Sustainability_Project



People started to realized of their negative actions against the environment when the known “green-house effect” appeared. When the ex-presidential candidate, Al Gore started to give lectures to make people think and react about “Global Warming”, the world started to change their way of life and take conscience of their actions. That is when what we call sustainable design develop.

Sustainable design is a new way of thinking and living that has been developed in the last decades, and its objective is creating and designing products and services that are harmless to the environment.

It promotes a series of principles like the use of renewable resources, use of more energy-efficient processes in manufacturing, use of new sources of energy such as electrical and mechanical energy, use of longer-lasting and better-functioning products, among others; in order to make a product environmentally friendly.

Nowadays, new sources of energy such as electrical, mechanical and solar ones are still in been develop. We all know that chemical energy that uses non-renewable resources is cheaper and faster but not better. Chemical energy is the main responsible for most of the environmental problems. Gas and petroleum processing generates over 60% of the total contamination on Earth.

On the other hand, electrical and solar energy seems to be working perfectly. A single solar panel is enough to give energy to a house, and electric and hybrid cars seem to be the next step in transportation. The main problem of these new sources of energy is the cost of their processing (which also are environmental harmless) and the cost of the final product. Europe is the main leader in this whole society conversion. Green roofs are a very common trend in Germany, Switzerland and Scotland. Also, they are pioneers in the use of alternative energy sources, such as electrical and mechanical. On the other hand, Asian, American and African countries are still developing this progression from old-school living to a sustainable one.

The main goal of sustainable design is to encourage people to think “green”. Thinking green means to think and act in a way that your action will reduce environmental impact to preserve your planet for the future. According to some studies made in the past years, if we don’t change our ways of living, the Earth will expire by 2050. This alarming statement tells us that we need to take conscience and become a more green society. The Learning Kit: A deployable classroom is a example of Sustainable design. The light weight canopy filters sunlight, illuminating the walkway and classroom while reducing glare and excess heat. Customizing a traditional Southern roof design allowed for a functional shading device while accenting the aesthetic quality of its shape. A secondary panel façade developed to serve as a shading device during times of low sun angles. These panels create a “living wall” encouraging learning in a natural environment and promoting the disciplines of growth and nurture. In order to achieve high levels of sustainability, the interior space in collaboration with a double roof membrane, facilitates nature air flow, creating ventilation. Air movement cools the roof and ceiling layers, preventing heat gain within the room. The modular system A standard grid governs the assembly and modularity of the ability to combine pre-manufactured panels in any order and quantity provides flexibility and adaptability; the client can decide the capacity and function of use, determining the required square footage of a room. With a standard system, on-site construction is limited to assembling the kit of parts, locking them into each other for stabilityEach room is easily deployable, erecter or disjointed in a short amount of time. Standard sizes create an easy way of transporting all of the components, making this a portable structure, when necessary to re-locate.

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