Industrial Buildings and Green Building Design

Abstract

Human being has interacted with nature since their existence and have used natural resources and damaged nature rapidly after the industrial revolution, in order to improve their living standards. The concept of green building has emerged as a result of environmentally friendly, ecological, sustainable policies to the construction sector at the end of the 20th century. Green building term is generally used for residential buildings, however industrial buildings or other buildings also can be designed as a green building. In industrial green building design, location of building for site selection and transportation availability, water usage reduction, energy consumption reduction, harmful gases emission reduction, material selection to reduce cost and environmental damage, indoor air quality for users’ health themes are important concerns. In this study, design approaches to improve energy and water efficiency, and to reduce environmental effect of industrial buildings are presented.