1. A green building is a produces zero pollution. The building does not produce any carbon emissions, doesn’t harm the environment in any way and does not take up too much space. The building will use alternative methods to power, heat and run the building. An example of a green building is the Bahrain World Trade Centre which uses wind turbines to give power to the building.
2. These are some green features of a building:
• Advanced Framing/Extra Insulation
• High Efficiency Water Heater
• Air Sealing
• Rainwater Collector (can be used to irrigate)
• Solar Panels
Conclusion
At St Albans, we found that there are many un-green characteristics in the buildings in the College. There were far fewer green features in the buildings around campus, than there were un-green features. One of the very good, energy saving green features that we found, was in the Knapp-Fisher common room and it was the movement sensor. When the sensor detected movement, it automatically turned on the lights, and when there was no movement for 5 or so minutes, the lights automatically turned off. One of the un-green features that we found was the air conditioning. There are lots of air conditioners all around the school and they use huge amounts of electricity and give off pollution. Overall we found that there are hundreds of un-green features at St Albans, and only a few green features. St Albans needs to cut down on our carbon emissions.
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