Natural & man made factors

Dense voysiamatrella grass turf

-The grass turf helps to absorb Singapores intense sun which

decreases the temperature of the air surrounding the university.
-eco-friendly attribute enhances the outdoor gathering spaces of the university.

Exposed Facade
-an expansive curtain wall facades of high-performance, double-glazed glass. It
is longitudinally oriented
east-west and more north and south exposures.
The glass curtain walls maximizes interior daylight while minimizing
heat penetration. Double-glazed windows are windows with two
sheets of glass separated by an air tight gap. This creates an insulation barrier
and helps prevent heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer. The combination
of high insulation frame, twin compression seals
and double glazed units gives a level of thermal efficiency that is
unsurpassed. Double glazing is designed to minimize heat transfer.

Raw Concrete Materials and Finishes

Concrete is high energy efficient. Its thermal mass or ability helps in absorbing
and retaining heat which helps in cutting heating and cooling bills. Moreover,
concretes reflectivity properties minimizes the affects the produces urban heat
island as it absorbs less heat and reflects more solar radiation.

SUN ANALYSIS

in accordance with the natural sun orientation as their idea were to build
an open space university
-facades facing north and south to minimize solar gain

with glass curtain walls.

-According to D.K Ching, taking advantage of the land or
ecology of the building is one way to enhance green buildings factor.\
consultant took advantage of the sun orientation by designing a green roof. the
purpose of the green roof is to bring out the
aesthetic value of the building from other conventional multi - storey
buildings, in the campus and in the city

green roof.

The main green feature of the building still remains the iconic curved
green roof.
positive effects on buildings
reducing the stress on the roof surface and increasing their life, improving
thermal comfort and reducing noise transmission inside the building,
reducing the urban heat island effect, reducing storm water runoff,
re-oxygenating the air and removing airborne toxins, recycling nutrients, and
providing habitat for living organisms, all of this while creating peaceful
environments. Therefore, green roofs do have an immediate effect on the
thermal comfort of a building.
influence of soil thicknesses in green roof for
improving the indoor temperatures in the upper floors of buildings
Created as part of a greater revitalization project in Taipeis Nangang District, L Architecture is
an 18-story green office building that mimics the likeness of a standing moss-covered pebble
with its tapered silhouette. Flat glass panels clad the exterior and give the building a polished
finish. Vertical aluminum fins loop around the building to minimize unwanted solar heat gain. At
night, the glazed building will be illuminated with different lighting effects to make the office
appear to shimmer like a gem.
Cloud-like triangular glass elements evoke the properties of a cloud, reflecting light and
patterns of passing clouds across the campus. Inside, rows of desks and lecture halls give place
to active learning classrooms, with multi-level material-testing lab and open spaces,
integrated pods and audiovisual tools that encourage students to plug-in.

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PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF PANELS

GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling
system that transfers heat to or from the ground.
It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes
advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the
operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form
a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. They are also known by other names,
including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific
communities prefer the terms "geoexchange" or "ground source heat pumps" to avoid confusion with
traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.
[1]
Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The
temperature in the ground below 6 metres (20 ft) is roughly equal to themean annual air
temperature[2] at that latitude at the surface.

THERMAL WHEEL

A thermal wheel, also known as a rotary heat exchanger, or rotary air-to-air enthalpy wheel,
or heat recovery wheel, is a type ofenergy recovery heat exchanger positioned within the supply
and exhaust air streams of an air-handling system or in the exhaust gases of an industrial process,
in order to recover the heat energy. Other variants include enthalpy wheels and desiccant wheels.
A cooling-specific thermal wheel is sometimes referred to as a Kyoto wheel.

WATER

Rain water collection system

Water is treated using filtration & ultra violet disinfection
Black water treatment
Solar thermal water heating from the roof and ground source heat
pumps

Light & vent

High performance solar glass

Lighting system

-65% fluorescent
35% LED

Energy management systems