Systems Science And Engineering For Environmental Practice

Preliminary Design

Discuss about the Systems Science and Engineering for Environmental Practice.

It is an un-denying fact that good environmental practice mostly is in resonance with good and effective economic practice. Measures  for the reduction of the  energy consumption and consumption of water will not only  have greater benefits for the  environment by substantial reduction in the emissions  and conservation of the resources  but will also lead to the  substantial savings in financial costs over the entire lifetime of any building. The cost of water bad energy are most likely to increase  at a faster rate than the  RPI  in the coming years  as the  resources  continue to decrease  and there has been increase in the environmental controls regarding utility companies (Ando, Sutou & Koike, 2016). 

In the previous assignment, it was stated that the concept of environment friendly buildings have been continuing to be propagated for many years.  It was also observed that many people had misconceptions and wrong believes regarding the environment friendly buildings which are also referred as green buildings. Many people considered green buildings to be surrounded by green trees (Chhabra, Verma & Krishna, 2017). It is also true that some people think of green buildings to have no negative impact on the environment.  It has been very clearly stated in the assignment regarding the actual definition of environment friendly buildings. 

The fact that the environment friendly buildings to be built in preserving the natural environment around the buildings and also being able to generate the energy for any purpose of the needs of the buildings. It has been observed that the assignment has stated that the structuring of the building and its operation will not be causing any kind of disruptions in regards to the natural resources such as land, water, and energy along with promoting a very healthy environment for all the individuals who are involved in the project. In the previous assignment, the case of The Crystal which is an environment friendly building has been taken into consideration which is situated in London (Deo, 2017). The building is designed by Siemens.  The building that is taken into consideration was open by the Siemens in the year 2012.

The prime reason which was observed regarding the construction of the building was to have a debate on the requirement of sustainable development and living. The building was also noted to be functioning as an inter-active museum which facilitated and served as a platform for the provision of education regarding urban living along with the conduction of discussion regarding the ways in which people live in cities and what kind of struggle these people. The building also served as the infrastructure which assisted in the demonstration of the ways in which the green houses help in balancing the quality of life, environment, and economy (Dickerson & Mavris, 2016).

Detailed Design and Development

The phase of preliminary design of any kind of system engineering denotes to the definition and development of the preferred notion of the considered system and the requirements for the construction of environment friendly buildings. It has been observed that the conceptual design for the environmentally friendly buildings tales place after the feasibility studies and appraisals regarding the options and after the briefing of the project.  Preliminary design is presented in the previous assignment regarding the environment friendly buildings in aspects of the design for the initiation and completion of the project (Floudas, et al., 2016). 

The elaboration of the ways and what stages the project will be carried out regarding the completion of the environment friendly buildings. In context to the construction of the environment friendly buildings from the preliminary phase of design begins with the definition of the issue or problem for which the proposal of the project is been laid out. It is a much-known fact that the construction of the building is very common in all cities in the world which is even increasing at an alarming rate. This happens to have many negative implications on the environment.  It is noted that a lot of natural resources is being used in the construction of the building which causes severe impact on the environment in a negative way (Groen, et al., 2016).

These are the issues which are identified in the preliminary design phase of the construction of environment friendly buildings.  In the preliminary phase of design of the construction of environment friendly buildings, it is detected that a large amount of emissions and energy of hazardous chemicals are emitted into the environment which is very lethal for the living and non-living beings on the Earth. It was observed that Siemens had identified such issues and made the decision for the construction of the green building which is otherwise known as environment friendly buildings that can happen to resolve such problems (Haridass, et al., 2017). 

It is also observed that the costs regarding resolving such issues through the construction of environment friendly buildings are also decided during the preliminary design phase of the entire project.  It is also observed that the different aspects and methods of the conceptual design evaluation efforts are integrated into the project.  The requirements of the preliminary design phase of the construction of the environment friendly buildings evolve from the requirements of the design of the environment friendly buildings. The specification for the construction of the environment friendly buildings in the preliminary design phase relates to the operational, technical, support and performance characteristics of the project. These aspects generally relate to the phases of design of the project at the sub system level. 

The merits of the benefits of the project in regards to the impacts on the environment and effectiveness sin the cost of the construction of the building are discussed in the preliminary phase of the construction of the environment friendly buildings (Hasibuan, et al., 2017).  The fact that the construction of the environment friendly buildings can have drawbacks during the construction phase has to be also taken into consideration during the preliminary phase.

 

Figure 1: Design Process

Source: (Hasibuan, et al., 2017)

The detailed design and development phase of the life cycle of the construction of environment friendly buildings have been analyzed to be a continuation of the repetitive process of the development. It is also observed that the detailed design and development phase of the construction of the environment friendly buildings encompasses the improvement of the requirements of the designs for all the components ate the individual level of the construction (Rousseau, 2017). It also encompasses the required activities that are associated with the technological and biological aspects of the fulfillment of all the aims of the construction of the environment friendly buildings. 

The activities and elements associated with the integration of the environmental concerns along with the construction science and engineering have been done in the detailed design and development phase of the project. In this stage of the project of construction of green buildings, changes in the format and in various other aspects of the project are incorporated in this section (Salado, Nilchiani & Verma, 2017).  The evaluation of the system designing phase is conducted in the previous assignment which is basically centered around the analysis of the building Crystal which includes various steps such as outlining of specifications, architecture, planning strategies, preparation of the schedule of the project, estimation of the costs associated with the project, looking for the options related to the procurement and strategies for the completion of various phases. 

It is observed that specification of the building Crystal was analyzed in respect to the generation of energy by the use of solar panel, natural light, minimization in the carbon emission, regulating the heating of the building and provision of hot water to the entire building by using solar thermal energy and much more.  Technical feasibility has also been included in the previous assignment in which various technical features associated with the construction of environment friendly buildings such as storage of rain water by rain water harvesting, optimized use of the natural light, generation of the  energy  within the building itself (Schwarz, Passmore & Reiser, 2017).

The features such as integration of the equipment like solar panels for the generation of electricity, construction of underground tanks for storing water, ground source heat pumps and use of a natural source of heat have been mentioned in the paper. It has also been specified that the availability of the equipment that are required in accordance to the objective of the construction of the environment friendly along with the technical specification is very much relevant. Thus, it is very much appropriate to state that construction of environment friendly buildings is very much feasible (Shanks, 2016).

 In such context, the model of ADDIE Model is found to be very much relevant for the analysis.  ADDIE Model can be denoted as the generic process that is very much suitable for the authorities who intend of making environment friendly buildings.  The five phases of the model are very much in accordance with the stages in which the construction of the environment friendly buildings is conducted. These stages are analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. 

The analysis phase is in association to the preliminary or conceptual phase of the construction of the environment friendly buildings (Taylor, 2017).  The design phase of the construction of the green buildings would refer to the dealing with the instruments, equipment, and selection of the materials and time of construction of the buildings.  The development phase of the model is very much appropriate to the assembling and creation of the equipment required for the construction of the environment friendly buildings (Wagh & Walke, 2017). 

The implementation phase of the construction of the green buildings is relevant to the initiation of the construction.  The evaluation phase includes the summative and assessment of the construction which relates to the testing of the building (Zou, et al., 2016).

The system test, evaluation, and validation along with optimization relates to the assessment of the entire environment friendly buildings in both the terms of technical and environmental aspects. It also encompasses the maintenance of the environment friendly buildings which are stated to be done prior for the long-lasting operation of the green building.

The evaluation and testing of the green buildings would include the assessment of the measures of technical performance of the buildings from the perspective of the civil engineering. The validation process of the green buildings denotes to the ensuring of the configuration of technical configuration in the context of meeting the need of the people who are supposed to reside in it along with the environmental concerns (Wang & Waltman, 2016).

Human factors definitely play a very significant role in the functioning and construction of the green buildings. People need to accept and identify the need and concern of protecting the environment which is going to provide them with a very good place to live in. This would also have positive implications on the nature and the future of the all the generations in return (Wang & Waltman, 2016).  The complete functionality of the construction of the environment friendly buildings can be accessed through the functional analysis and allocation of the buildings which is very briefly state din the paper.

The functional analysis categorizes the system in smaller parts such as functional elements (Zou, et al., 2016). These happen to describe the way in which the individual’s elements are required to perform respective work and tasks.  These would include using the solar panels for electricity and construction of underground tanks for storage of rain water for the reduction of carbon emission by using natural fuels in place of fossil fuels.  The system and function requirements of the environment friendly buildings have been considered to be significant (Wagh & Walke, 2017).

Conclusion

 The importance design process and the proper conduction of various stages of design of the project which in this case is the construction of the environment friendly buildings are discussed in the paper. The concept of the green buildings can be the solution to various environmental issues is stated in the assignment. People can save electricity, use rain water and minimize carbon emission along with enhancing the overall health of mankind by the establishment of green buildings.

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