Efe, Igben
Department of Architecture,
Rivers State University, Npkolu, Oruworukwo Port
Harcourt,
Email: nowhereblue@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Proper integration of all passive strategies as it regards
sustainability will be a giant stride to optimizing energy usage in building
with absolute mechanical dependant. Passive Design regards the particular way
to construct a building using the natural movement of heat and air, passive
solar gain and cooling in order to maintain a good internal comfort. usage of
passive strategies in the building sector enhances sustainability measures
predominantly through mitigating building’s negative environmental impacts
besides optimizing its energy performance. Building a passive home takes
careful planning, which includes the introduction of five Basic principles:
Orientation, Overhangs and shadings, Insulation, Double or triple glazing,
Thermal mass, Through the use of passive solutions it is possible to mitigate,
or at least reduce, the use of mechanical systems and the energy demand by a
measurable percentage as well as the CO2 emissions. The aim of this paper is to
avoid solar radiation, promote ventilation from the prevailing wind and ensure
daylight into the building. This journal however demonstrates the importance of
an alternative usage of energy in buildings as it regards the sustainable building
through careful analysis of related journals, articles, and books. The study is
useful for various resource persons involved in construction activities who
wishes to imbibe all strategies for the achieving an eco-friendly building.
Keywords: Energy Efficiency, Passive Design, Passive Strategies,
Sustainable building
Obsolescence
is commonly regarded as the beginning of the end-of-life phase of buildings.
Sources about the
life cycle of
buildings show a
variety of terms.
The building and development trade commonly refers to the development
cycle, consisting of the development phase, including the design and the construction
phase, and the usage phase, consisting of the actual use
and the reuse
or end-of-life phase
(de Jonge and
Arkesteijn, 2008). Sources regarding the life span, building
pathology and mortality of buildings more often refer to the physical life or
real life, being the period of physical existence, including the usage and
end-of-life phase. This is in line with most national building stock statistics
that in general only state withdrawal from
the residential stock, in some countries subdivided by withdrawal by demolition
and/or disaster, merging
with other buildings
and loss of
function (Dol and
Haffner,
2010). Obsolescence is commonly regarded as the beginning of the end-of-life
phase of buildings. Sources about the
life cycle of
buildings show a
variety of terms.
The building and development trade commonly refers to the development
cycle, consisting of the development phase, including the design and the
construction phase, and the usage phase, consisting of the actual use
and the reuse
or end-of-life phase
(de Jonge and
Arkesteijn, 2008). Sources regarding the life span, building
pathology and mortality of buildings more often refer to the physical life or
real life, being the period of physical existence, including the usage and
end-of-life phase. This is in line with most national building stock statistics
that in general only state withdrawal from the residential stock, in some
countries subdivided by withdrawal by demolition and/or disaster,
merging with other
buildings and loss
of function (Dol
and Haffner, 2010)
Obsolescence
is commonly regarded as the beginning of the end-of-life phase of buildings.
Sources about the
life cycle of
buildings show a
variety of terms.
The building and development trade commonly refers to the development
cycle, consisting of the development phase, including the design and the
construction phase, and the usage phase, consisting of the actual use
and the reuse
or end-of-life phase
(de Jonge and
Arkesteijn, 2008). Sources regarding the life span, building
pathology and mortality of buildings more often refer to the physical life or
real life, being the period of physical existence, including the usage and
end-of-life phase. This is in line with most national building stock statistics
that in general only state withdrawal from the residential stock, in some countries
subdivided by withdrawal by demolition
and/or disaster, merging
with other buildings
and loss of
function (Dol and Haffner, 201)
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