Prof Gintaras Stauskis

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania

Department of Urban Design
Lithuanian Green Building Council

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 Contents:
 Green building features
 Bioclimatic design
 Case studies
 Green Building in
Lithuania

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Sun-powered solar impulse airplane starting its round-world
trip on May 30, 2015

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Urban utopia: Overall green approach to the city planning and design

Student campus in low-cost timber construction.

N. Milyutin

Une Cite Industrielle

(1917) Tony Garnier
Garden city. E. Howard 1902
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 Green urbanism: the practice of creating communities
mutually beneficial to humans and the environment. M. Cote

Purmeerend City (The Netherlands) Deira Island (Dubai UAE)

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 RAW PRODUCT WASTE

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Developer Design Materials
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Use ce repair

• Investment • The Project •Maintenance

programme and
supervision

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Design

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The Green on
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Developer Circle

Maintena
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Finances

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 Pre-modern methods
Craftsmanship. Apprenticeship. Master-bound
trainee for >7 yrs, almost no pay for labour.
 Modern methods
Machine-based separation between designers
and workers. Technical training. Aesthetic
and technical drawings.
 Post-Fordist design
1980. Lean design - for customer. Knowledge-
intensive, less hierarchy, less demarcated.
Team work, leader-driven.
 Knowledge-based planning
Public-oriented: advisory, written, debate,
workshop, virtual simulation, gaming.

Patterns for LA 2015

 Mass product (Fordist) design
• Team starts small and later expands
• Team varies in time of the project
• Master plan done first, then
component design
• Contractors work to drawings of
design team
• Designers lack experience in
construction process
• User satisfaction comes from social
research
• Team leader is a powerless
coordinator
Patterns for LA 2015
Lean (flexible) design
• Team starts large and contracts
• Team tightly knit for project time
• Master plan goes in parallel to
component design
• Contractors are full member of a
team
• All designers have experience in
practical construction
• User satisfaction comes in design
process
• Team leader is a powerful boss
 Primary
In existing landscapes, from flow of energy, geology,
materials, in process of growth and decay. Before
man.
 Secondary
Traits of oldest signs of adaptation of natural
landscape to needs of food, shelter, transport, security
and comfort.
 Tertiary
Signs of artistic imagination, aesthetic appreciation of
nature. Derive from mythology, decoration,
geometry, allegory. Learn for environmental design.
 Quaternary
Combinations of other patterns that proved
successful. E.g. Plant associations, house types,
settlement types. Components of outdoor design.
Patterns for LA 2015
 Healthy Aesthetical Long lasting

Economical in Energy
Comfortable efficient
all life cycle

Minimal Sustainable
environmental urban
impact environment

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  Mind climate and context
 RES for 0 emissions
 Zero-waste city
 Water, water, water
 Landscape, biodiversity
 Sustainable mobility, good public space
 Local and natural resources
Hammarby Sjostadt district
 Compact density, retrofitting existing areas
Stockholm, SE
 Green buildings and districts
 Healthy communities amd mixed use
 Local food and short supply chain
 Identity and sense of place
 Improved urban governance
 Education, research, knowledge
 Individual strategies for cities
 Passive design principles
 Circular vs linear urban metabolism
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 Land use and ecology
 Urbanism • Land plot for a particular use
• Respect and integrated use of ecological
features of the site
• Mitigating ecological impact on
environment
• Increasing ecological potential of the site
• Assessing long-term impact on bio-
diversity
Mobility systems
• Access to public transport
• Diversity of means of mobility
• Non-motorised mobility infrastructure
• Reduced parking volumes
• Functional mobility routes

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 Building materials
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Durability of materials
• Hard pavements
• Supply of materials
• Energy conservation
www.steico.lt Energy conservation
• Monitoring energy use
• Efficient lighting
• „Zero - Carbon“ technologies
• Energy-efficient mobility system
Sustainable water management
• Efficient model solutions for water
management.

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 Landscape Health, wellbeing and life
quality
• Visual comfort
• Air quality
• Thermal comfort
• Water quality
• Acoustic comfort
• Safety and security
Pollution
• Protection from external pollution
• Utilisation of rain and storm
water
• Reducing night lights
• Prevention of noise pollution

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 Waste
•Reducing construction waste
•Reducing running waste
Process management
•Participatory planning
•Building Information Modelling
Innovations
•Integrated application of innovative
solutions in all fields
Economic sustainability
• Life cycle costing
• Value sustainability – cost / benefit
analysis CBA

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 Phases of quality
assessment:
 Pre-design

 Project design

 Post-design

CASBEE Japan 2010

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 Pavle Dzindzibadze, GTU
"Life Style and
transformation of the Urban
Space of the late 20th
Century Historic Districts of
Old Tbilisi: A Witness’s
assessment"

Old Tbilissi Georgia: New Life for Old Town

Programme 2009

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The process of reconnection to the local climate and
natural environment, during the planning of a site and
design of buildings is called Bioclimatic Design in
Architecture and Engineering.
The goal is to design environment and buildings that are:
 Energy efficient

 Create less pollution

 Use sustainable materials

 Have better relation to the environment

 Provide organic architectural composition

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 Goals:
A. Protection from direct heat radiation
B. Avoid both increase in air and mean radiant
temperature
Instruments:
Orientation of buildings N-S-E-W
• Axis of building parallel to east-west direction
Environmental Protection
• Use of landscape and vegetation
Window Protection
• movable devices (interior or exterior) such as
blinds and louvers.
• Permanent ones- overhangs, fins and awnings
• Strategic plantation
Special glazing types
• Reflecting glass
• Absorbing glass
• Optical glass

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 Reduction of infiltration loss
• Avoid heat exchange between
exterior and interior.
• Avoid humidity entry in the building
Reduction of transmission loss
• External surfaces - reduce reflection
• Optimal insulation of external shell
• Higher thermal inertia - increase the
inward heat flow

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  Reducing infiltration
losses
 Reducing
transmission losses

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Reducing lighting gains
 Maximal use of daylight

 Reduce energy
consumption for
lighting
Manage casual gains
 Maximise occupancy
level
 Minimize the gains
from appliances – use
energy efficient
equipment

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Physiological cooling
 Control air movement velocity
 Avoid draughts
Apply natural ventilation
 Improve indoor air quality (eliminate stale air)
 Achieve body comfort - balance of convection and perspiration
Air cooling
 Use of evaporating cooling (water basins)
 Circulating air through underground ducts (raised floor)
Envelop cooling
 Discharging heat accumulated inside the building
 Night ventilation: cooling through radiation heat transfer
 Cross ventilation

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 Apply natural ventilation
 Improve indoor air quality
(eliminate stale air)
 Achieve body comfort - balance of
convection and perspiration
Air cooling
 Use of evaporating cooling (water
basins)
 Circulating air through
underground ducts (raised floor
system)
Envelop cooling
 Discharging heat accumulated
inside the building
 Night ventilation: cooling through
radiation heat transfer
 Cross ventilation
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  Proper landscaping can modify the
climate around your home and reduce
both heat gain in summer and heat loss
in winter.
 Properly placed plants reduce
(speedup) wind velocity near the home.

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  The goal of energy-conserving
landscaping is to regulate energy
flows from the sun and wind.
 Windbreaks can save up to 25%
on heating costs.

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 • Ground heat pump
Druskininkai City, heating
Lithuania, 2009 • Dual-flow heat
exchanger
• Pr. En 74 kWh/m2/pa
• ROI 7-9 years.

Engineering:
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Denbigh Castle Visitor Reception Building
http://www.grosvenorconstruction.co.uk/2012/04/26/denbigh-castle-visitor-centre/
Gross Floor Area – 79.5m²
Total Area of the Site – 0.033 hectares
% Area of Building to be used by Community –
Approximately 67% for small out ofhours meetings
% Area of Grounds to be used by Community – 100%
when required
Location: Wales UK

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The University of Arizona student recreation centre - LEED
platinum
http://uanews.org/node/33766 Architects: Sasaki
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Cost: $22.7 million
Project area: 54,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010

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Waterways Ireland, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=330

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 - Valleys, Corridors
- Buffers, Strips
- Wetlands
-Swale, strand, pond
- Wet ponds
- Dry ponds with continuous flow
- Catching and cleaning installations

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 Wetlands: better water
management, cleaning,
microclimate and aesthetics of
residential landscape
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Global Green Building (GBC) network
World Green Building Council (World
GBC) – coalition of national associations
that has a common mission to make a
breakthrough in construction using
market instruments for more sustainable
development.

GBC’s are active in >100 countries

making the biggest international
organisation that makes an impact on
green building market.

More information - www.worldgbc.org.

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 Lithuanian Green Building Council
Established: June 20, 2013.
Members: 16 business and education companies from development,
design, construction, materials supply, building management sectors.
Activities:
• Green Building Professional training programme 2013 - 2015;
• Upgrade of national legislation;
• National Green Building Certification System;
• Rising public awareness.
www.lzpt.lt

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Green Building Council Members

Financial
Architects institutions

Builders Engineers

Other
Mobility
specialists
planners

RE
developers Designers

Material’s
providers

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 VET Training: Green Building Professional
Required courses:
• Legal requirements and certification
• Green design principles
• Lighting design and smart buildings
• Sustainable materials and resources
• Financial considerations of green
buildings
• Managing green building projects
• Sustainable site selection and
management
• Creating and managing green working
places
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Elective courses:
• Green building envelope design
•Creating and managing greener schools
• Landscape and exterior design
• Integrating RES into green buildings
• Sustainable water drainage for green
building
• Zero energy buildings
• Life cycle „Cradle 2 Cradle“
Impact of VET training
Lecturers:
Sue Clark, Sweden
Devyn Olson-Sawyer, Ireland
Luca Volpi, Spain
Ryan Zizzo, Finland
Hector Altamirano, UK
Carlo Battisti, Italy

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 Green Building Assessment

Dreams
Living Building Challenge LBC

GB Assessment systems
BREEAM LEED DGNB LŽPTVS

Technical regulation

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Green Building Assessment Systems

International systems National systems

UK, 1990 m
>300.000 buildings

USA, 1998 m
>52.000 buildings Sweden

Germany, 2007m
>1.000 buildings Spain

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Lithuanian GB Assessment System

1. ENERGY 5. WATER MANAGEMENT

6. WASTE & POLLUTION

2. MATERIALS

7. PLOT PLANNING AND

3. HEALTH & ECOLOGY
WELLBEING

8. PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
4. TRANSPORT

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 Maximum score
Commerce Weight
No. Criteria
Residential %
Industry

LGBAS Assessment 1. ENERGY

1.1. Energy efficiency
15
10
15
10
26,80

Criteria
1.2. Monitoring energy use 2 2
1.3. Renewable energy sources 3 3
2. TRANSPORT 6 7 10,70
2.1. Access to public transport 1 1
2.2. Access to public services 1 1
2.3. Infrastructure for alternative mobility 2 3
2.4. Safety for pedestrians and cyclists 1 1
2.5. Limiting car use 1 1
3. WATER MANAGEMENT 7 7 8,90
3.1. Monitoring use of drinking water 1 1
3.2. Sustainable plant watering 2 2
3.3. Rain water retention and use 3 3
3.4. Green wastewater treatment systems 1 1
4. MATERIALS 4 4 8,90
4.1. Materials of local origin 2 2
4.2. Avoiding “Red List” materials 2 2
5. WASTE AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT 8 8 12,50
5.1. Construction waste management 2 2
5.2. Maintenance waste management 4 4
5.3. Avoiding GWP agents 1 1
5.4. Noise pollution prevention 1 1
6. PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3 3 5,40
6.1. Public participation 1 1
6.2. Involvement of Green Building Professional 1 1
6.3. Integral planning and design BIM 1 1
7. SITE PLANNING AND ECOLOGY 5 5 8,90
7.1. Secondary use of land plot 2 2
7.2. Increase of site’s ecologic potential 3 3
8. HEALTH AND WELLBEING 10 12 17,90
8.1. Natural light 3 3
8.2. Air quality in buildings 3 3
8.3. Natural ventilation 1 1
8.4. Visual comfort 1 2
8.5. Smart management BMS 0 2
8.6. Acoustic comfort 2 1
Total: 58 61 46
100,0
 Assessed groups of buildings

Commercial
Offices Shopping Industry and warehouse

Residential New – YES

Apartment blocks Existing – Not now
Renovated – Not now

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Benefits of Green Buildings

Business Case for Green Buildings,

World GBC, WB, IFC. 2013
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Benefits of Green Buildings

Business Case for Green Buildings,

World GBC, WB, IFC. 2013
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 Didi Madloba!
Thank you for your attention!
Ačiū už jūsų dėmesį!
Gintaras.Stauskis@vgtu.lt

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