The notion that raw materials for building construction are plentiful and can be extracted “at will” from
Earth’s geobiosphere, and that these materials do not undergo any degradation or related deterioration
in performance while in use is alarming and entirely inaccurate. For these reasons, a particular building,
like an organism or an ecosystem, must seek self-sustenance for that design to prevail in competition
with other building designs in a time with limited availability of energy and materials. To this extent, Net
Zero Energy (NZE) buildings achieve a net annual energy balance in their operations. However,
approaching an NZE building goal based on current definitions is flawed for two principal reasons (1)
NZE only deals with the energy required for operations and related emissions (2) it does not establish
a threshold which ensures that buildings are optimized for reduced consumption before renewable
systems are integrated to obtain an energy balance. This paper develops a method to maximize
renewable resource use through emergy (spelled with an “m”) analysis to close the gap between current
approaches to environmental building design and the over-arching goal of creating buildings that
contribute to a sustainable relationship between human activities and the geobiosphere. This paper
proposes using a “Renewable Emergy Balance” (REB) in environmental building design as a tool to
maximize renewable resource use through disinvestment of all non-renewable resources that may be
substituted with renewable resources. REB buildings attain a high standing by optimizing building
construction over their entire life-span from formation-extraction-manufacturing to maintenance and
operation.
The notion that raw materials for building construction are plentiful and can be extracted “at will” fromEarth’s geobiosphere, and that these materials do not undergo any degradation or related deteriorationin performance while in use is alarming and entirely inaccurate. For these reasons, a particular building,like an organism or an ecosystem, must seek self-sustenance for that design to prevail in competitionwith other building designs in a time with limited availability of energy and materials. To this extent, NetZero Energy (NZE) buildings achieve a net annual energy balance in their operations. However,approaching an NZE building goal based on current definitions is flawed for two principal reasons (1)NZE only deals with the energy required for operations and related emissions (2) it does not establisha threshold which ensures that buildings are optimized for reduced consumption before renewablesystems are integrated to obtain an energy balance. This paper develops a method to maximizerenewable resource use through emergy (spelled with an “m”) analysis to close the gap between currentapproaches to environmental building design and the over-arching goal of creating buildings thatcontribute to a sustainable relationship between human activities and the geobiosphere. This paperproposes using a “Renewable Emergy Balance” (REB) in environmental building design as a tool toเพิ่มการใช้ทรัพยากรหมุนเวียนผ่าน disinvestment ทรัพยากรไม่หมุนเวียนทั้งหมดที่อาจใช้ทดแทนทรัพยากรทดแทน อาคาร REB บรรลุยืนสูง โดยเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพอาคารก่อสร้างกว่าของพวกเขาทั้งหมดช่วงชีวิตจากผู้แต่งสกัดผลิตการบำรุงรักษา และการดำเนินการ
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