Future Architecture ain’t that Far-Fetched: Sustainable Design, Net Zero Carbon, Negative Carbon

Occasionally, we introduce and re-introduce sustainable design works. It is a little difficult for the editors and correspondents to overlap writings about arts or design onto environmental issues and animals that are at the brink of their extinction. The exception is when art and design incorporate sustainability or ‘Save-the-World’ concept. We have compiled a list of green architecture, and the next list will be uploaded upon the completion of our editorial review.

NET ZERO CARBON RESIDENTIAL
Project: B-House

Status: Completed
Location: Bukit Timah, Singapore
Architects: Pomeroy Studio

Editor’s note: Though ‘Zero Carbon’ emission is a popular term in the sustainable design industry, it is essential to be aware that the net carbon might go below zero when energy input exceeds the usage.

Courtesy image: Pomeroy Studio
For more information: http://www.pomeroystudio.sg/main/academic/B-House-247

NET NEGATIVE CARBON RESIDENTAL

i) Project: ZEB Pilot House

Status: Completed
Location: Larvik, Norway
Architects: Snøhetta

Courtesy image: Snøhetta
For more information: http://snohetta.com/project/188-zeb-pilot-house

ii) Project: The SOLCER house
A successful attempt to build an affordable zero carbon emission house in Wales, UK.

Location: Pyle, near Bridgend, Wales
Status: Completed
Architects: Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Courtesy image: Welsh School of Architecture
For more information:
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/74719/2/The%20paper.pdf
http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/news-items/solcer-house/

SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN- To minimize or produce no harm to the environment and to utilize natural resources in its surroundings with minimal wastage

i) Project: The Interlace Residential Complex

Status: Completed
Estimated energy savings: 9,102,046 kWh/yr; Estimated water savings: 20,635 m3/yr
Location: Singapore
Architects: Ole Scheeren, partner of OMA

For more information: http://buro-os.com/the-interlace/