How do you address the potential risks and barriers of green building in your analysis?

One thing I have found regarding the importance if providing RAP ( risk assessment plan) is preparing project brief. It associated with better understanding of what standards project must to meet, and how to procure it sustainably and successfully. Apart from technical and operational aspects, projects procurement which deals directly with sustainable supply chain must be considered carefully.

In my experience, I had to do a thorough planning and investigation for the building record (As-Built) set of drawings in order to study the existing structure, ceiling, roof, windows, etc. in order to reach the optimum type and magnitude of green building initiatives that could be added to an existing building with a least cost, and without the need for major building modifications. The risk undertaking is huge at the early stages, but one that is very important to do in order to reach the most feasible and economical solution.

This is part 2 of my response posted at the end of this article. Scroll all the way down to see part 1. ....the only value in non-sustainable design is around potentially short-term 'less expensive' construction. And even this probably not a real value, as more and more minimum code compliance removes the option of completely non-sustainable construction materials methods and designs. When compared to the value of allowing the planet and all of us to continue living on the planet in future generations, the long-term value in sustainable design is intuitively the only real option. Any other consideration is a false construct.

-First, It's crucial to consider factors such as higher initial costs, limited availability of green materials, and resistance to change within traditional construction practices. For eg, one significant barrier is the upfront cost associated with implementing sustainable technologies . - Additionally, the limited availability of certain eco-friendly materials can pose challenges in meeting green building standards. -Resistance to adopting new construction methods and technologies among industry professionals can also hinder the widespread adoption of green building practices. A comprehensive analysis should address these factors to develop strategies for overcoming barriers in promoting sustainable construction practices.

As long as the building is in structural compliance, what I have will work. Adding to the insulation ability to prevent the loading of heat onto the surface facing the sun can reduce heat load and lengthen life of building.

Behavioral attitude concerning insulating a building from the exterior surface is “new” therefore threatens established methods of protecting a building from weathering while insulating the building. The overall effect is stabilizing the aging process while stabilizing the temperature loads in the superstructure. Standard insulation is only inside a building which does not protect the exterior, Allie’s aging and heat loading.

A recent post of mine may be helpful here. Here I take a brief look at perspectives. https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7070036906989797377

The total cost of preserving the exterior structure while insulating offers tremendous long term savings. Saves maintenance and repairs, reduces energy cost and reduces carbon footprint where standard insulation materials hide inside a structure allowing full deterioration and declines with the building. These old Standard materials do not offer protection from aging and Allows the full heat stress of all the heat load by absorbing moisture, compressing and losing most of any insulation ever offered from the dry, no humidity, no wind inside controlled lab environment insulation numbers provided.

The advent of multi - ceramic Fluid-Applied Insulative Coatings means unique heat blocking ability. Reducing the thermal load on a building means... * Reduced thermal bridging * Reduced thermal cycling (expansion and contraction) * Reduced cracking * Reduced water ingress Lower maintenance costs and building preservation. Insulative coatings complement insulation. We still need insulation because of the way it holds heat in a building. We just don't need to hold 120 degrees of it. Insulation works like a heat sponge. It slowly absorbs as much heat as it can then passes the excess heat to the other side. Insulative coatings turn down the volume of available heat for the insulation to resist. We need both.

Using standardized ASTM approved testing to prove the insulation effect, weathering ability and fire control are established. In field on going evaluation for over 32 years to document the weathering and heat load blocking ability on actual facilities is established.

Standard test methods like a blower door test and IR thermography, before and after, reveal the effectiveness of a building envelope modification. Keeping a building cool, dry and air tight are three of the best things you can do to improve a building's life, energy efficiency and the comfort of the people there. These results can then be fed back into the over-all analysis to see if any further work needs to be done. Often times a building can be taken to grid optional once the holes are plugged, equipment is optimized and a micro grid is installed.

Energy savings that are established and proven. Preservation of facilities and reduced maintenance. People comfort for higher productivity.

I think we can finally admit that insulation and forced air are only marginally effective. We can't regulate the sun but we can deal with it's effects more effictively through Multi - Ceramic Fluid-Applied Insulative Coatings. They block excess heat by not letting it penetrate the coating. Indoors and exterior. You should be using it because it works. Keep your building cool, dry and air tight with the most effective, least costly building envelope upgrade available.

There are very few potential risks and barriers of green building in an analysis of building modifications. Costs are essentially the same. The main question is the effectiveness of the products and procedures implemented. As Albert Einstein famously said, “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Products that work from trail blazers like @Joseph Pritchett https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/joseph-pritchett-07897025?trk=article-ssr-frontend-x-article need to be implemented ASAP if headway is to be made. Be daring, be Boulder, use products that work.

Part 1: The initial premise of the article, which was evidently written by a computer, is upside down. Thus demonstrating the dangers of Artificial so-called Intelligence. It's artificial. And it's not intelligence. The original premise is that there are risks and potential dangers associated with sustainable design. This is reverse-think. The correct way to approach this is from a value perspective: consider, what is the value of sustainable design, vs. the value of traditional design and construction practices. When considering value, time is necessarily brought into the equation. It can be readily understood on an intuitive basis, that the only value in non-sustainable design is around potentially short-term ... see part 2