Week 1.2 Zero-carbon buildings

Shanghai Expo's zero-carbon buildings

                                   source: https://www.zedfactory.com/projects

This building combines the climatic characteristics of the Shanghai area to create a Chinese-style sample of zero carbon communities. The building includes a zero carbon lecture hall, a zero carbon restaurant, a zero carbon showroom and six zero carbon model rooms. In terms of energy use, in addition to using solar energy, wind energy. The Zero Carbon Pavilion also uses the water source of the Huangpu River, using the water source heat pump as the natural "air conditioning" of the house. The leftovers after the meal will be degraded into biomass energy for power generation.


BedZED，UK


This is the UK's largest low-carbon sustainable community, with rows of colorful chimney-like installations on the building, large photovoltaic panels on the south side of the roof and plants on the north.

The “zero-carbon community” does have no carbon emissions at all, but instead uses traditional solar energy such as coal and oil by using solar energy and energy-efficient buildings. The energy used by the community mainly comes from two aspects: one is the installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roof and south of the building, and the other is a small thermal power plant in the community that uses waste wood and other materials to generate electricity and provide hot water.
The fuel used in small thermal power plants in the community is waste wood and other materials that do not create an additional environmental burden. The heat it emits during the power generation process is also used to make hot water, which is piped into every household in the community. There is no heating system installed throughout the community, which reduces a large amount of energy consumption.




With the accelerated pace of social development, excessive consumption of fossil fuels has plunged human beings into an energy crisis. The widespread use of zero-carbon buildings has played a great role in promoting energy conservation and alleviating energy crisis. But the realization of zero carbon building needs a process. At present, zero-carbon architecture is just at the initial stage and is affected by the social concept, scientific level, construction cost, and other factors

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