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Table 1: Expected business benefits of green buildings in India New Green Building Green Retrofit
10% 11%
Decreased operating costs over one year 15% 16%
Decreased operating costs over five years 4 5
Payback time for green investments (years)
Source: Dodge Data and Analysis Report
Table 1 gives information about the The project is also water-efficient.The Biomimicry: The Future
expected business benefits of green rainwater is recycled to cool the tower of Sustainable Habitat
buildings in India. for irrigation and toilets or returned to
the aquifer through a recharging well. Apart from constructing exclusive green
The Future Rests buildings, another concept which has
with Energy-Efficient Another green building that will be caught up with architects is biomimicry.
Buildings known for its energy efficiency is the One of the landmark projects inspired by
building campus in Doha, Qatar.This is a nature is the Eastgate Centre in Harare,
In Jakarta, the Pertamina Energy climate responsive building. According Zimbabwe.This building, which typifies
Tower, a 523-metre tower, driven by to the Qatar National Vision 2030, the the best form of green architecture, has
energy efficiency, will be a landmark country has a master plan to build Qatar taken its design form from a termite
in Indonesia, and is expected to be Research and Development Complex mound.The design mechanisms in the
completed in 2020.The building is over an area of 40.3 hectares.This building were inspired by the self-
designed with many overlapping campus is seeking Leadership in Energy cooling termite mounds in Africa.This
energy strategies to keep it cool and Environmental Design (LEED) building is a perfect example of how
uninterruptedly.Through minimal certification.The plan is to implement termite mounds have inspired clever
insolation and maximized daylight, shading and cooling strategies that ventilation systems in architecture.
this project will meet its energy needs will give a conducive environment and This not just reduces energy usage in
by geothermal energy to power the comfortable space for pedestrians all the building, but reduces the cost as
entire Pertamina campus. Additionally, through the year using trees as key well.The building has no conventional
the project will generate energy from design elements.The cooling strategies air-conditioning or heating. Even then
the sun through shade canopies made included using recycled water from the temperature in the building stays in
of photovoltaics along campus paths. air-conditioning condensate to create control throughout the year. Adding to
On the tip of the tower, wind energy cooling walls, benches, and shade this is the fact that there is significant
will be used. By using a combination structures with motion sensor-activated energy savings to it.Termites in
of renewable energy technologies, fans and cooling mists.Traditional water Zimbabwe build colossal mounds, within
this campus is all set to be the largest cooling techniques were used in this which they farm a fungus, because
net-zero energy projects in the world. kind of desert architecture with motion that is their primary food source.The
sensors, just so that it is used only when fungus must be kept at exactly 87 °F.
people are around.
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10% 11%
Decreased operating costs over one year 15% 16%
Decreased operating costs over five years 4 5
Payback time for green investments (years)
Source: Dodge Data and Analysis Report
Table 1 gives information about the The project is also water-efficient.The Biomimicry: The Future
expected business benefits of green rainwater is recycled to cool the tower of Sustainable Habitat
buildings in India. for irrigation and toilets or returned to
the aquifer through a recharging well. Apart from constructing exclusive green
The Future Rests buildings, another concept which has
with Energy-Efficient Another green building that will be caught up with architects is biomimicry.
Buildings known for its energy efficiency is the One of the landmark projects inspired by
building campus in Doha, Qatar.This is a nature is the Eastgate Centre in Harare,
In Jakarta, the Pertamina Energy climate responsive building. According Zimbabwe.This building, which typifies
Tower, a 523-metre tower, driven by to the Qatar National Vision 2030, the the best form of green architecture, has
energy efficiency, will be a landmark country has a master plan to build Qatar taken its design form from a termite
in Indonesia, and is expected to be Research and Development Complex mound.The design mechanisms in the
completed in 2020.The building is over an area of 40.3 hectares.This building were inspired by the self-
designed with many overlapping campus is seeking Leadership in Energy cooling termite mounds in Africa.This
energy strategies to keep it cool and Environmental Design (LEED) building is a perfect example of how
uninterruptedly.Through minimal certification.The plan is to implement termite mounds have inspired clever
insolation and maximized daylight, shading and cooling strategies that ventilation systems in architecture.
this project will meet its energy needs will give a conducive environment and This not just reduces energy usage in
by geothermal energy to power the comfortable space for pedestrians all the building, but reduces the cost as
entire Pertamina campus. Additionally, through the year using trees as key well.The building has no conventional
the project will generate energy from design elements.The cooling strategies air-conditioning or heating. Even then
the sun through shade canopies made included using recycled water from the temperature in the building stays in
of photovoltaics along campus paths. air-conditioning condensate to create control throughout the year. Adding to
On the tip of the tower, wind energy cooling walls, benches, and shade this is the fact that there is significant
will be used. By using a combination structures with motion sensor-activated energy savings to it.Termites in
of renewable energy technologies, fans and cooling mists.Traditional water Zimbabwe build colossal mounds, within
this campus is all set to be the largest cooling techniques were used in this which they farm a fungus, because
net-zero energy projects in the world. kind of desert architecture with motion that is their primary food source.The
sensors, just so that it is used only when fungus must be kept at exactly 87 °F.
people are around.
july–september 2016 20 energy future
