weather affect indoor perceptions
hence natural ventilation design tend to have better results than mechanically ventilated ones. For instance some of the
presented findings show that sickness is reported higher in India than in UK and this could be explained by the use of
naturally ventilated building in UK.
Despite the fact that the tendency has been to diminish the occupants ability to control their own environment, some
studies reflect that it should be the opposite because a key linking variable between energy consumption and occupant
happiness is the degree of control that the occupants have. Steemers exposes when increasing control is given to
occupants it does not only improve their physical and psychological sense of comfort and well-being but it also can
result in significantly lower levels of energy consumption. The relationships between energy efficient design and the
occupants are multifaceted and of key importance to the performance of buildings.
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The article exposes that increased energy use is typically associated with increased mechanical equipment and
centralized control. It also shows that air-conditioned buildings emit 2 to 3 times CO2 compared to mixed mode and
naturally ventilated ones for no significant improvement of comfort, neither a positive direct relationship between the
energy use (or CO2 emissions) and occupant satisfaction. Nevertheless, the observations established that low energy
buildings could provide good levels of satisfaction in many cases even in different contexts. Moreover low energy
buildings can be, and often are, perceived by their occupants to be more satisfactory which leads to conclude that
increasing energy intensity does not reflect an improvement in comfort.
Finally, the author states that people affect and are affected by the built environment, thus it is possible to suggest that
the „human-dimension‟ of design requires the application of existing and new research methodologies to ensure truly
sustainable design where „people-focus‟ is the main concern of it to enhance better spaces addressing productivity,
comfort, and wellbeing.
Critique and conclusions
Although Steemers, have shown a comprehensive analysis in occupants and well being, it is also true that he has not
mentioned the triple bottom line that supports the basis of sustainability, therefore some of the concepts related to it are
not present in the reading. Some of these are the correlation between occupants, wellbeing and economic productivity.
To extend this idea it is necessary to complement the reading with other literature that can exploit the concepts of space
productivity, and occupant performance. It is also remarkable to sustain that the triple bottom line of sustainable
development is structured in Economics, Environmental and Social. Therefore, not to include any of them in the further
analysis will not lead into sustainable practises or sustainable designing criteria.
A complementary reading should be considered to enhance a better understanding of Lighting, natural air flows, interior
air quality, materials selection, waste management, water consumption, building management process and adequate site
analysis; in order to define ESD criteria and therefore to reach better buildings. But these further researches should not
underestimate either occupants‟ aspiration or economic inputs.
The selected paper offers a very interesting starting point to develop a more deeply research focus in occupants,
wellbeing, but also misses the correlation between exposed ideas with the concept of building performance, both
complementary in the pursuit of an economical and productive sustainable office building.
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