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Sustainable Tall Buildings – Some Introductory Remarks 3 ctbuh.org/papers Title: Sustainable Tall Buildings – Some Introductory Remarks Authors: Werner Sobek, Founder, Werner Sobek Group Heiko Trumpf, Werner Sobek Group Subject: Sustainability/Green/Energy Keywords: Integrated Design Sustainability Sustainability Certification Publication Date: 2008 Original Publication: CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai Paper Type: 1. Book chapter/Part chapter 2. Journal paper 3. Conference proceeding 4. Unpublished conference paper 5. Magazine article 6. Unpublished © Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat / Werner Sobek; Heiko Trumpf Sustainable Tall Buildings – Some Introductory Remarks Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Sobek and Dr.-Ing. Heiko Trumpf Werner Sobek Ingenieure, Albstr. 14, 70597 Stuttgart/Germany, Email: [email protected] Abstract This paper considers the basic requirements needed to achieve truly sustainable buildings. It discusses possible ways of modifying the cooperation between all project partners responsible for the implementation of a green design. It further identifies the concept of triple zero as a new approach towards vital ecological issues. The paper also proposes a new certification procedure offering a comprehensive assessment and classification of sustainable tall buildings. Keywords: Triple Zero, Integrated Design, Certification Introduction classification of structures according to their Over the last five years the focus of building design sustainability. This classification system is about to has shifted from predominantly architectural and become the governing factor for theWerner assessment Sobek of functional approaches to more exhaustive approaches buildings, especially for office, [email protected] and residential putting a special emphasis on sustainability. Today buildings, in Germany and beyond. 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Developer: Last but not least a national certification procedure - Principal, Investor is presented offering an advanced tool for the - Project manager CTBUH 8th World Congress 2008 1 Sustainable Tall Buildings – Some Introductory Remarks Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Sobek and Dr.-Ing. Heiko Trumpf Werner Sobek Ingenieure, Albstr. 14, 70597 Stuttgart/Germany, Email: [email protected] Abstract This paper considers the basic requirements needed to achieve truly sustainable buildings. It discusses possible ways of modifying the cooperation between all project partners responsible for the implementation of a green design. It further identifies the concept of triple zero as a new approach towards vital ecological issues. The paper also proposes a new certification procedure offering a comprehensive assessment and classification of sustainable tall buildings. Keywords: Triple Zero, Integrated Design, Certification Introduction classification of structures according to their Over the last five years the focus of building design sustainability. This classification system is about to has shifted from predominantly architectural and become the governing factor for the assessment of functional approaches to more exhaustive approaches buildings, especially for office, retail and residential putting a special emphasis on sustainability. Today buildings, in Germany and beyond. investors, building developers, and project managers do This paper shows a way to successfully fulfil the specify certain demands for sustainability in the first demands for full sustainability by applying an integrated stages of a project. But these demands are simply design process, the triple zero concept, and the new additional requirements leaving the conventional contract certification procedure proposed by the GeSBC. documents and planning process unchanged. Specialist consultants are as yet insufficiently involved in the first Representative life-time phases design phases, although their contribution is vital for a The life-span of a structure can be divided into five really ecological design. Moreover, sustainability is often periods, subdivided into several sub items: merely used as an argument for architectural competitions 1. Preliminary Phase and marketing purposes, the final result not matching the - Definition of building task, data promises made at an earlier stage. collection In order to develop and implement truly sustainable - Architectural and functional concept building concepts, an interdisciplinary planning process (possibly defined for a competition) is indispensable. All planners involved in the project 2. Realisation Phase should participate at the earliest project phase possible. - Schematic design Moreover, coherent guidelines and assessments are - Detailed design necessary to ensure a coherent and sustainable design - Construction design process in all phases of a project. Sustainability has to be - Bidding and contract award the governing factor in the compilation of all 3. Construction specifications and contract documents. The present paper - On-site activities proposes an approach towards achieving this aim. This - Re-design approach will hitherto be called integrated design. 4. Operation Phase Sustainability covers social, ecologic, and - Utilisation economic questions. The social aspect comprises cultural - Conversion considerations, comfort, social integration, health, 5. Removal Phase
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