Green Buildings

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Eco-friendly Building

With eco-friendliness in mind, our ecological buildings are gentle to the environment and use resources efficiently. This type of buildings, also known as “green buildings”, is efficient as it uses locally-sourced and renewable materials, the amount of energy required for its construction is low and it also generates energy.

Thanks to green building materials you can enjoy living healthy and sustainable buildings.

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Green buildings
improve the quality
of our lives

What is a Green Building

A “green” building is a building that, through its design, construction and operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts on the environment and works in symbiosis with nature. Green buildings protect precious natural resources and improve our quality of life.

However, it should be noted that not all green buildings are – and need to be – the same. Countries and regions differ in terms of climatic conditions, culture and traditions, local aspects of architecture, economic and social priorities – all of these shape green building policies.

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There Are a Number of Elements
That Can Make the Building “green”.

These Include

Efficient use of energy, water, and other resources

Use of renewable energy such as solar energy

Measures to reduce pollution and waste and enable reuse and recycling

Good indoor air quality

Using materials that are non-toxic, ethically sourced, and sustainable

Taking the environment into consideration when designing, constructing, and running buildings

Taking into account the quality of life of residents when designing, constructing, and running buildings

A design that enables the building to adapt to a changing environment

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Every Building Can Be
a Green Building

Be it a house, offices, school, hospital, community center or any other type of building, provided it is built in line with the above.

Why Do We Like Eco-friendly Buildings?

It is a fact that nowadays the construction industry contributes to environmental problems. Today, we feel the consequences more than ever. Buildings and constructions certainly do not make the situation much easier.

Sustainable and eco-friendly designs and architecture is the way to go.  Countries that care about the environment and the future as well, push for eco-friendly buildings with minimum environmental impact.

Some eco-friendly features could be implemented already in the design of a building. These features bring along many economic and environmental benefits.

The ecological, green and sustainable practices commonplace in the construction industry aim at reducing the consumption of limited natural resources, using renewable resources as much as possible, efficient energy consumption, reducing the production of emissions and other pollutants while protecting health and general well-being.

Green designs are no more expensive than conventional designs. Some even come with own money-saving solutions you will benefit from.

Today, production costs of such buildings are no more than 10% higher than those of regular projects. All parties involved must strive for green solutions, be aware of their benefits and work in line with the latest developments and legislation in that regard.

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What Can We Do
to Make Our Buildings Greener?

A Smart Approach to Energy Consumption

Minimising energy consumption at all stages of the building lifecycle, making new and refurbished buildings more comfortable and less costly to run, and helping building occupants learn to be efficient.

Integrating renewable and low-carbon technologies to supply the energy needs of buildings when their design maximises built-in and natural efficiency.

Protection of Water Resources

Researching the ways to improve drinking and waste water efficiency and management, obtaining water for safe indoor use in innovative ways, and generally minimizing water use in buildings, taking into account the impact of buildings and their surroundings on stormwater and sewerage infrastructure.

Minimizing Waste and Maximizing Reuse

Using fewer, more durable materials and generating less waste, as well as taking into account the end-of-life phase of a building by designing for the recovery and reuse of demolition waste.

Engaging building residents in reuse and recycling

Bring fresh air inside, ensure good indoor air quality through ventilation, and avoid materials and chemicals that produce harmful or toxic emissions.

Incorporate natural light and views to ensure building occupants’ comfort and enjoyment of their surroundings, and reduce the need for lighting energy in the process.

Acoustics and proper sound insulation play an important role in promoting concentration, recovery and quiet enjoyment in educational, healthcare and residential buildings.

To ensure that people feel comfortable in their everyday environment, create the right indoor temperature through passive design or building management and monitoring systems.

Keeping Our Environment Green

Recognising that our urban environment should protect nature and ensure that wildlife diversity and soil quality are protected or improved, for example by remediating and building on contaminated land or creating new green spaces.

We are looking for ways to increase the productivity of our urban areas and bring agriculture into our cities.

Adapting to our changing climate, ensuring resilience to events such as floods, earthquakes or fires, so that our buildings stand the test of time and protect people and their property.

Designing flexible and dynamic spaces, anticipating changes in their use over time and avoiding the need to demolish, rebuild or significantly renovate buildings to prevent them becoming obsolete.

Creating diverse environments that bring communities together and strengthen them, asking what a building adds to its context in terms of positive economic and social impacts, and involving local communities in the planning process.

The design takes into account the provision of transport and distance from amenities, reducing the environmental impact of private transport and encouraging environmentally friendly options such as walking or cycling.

Exploring the potential of ‘smart’ and information communication technologies to better communicate with the world around us, for example through smart electricity grids that understand how to transport energy where and when it is needed.

Taking Into Account the Life Cycle of the Building

Seeking to reduce environmental impacts and maximise social and economic value throughout the entire life cycle of a building (from design, construction, operation and maintenance to refurbishment and eventual demolition).

Ensuring that embodied resources, such as energy or water used to produce and transport materials within the building, are minimised so that buildings have a truly low impact.

Contact

Be eco-friendly, too! Invest in your future with a green building.
We will be happy to assist you with your planning and construction.

Call us at +421 233 204 680 or email us at info@difosis.com.

Address

DIFOSIS, SE
Zámocká 8
811 01 Bratislava
Slovakia

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