tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178184459929182520.post2898964154099017048..comments2024-03-09T16:52:15.366+11:00Comments on Steve King about Architecture: India again: developing regionally appropriate comfort standardssteve kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977535985183428085noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178184459929182520.post-87710927999355646102014-05-31T23:57:24.744+10:002014-05-31T23:57:24.744+10:00The issue regarding the neglection or the disincli...The issue regarding the neglection or the disinclination for the building industry to adopt passive design is very prominent in the rapidly advancing economies around the world. I agree that passive design has either been not communicated between designers and clienteles or has been abandoned to meet the increasingly higher demand for buildings that maintain and adapt to desirable temperatures, where the easy solution has always been the installation of air conditioning systems.<br /><br />With time running as a variable that cannot be accelerated or decelerated alongside an exponentially increasing demand for 'slick' buildings the environmentally friendly design have been foregone and overlooked. We don't have to look far as many developing countries in the past and present have gone through an industrialisation period where factories and quick and easy buildings were built to accommodate the expansion of the economy. For example China as a developing country were bombarded with demand for their extremely cheap products to the point where every product u see has a made in china label on it. Therefore the rapid demand for new and existing businesses in the manufacturing industry meant no thought was considered in building sustainability rather everything was focused on cost and rapid construction. A most recent example is of the 30 storey hotel in china that was erected in just 15 days. It sounds impossible to developed countries but these fast economies are increasingly showing their strength and power as a growing force and most of the times to demonstrate power, longevity and cultural practices have been forgone. However Every country's standards of passive design vary but already the 'Broad Group' in China that constructed the 30 storey building promotes renewable energy use, focusing on natural gas and waste heat for central air conditioning non-electric absorption chillers within buildings.<br /><br />I would hope to foresee that the future will allow the importance for passive design to be recognised and become essential in a 'great' building. Hopefully as developing countries such as India begin to settle more, thought will be given to adapt sustainable design. <br /><br />http://en.broad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com