Energy efficient solutions in modern buildings

Energy efficient solutions in modern buildings

The developed construction technology affects to a modern world which is flexible with the modern demands and requirements of people. Modern building is a successful result of that. According to the modern building technology people are capable to fulfil their basic needs in an technological and user friendly way. The capacity of human requirements gets increased day by day. So, there is a high consumption of energy using due to that above matter. The energy preservation should be there as people have only limited resources left in the world. That reason affects to create a modern building concept with energy efficient solutions.

There are some considerable ways that affect for a high usage of energy in a modern building. For examples,

·         Providing services to consumers such as air conditioning, elevators, escalators, lightning systems etc.

·         Day to day operations ( the main function of the organization)

                       ·         Providing facilities for employees to make a user friendly built environment.

These are only few examples of reviewing basic requirement of consuming high usage of energy in a modern building. So there should be energy efficient solutions in modern buildings to have the preservation and sustainable development of modern building technology.

There are some important energy efficient solutions which important to implement in modern building system.

·        Upgrade lighting system to modern LED bulb system.

   By converting to LED from a lighting technology like Fluorescent bulbs system it will be affected to reduce energy consumption at least by 30% as an average of usual usage.  If it is metal halide or HPS ceiling lighting system there will be a huge reduction of 75% in energy usage by replacing it into LED bulb system.

·         Install occupancy sensors.

     Having lights even in not required time periods is a huge issue of high consumption energy usage. By establishing a an occupancy sensor system it will help to reduce the amount of time that lights are in the first place. This is a modern way to save energy in an technological way.

·         Utilize skylight windows.

      Sunlight is an healthier option than using artificial lights as well as  it is a huge advantage of energy consumption.

·         Install a programmable thermostat.

      By installing this it can be controlled when exactly heating in building comes on. This is a great way to ensure that system is turned off when everyone is typically out of the building. This will cause to reduce energy consumption by 30% than usual way.

·         Use energy star qualified products.

      This is an easy choice to make when it comes to finding the most efficient products for the building. The standard of these products will help to avoid extra energy consumption.

·         Solar panels.

      This is a huge investment for modern building concept as it is a good method of energy efficient ways. Solar panels will help to reduce the energy consumption in an valuable manner in order to get the maximum advantage of natural environment to achieve the sustainability of modern buildings.

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