- Title
- Feng shui and sustainable design for modern buildings
- Creator
- Mak, Michael Y.
- Relation
- Theory and Reality of Feng Shui in Architecture and Landscape Art: International Conference in Berlin p. 17-33
- Relation
- Asian and African studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 41
- Relation
- https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_1256.ahtml?NKLN=572_A
- Publisher
- Harrassowitz
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Sustainable design or Green building is one of important considerations for new development of office buildings. Some rating systems have been developed to measure performances these buildings. For example, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating is a cost study that identifies costs of construction, design and documentation/submission requirements, developed in the US (Todd and Fowler, 2010). In Australia, Green Star is an environmental rating system that evaluates the environmental rating system that evaluates the environmental design and construction of buildings (Green Building Council Australia, 2012). According to McLennan (2004), sustainable design is the philosophy of designing the built environment to comply with principles of economic, social and ecological sustainability. This implies that sustainable design integrates with natural and man-made environment; and emphasizes a holistic approach to eliminate negative environmental impact and make all the systems work harmony together. This integrative design process is similar to Chinese holistic view and the Feng Shui approach to the built environment (Humphreys, 1976).
- Subject
- feng shui; sustainable design; modern buildings; environmental design
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1342039
- Identifier
- uon:28873
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783447100052
- Language
- eng
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