Environmental Impact Of Skyscrapers - Part 2

Continuing from part 1

In addition the cooling and the heating systems, and the lights that are used in the skyscrapers consume large amount of energy, and additional energy is required to transfer all these services and materials to the higher floors of the skyscraper. Most of the skyscrapers that are built in the 20^th century are not constructed and designed with appropriate thermal protection and isolation, and also no natural ventilation systems can be found. This means that the skyscrapers are continuously heated during the winter season and continuously cooled during the summer season, and electric ventilation systems are installed to provide breathable air for all who work there.

Today the construction engineers and architects are beginning to design the blueprints of the skyscrapers with sustainable solutions. Cranes that consume lees fuel and other eco friendly construction machines, wind turbines, solar panels, central cooling and heating systems, rain water reuse, recycled construction materials are just few of the modern solutions and ideas that the architects are implementing during the construction of the skyscrapers. Today the architects are experiencing the benefits of the modern GPS surveying equipment in order to gather accurate data in no time. For a positive impact to the environment, the architects realize that all of the materials that are used in the construction of the skyscraper need to be closely analysed, studied and modified in order the skyscrapers to be considered as eco-friendly and ecologically approved.

But however, the modern technology isn't the only answer to all questions related to the construction of the skyscrapers. The architects and the construction engineers should not be fooled with this, they should not be tricked that only the technology can solve all of their problems and issues towards designing ecological skyscrapers. The ecological design of the skyscraper needs to provide a balance between the technology used in the construction process and the environment or the nature. The ecological design means that all environmental aspects and issues should be closely considered at all stages of the construction process. The consumption of raw and non renewable materials that are used in the building process, carbon emissions and increased pollution from the construction machines, and the waste materials are the main environmental aspects that need to be considered during the construction of the skyscrapers.

Saving and preserving clean environment is the most important issue today. Because the architects and the construction engineers design the world in which we live in, they can shape the way we live by constructing and designing greener and cleaner buildings. If architects can design and construct with sustainable and ecological solutions in mind, the end result will surely have a positive impact on the environment.