Modern Buildings

Though we have always been hearing of its pros but it does have cons too. The main con being additional costs in its construction. Another under cover disadvantage is the pollution it causes. It’s the indoor pollution I am talking about. We are locked into our homes that the indoor air becomes more and more polluted. Also, the lights which are environment friendly emit more radiations than ordinary lights and hence harm more.

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The construction of green buildings was started keeping in mind sustainable construction. By sustainable I mean which is friendly to the environment, leads to the efficient use of energy resources which we are already short off. They help us preventing huge percentage of pollution and wastage due to construction. Though research for new technologies for construction of green buildings are being done on regular basis for experts.

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The University of Nottingham is adding an extension that is catching the eye of green engineers. The design is being done by Make Architects and is comprised of three landmark buildings, a public boulevard, and a 60 m high sculptural tower. Key to making the project so green is the use of high-performance facades combined with geothermal heating and cooling. A man made lake was used to handle the peak heating and cooling loads. Fresh air is delivered internally via a low-velocity, low-pressure underfloor system. All this and more makes the Jubilee extension a green wonder.

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The large exhibition hall at National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham has developed a sophisticated way to monitor and control power. The complex system goes on to control how much ( if any ) power goes to any particular show stand and if that power will be one or three phase. This is seen a revolutionary breakthrough and many exhibitors will be watching how it works during the next show. This new technology could easily be adapted to modern buildings allowing each tenants power to be controlled, monitored and billed from one central location which would reduce overhead costs substantially.

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There is always been a marvel about the tallest buildings in the world. For many years the CN Tower in Canada reigned supreme as the tallest in the world while the Sears Tower was the actual tallest building at 1729ft for over 25 years. As technology has advanced it was beaten by the Petronas Towers and now you can easily guess that the tallest building in the world sits in Dubai. Dubai is known for its super structures and the tallest one of them all is Burj Dubai at 2660ft tall. It became the tallest modern building in the world in 2007 and it is still unknown exactly how tall the final height will be for this monster skyscraper.

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