Closing the Envelope Against CO2 Emissions
Announcement posted by DesignBuild Source 12 Jul 2012
If the green building sector has shown the industry one thing, it is the extensive list of ways excess carbon emissions can be dealt with. While some more creative proposals offer to suck carbon from the air with algae or the like, other, more commonly used practices include the implementation of cleaner energy generators such as solar and wind power so as not to add to the carbon problem.
While those ideas are working – and working well – for many, others just aim to block the need for carbon-emitting practices out.
The incorporation of Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) envelopes into development projects offers to create a completely separate interior microclimate that is essentially independent of its exteriors.
In what has been labeled by WAN as ‘China’s greenest architecture’ the Parkview Green FangCaoDi in Beijing implements just such an envelope over its mixed-use facilities, which include grade-A office space, a six star hotel and retail.