15 Oct 2012

Hi Top Ten predictions for Green Buildings "From Down Under":


Here are my top ten predictions for the built environment in the years to come.

1. The focus on existing buildings will intensify

In the United States, the fastest-growing rating tool in 2011 was the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings program. Closer to home, some policies – such as the Australian Government’s Commercial Building Disclosure scheme – are already encouraging owners to upgrade their existing buildings. To help the industry green its existing stock, the GBCA is developing the Green Star performance rating tool, which will assess the operational performance of existing buildings against the nine current Green Star categories. We expect this tool to revolutionise the industry.

2. Zero net energy designs will gain traction

There will be little room for buildings that aren’t carbon neutral, or energy, ecology and water positive. Many GBCA members are active in this space. The architecture and design firm Woods Bagot, with engineering consultants Buro Happold, have developed an interactive design platform that tracks the energy and carbon footprints of different building designs. It enables designers to experiment with options and start the design process with the question: ‘what can this building do for the environment?’

3. Building products and materials will become greener

The shift to green materials is being driven by life cycle assessments of materials – that is, the impact of a material from the beginning to the end of its life. An emerging trend will be more emphasis on ‘cradle-to-cradle’ thinking, where materials are purchased based on both their first and second lives. Organisations such as InterfaceFLOR, which is recognised as the world’s most sustainable carpet manufacturer, has implemented a take-back and recycling program to ensure its products have a useful ‘second life’.

4. Affordable green will be the norm

Many people associate green with higher costs – but this is changing. New business models, technologies and high-performance materials are bringing green within reach. Mr Rowan Griffin, Head of Sustainability for the property division at Colonial First, comments that there is no longer a premium for green property.
‘We have already gone to the stage where it’s the norm to be green and energy efficient, so people expect that out of premium buildings,’ he says. ‘So, it’s more a discount of those that are not energy efficient and not green.’

5. Energy sources will transform

We live in a country with more sunny days than anywhere else on the planet. Yet, we are lagging behind Asia, Europe and North America in the installation of solar photovoltaic panels. Expect this to change, as we begin to see solar, wind and photovoltaics routinely integrated into buildings and used as a building material, rather than simply being installed on top. And, many of these renewable energy sources won’t be large. Microturbines are already becoming popular in Asia, and we will see more Australian innovation in this area as we recognise the benefits of integrated small systems over one giant, geographically remote power source.

6. Building information modelling will become standard practice

Expect a more sophisticated approach to building monitoring as building information modelling (BIM) systems become more comprehensive. BIM will enable cross-disciplinary teams to share knowledge and track data of complex building projects. The project team on 1 Bligh Street in Sydney, for example, employed 3D-BIM technology during the design and construction phases. The BIM model brought together more than 30 individual discipline models, and all subconsultants were, in part, appointed on the basis of their BIM capability. The team found that 3D-BIM saved costs and construction time, and supported better building performance and control. Furthermore, the DEXUS property group – a partner in the project – believes BIM can generate efficiencies throughout the life of 1 Bligh Street, as all building data is made available to property managers.

7. Government focus on energy efficiency and overall sustainability will improve

Governments are stepping up their mandates for green buildings, for both their own buildings and the private sector. The desire to reduce carbon emissions by going green will lead more government agencies to require green buildings. New schools and hospitals will be built to the highest environmental standards as community demands and government priorities shift towards sustainability. More than 100 education projects are currently registered to achieve Green Star ratings – and this is only the tip of the iceberg.

8. Investors will demand greater action on climate change

When the GBCA first published The Dollars and Sense of Green Buildings in 2005, little attention was played to the role of investors. Two years later, our revised version tracked an overwhelming change in attitude. Today, the Investor Group on Climate Change warns that investors are monitoring the approach of companies on climate change and carbon pricing, including what they say in the public realm. In fact, 75 per cent of investment fund managers believe organisations need to integrate climate change issues into business strategies and set policy commitments on climate change, while 57 per cent of super funds believe companies need to improve their reporting and disclosure on climate change risks.

9. Blue is the new green

It’s not all about energy. Building designers and managers are taking steps to reduce water consumption through the use of water-saving fixtures, rainwater recovery systems and innovative water technologies. Lot 12 TradeCoast Central, for instance, gained a Green Star innovation point for its shared, precinct-wide nonpotable water storage and distribution system. The system reduces potable water consumption by 80 per cent – more than 10 000 litres per day – and the only potable water used within the precinct is for kitchens, showers and hand basins.

10. The demand for green communities, cities and infrastructure will grow

Beyond the building envelope, we’re already seeing the conversation shift – we are now looking at how to green our communities and cities. The penny has finally dropped: buildings are part of larger systems. We will no longer view our buildings in isolation, but as interconnected pieces of a larger community. When released mid-year, the Green Star Communities rating tool will be Australia’s first independent, transparent, national scheme able to assess and certify the sustainability of community-level projects. The tool will usher in a new era of sustainable development: one that looks beyond environmental efficiencies in the built environment to how we build liveable, sustainable communities.
Romilly Madew is the Chief Executive of the Green Building Council of Australia.

13 Oct 2012

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Green Building Market Outlook:

"Green building will continue to grow despite the global credit crisis and the economic recession affecting most countries."

"Green building will grow more than 60 percent in 2010, using new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System project registrations as a proxy"

“We've seen cumulative growth in new LEED projects over 60 percent per year since 2006 — in fact, 80 percent in 2009 — and there's no sign that the green wave has crested,” 

2) Green building will benefit from the Obama presidency and the strongly Democratic Congress, with a continued focus on green jobs gained by applying incentives for energy efficiency, new green technologies, and renewable energy.
3) The focus of the green-building industry will continue to shift from new buildings to existing ones.
“The fastest-growing LEED rating system in 2009 was the LEED for Existing Buildings program, and This is expected to continue in 2010,”
4) Awareness of the “coming global crisis” in fresh-water supply will increase, leading building designers and managers to take further steps to reduce water consumption in buildings with better-conserving fixtures, rainwater-recovery systems, and new water technologies.

5) The green-building movement will go global, as more countries create green-building incentives and develop green-building councils. More than 30 countries on all continents will show considerable green-building growth in 2010.
6) Solar-power use will accelerate, with the prospect of increased focus on state-level renewable-power standards for 2015 and 2020. Third-party financing will continue to grow, providing capital for large rooftop systems.
7) Local governments will step up mandates for green buildings for themselves and the private sector.
“We'll see at least 20 major new cities with commercial-sector green-building mandates,” & “The desire to reduce carbon emissions by going green will lead more government agencies to require green buildings.”
8) Zero-net-energy designs for new residential and commercial buildings will become increasingly widespread, as LEED and Energy Star ratings become too common to confer competitive advantage.
9) The retail sector will embrace green building, especially green operations.
“ This trend, ‘Shop green ‘til you drop, More retailers are becoming conscious of the need for both operational green measures and greening the supply chain.”
10) European green-building technologies will become better known and more widely adopted in the United States and Canada, which attributes in part to an increasing number of European architects and engineers who are opening offices in the United States.
A bonus trend for 2010, is campus sustainability plans and actions becoming the “defining trend in higher education, as more than 800 leading educational institutions race to embrace a thorough response to climate change.”

Hi Green Building Facts" Net Zero Energy Building Explained":

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Hi Recognizes Environmental Sustainability Concepts revolve around a Net Zero For Energy Buildings. The Following Video will explore the issue further bringing A New Dawn For Net Zero Buildings.

A Definition summary of the Concept of a net zero Building may be defined as A zero-energy building, also known as a zero net energy (ZNE) building, net-zero energy building(NZEB), or net zero building, is a building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually.[1] Buildings that produce a surplus of energy over the year may be called "energy-plus buildings" and buildings that consume slightly more energy than they produce are called "near-zero energy buildings" or "ultra-low energy houses".


The Following Video provided by ASHRAE explores Achieving Net Zero Energy Buildings.


Visit ASHRAE Website for more information on the following Industry Key Regulator; Note Hi Is An Active Member with our President Mohamed Hammam participating in an active history of volunteer Activities with ASHRAE organization.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a building technology society with more than 50,000 members worldwide. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today.




6 Oct 2012

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In the clean room standard ISO 14644-1 "Classification of Air Cleanliness" the classes are based on the formula:

Cn = 10N (0.1 / D)2.08 (1)

where

Cn = maximum permitted number of particles per cubic meter equal to or greater than the specified particle size, rounded to whole number

N = is the ISO class number, which must be a multiple of 0.1 and be 9 or less

D = is the particle size in micrometers

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Class Maximum Number of Particles in Air
(particles in each cubic meter equal to or greater than the specified size)
Particle size
> 0.1 μm > 0.2 μm > 0.3 μm > 0.5 μm > 1 μm > 5 μm
ISO Class 1 10 2
ISO Class 2 100 24 10
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ISO Class 3 1000 237 102 35 8
ISO Class 4 10,000 2,370 1,020 352 83
ISO Class 5 100,000 23,700 10,200 3,520 832 29
ISO Class 6 1,000,000 237,000 102,000 35,200 8,320 293
ISO Class 7 352,000 83,200 2930
ISO Class 8 3,520,000 832,000 29,300
ISO Class 9 35,200,000 8,320,000 293,000
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ISO-14644-1 Classification of Air Cleanliness
ISO-14644-2 Cleanroom Testing for Compliance
ISO-14644-3 Methods for Evaluating & Measuring Cleanrooms & Associated Controlled Environment
ISO-14644-4 Cleanroom Design & Construction
ISO-14644-5 Cleanroom Operations
ISO-14644-6 Terms, Definitions & Units
ISO-14644-7 Enhanced Clean Devices
ISO-14644-8 Molecular Contamination
ISO-14698-1 Biocontamination: Control General Principles
ISO-14698-2 Biocontamination: Evaluation & Interpretation of Data
ISO-14698-3 Biocontamination: Methodology for Measuring Efficiency of Cleaning Inert Surfaces


Hi ASHRAE Advanced energy design Guide for small to medium office buildings:

Hi ASHRAE Advanced energy design Guide for small to medium office buildings:

The Social fact that the necessary requirements to meet the needs, wants and greater demands of the social collective responsibility that has surcome to the realization of global awareness of the potential impact of climate change has and is therefore a continues driving force of delivering the message that low energy consumption and being environmentally responsible and maintaining high performance buildings are the future of our built environment .

The first step to achieving a net zero energy building as explained in this discussion document link by 50% Provided recommendations of energy savings over the minimum code requirements of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 discussed as well for small to medium office buildings concerning indoor air quality. Other Advance energy guides are available that discuss other types of buildings and features.


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Hi AMCA Fan Efficiency Grade's (FEG's) Green Seal Announcement!.

Hi AMCA Fan Efficiency Grade's (FEG's) Green Seal Announcement!.

The following information was released by the Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. (AMCA):

The Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. (AMCA International) has recently revised its Publication 211-05, Certified Ratings Program - Product Rating Manual for Fan Air Performance to AMCA Publication 211-05 (Rev.3/11).

The revisions from March 2011 add requirements for certifying Fan Efficiency Grades (FEGs), revises the check test tolerance for Power, and clarifies how the check test tolerance is calculated in the absence of a catalogued free delivery airflow rate.

The new Fan Efficiency Grade program will support initiatives within many codes and standards that will encourage or require greater energy savings. Fan Efficiency Grades that are listed in approved electronic print catalogs may be accessed via a direct link from the AMCA International Directory of Licensed Products.

Hammam Industries & Co. has achieved AMCA Certification for Five Hammam Fan Series of Hammam Fan Products have Obtained the AMCA GREEN SEAL which certifies the fan efficiency grade FEG, in addition to Performance, Sound and Efficiency.

These are the HAMMAM: ADT; TAE; TDF; TBF; DTC series.





All fans have an FEG associated with their performance. It is a relatively simple process to obtain a certification of its FEG. To obtain the certification, the FEG rating must be published and the rating has to be verified by the AMCA International Staff. A form listing the models you desire to get FEG certified should be completed and sent with your proof catalog to the AMCA International headquarters for verification and to obtain a new license appendix.


If FEG ratings are the only catalog change, the catalog verification will completed at no charge. Please follow these guidelines.

The new "green" seal is now available for use with both approved electronic print catalogs (PDFs) and electronic selection softwares. Additionally, the new "green" seals purchased for application to product will be available after July 1, 2011.

The generic "FEG" seal can be used in a catalog when not all sizes in a licensed product line are "FEG" certified. If all sizes are "FEG" Certified, then either the "Sound, Air Performance and FEG" or "Air Performance and FEG" seals may be used in the catalog.

HAMMAM Industries & Co. Axial & Centrifugal FEG Certified Green Seal approved electronic print catalogues may be viewed at the link attachment provided.





The FEG certification is available for all fans that have a power input greater than 1 bhp, except air curtains, induced flow fans, energy recovery ventilators and positive pressure ventilators.

The purpose of the AMCA International Certified Ratings Program (CRP) provides the buyer, user and specifier assurance that the manufacturer's published performance ratings of air system components are reliable and accurate, and further, to provide these parties with information on how the product was tested, what appurtenances were included, and other pertinent information so that they may be able to select an air system component that will provide the performance required.


5 Oct 2012

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Simply open the database & insert your dust name. This will tell you more about the dust you are extracting.

Then you will know if it is explosive or not...



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Hi All About Green Manufacturing!.

Hi All About Green Manufacturing!.

Green manufacturing has gone from being a trend in manufacturing to a cornerstone of the manufacturing industry.

It has become apparent that the manufacturing businesses that are using green manufacturing are claiming more and more of their markets and showing that green manufacturing provides a high quality product.

If you are a business owner of a manufacturing company you should carefully consider green manufacturing.

It is important to start considering an approach to the management of your supply chain that factors in green manufacturing.

While it can seem overwhelming and daunting it is entirely possible to implement green manufacturing into your production process. 

Here is what you need to know to do that:


• Know how green you really are-The first step in incorporating green manufacturing into your overall manufacturing strategy is to determine exactly how green your business really is. You need to have a clear understanding of exactly how your business spends and what your consumption process is since you won’t know what to change if you don’t what is already going on. You will also need to have a clear understanding of just how green your supply chain is positioned. 


• Have a plan-Once you have a clear idea of how green your manufacturing business is then you can begin to devise a strategy on how to incorporate green manufacturing. You will need to create green manufacturing goals in a way that will allow you to track the progress of your business in using green manufacturing. These goals should be in written form and should be broken down into short, medium, and long term goals. You should also attach a time frame to each goal. When this is done correctly you will begin to see different green initiatives that can be used to broaden the green manufacturing within your business. 

• Appoint someone to be in charge-It is crucial to have a point of accountability. You will need to appoint someone who will be in charge of making sure that the green initiatives that you have decided are implemented within the company. Many manufacturing businesses have appointed a “chief sustainability officer” who is in charge of all green efforts. Whoever you appoint will depend on the size and type of your business and the industry that you operate in. However, it is critical to have someone who is in charge, accountable, and is empowered to make green change happen. 

• Start with the easy stuff first-Many times manufacturing business owners become overwhelmed at the idea of implementing green manufacturing. Keep in mind that there is no set order that you need to do this in. You can start with the easiest steps first and then add on from there. Keep in mind that you don’t have to completely overhaul your supply chain in order to see gains from going green. You can implement smaller changes such as adding recycling and see a great cost savings right away. You can also make small improvements for better energy efficiency, reduce waste, or streamline paperwork procedures and see real gains. 

• Chart your progress-One of the most important steps when you are implementing green manufacturing is to chart your progress. You need to make sure that you are following what is happening and how the changes that you have put in place are paying off. This is the only way to make sure that the green manufacturing you are implementing is really making the changes that you have worked for. In addition, you should make sure that both your employees and your customers know of your efforts to implement green manufacturing.




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