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1 Introduction A green wall is a wall, either free-standing or to be integrated as a part of a building, which is partly or wholly covered with a plant, including soil or inorganic growing substrate.... It can be beneficial to the built environmental and other aspects for achieving a low carbon high performance building.... The second purpose is to review green walls development in Hong Kong including: Review of present government pilot project and commercial project; Review of constraint for the application in Hong Kong; A brief of the present green building assessment method in Hong Kong....
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Dissertation
What is sometimes regarded as the EC's first environmental directive was passed in 1967 dealing with standards for classifying, packaging and labeling dangerous substances, but its real focus was on the facilitation of trade.... Subsequent legislation built on this framework directive, notably the 6th Amendment of 1979 which provided for the pre-market control of hazardous chemicals.... This might more genuinely be regarded as an environmental directive....
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Essay
As the report, Building Sector and Energy Consumption, declares the objective of building energy assessment should be to valuate the overall energy impact of the building.... This requires a life cycle analysis (LCA) approach in order to properly assess all the building energy implications.... nbsp;… According to the paper if EE considerations are not included in building energy regulation or certification schemes, it is possible that buildings with low life cycle energy consumption are discarded because of not fulfilling the regulative energy consumption levels, or that they reach a lower certification....
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Essay
According to the Natural building Technologies, there are quite a number regulations concerned with waste disposal from construction and several products; even frequently used products like mineral wool insulation and gypsum plasterboard are now tagged as hazardous and therefore require special dumping or discarding....
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Coursework
The Waste Management Plan in the UK and equivalent plans by the EU aims at fulfilling the requirement of Article 28 of the Waste Framework directive.... The Waste Framework directive provides for member states to ensure various authorities and firms establish waste management plans, covering all their activities.... The directive provides that various bodies involved in waste production should analyze current waste management situation, assess the need of collection schemes, install waste reduction technologies and methods, and employ the use of resources that have a low waste output (Ayres et al, 2007)....
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Coursework
"Challenges Facing Inclusion of Sustainability in Schools PPP Projects" paper examines various PPP projects in different countries/localities in terms of Risk, Value, and Innovation.... The propositions were put forward that there were differences in project outcomes.... nbsp; … Through preparing access to the market for a variety of products on the newly established ecological requests, the European Union was reflected, as a result, as having established new international standards on products that motivate changes in the design of shielded merchandise irrespective of the place they were made and traded....
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Coursework
According to (UNESCO, 2010,243), infrastructures are key elements in determining the quality of life, thus building standards were formulated to ensure stability, efficient energy use, reduce environmental impact, and protect people from fire and other health risks.... he quality and safety of the built environment started from the construction or by following guidance for minimum standards quality and sustainability as indicated in existing building regulations....
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Research Paper
Therefore appreciating engineering science can create new and visionary stationing of building materials to come up with interesting and functional spaces.... The paper "Environmentally Sustainable Design building" will analyze the applications of engineering science in the field of architecture in order to come up with sustainable building designs.... The various design aspects of a building are focused on.... nbsp;… The building design has been evolving, and this report covers modern and more efficient techniques in order to achieve environmentally sustainable design building....
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Term Paper