Based on the core values of bio

Based on the core values of bio-mimicry, radical waste reduction, integration, and non-compromise, the project is planned to achieve the maximum efficiency with the minimum external inputs. The modern architectural faah inhibitor of the Rockcote Design Centre includes numerous large areas with coloured paint and inserted blocks to achieve harmony between the artificial building and the natural environment. The excellent architectural design offers a logical functional layout and various sequential work areas for the staff, consumers, and visitors. The building has a number of passive design features. The design aims at limiting the need for mechanical heating or cooling as far as possible. The result is a commercial development designed and constructed with a passion for the environment and sustainability.
Social sustainability
Sustainable strategies
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Introduction
Objectives in training for the future engineering Sometimes we say that students of today are trained for the needs of the previous generations but we seldom try to define what are the needs of the next generation. For the sake of discussion, we will define it as follows: These three points can be summarized as mastering of the self-learning process for analyzing the interaction between any specific technology and society and the capability to improve any emerging technology from cost-benefit point of view. Translating it to the teaching of building physics it means that we will focus on the principles of design and performance and their applications from point of view of the design and construction process and as they are today presented in the market place. This may be a simple switch for the experienced teacher but from the student point of view it means a complete revolution of what one learns and why. To complicate it further, we will deal with the process of learning of the building physics in a foreign language.
Improving the model of teaching in a foreign language Now, the issue of introducing the interactive mode of learning remains to be solved. To this end, at Tongji University (where only 10% of the best students are admitted) the students declared that they do not need any translation of the lectures. We have instituted 3-h long modules but the first hour the teaching is given by 3 students. Of course, the students are given the course material before the course, and starting from the second lecture three of them are to give one 10–15min long lecture each on the same topic as scheduled for the lecture. Three other students (scheduled for the next lecture) and I are providing comments on the student\'s presentations. After a short break I proceed with the standard 2h long lecture on the topic of the day. The effect is that all written exams from this course are good or very good. At the other Chinese Universities, I require only power point slides to be prepared in English and the student can present the lecture in Chinese assisted with a professional interpretation.
Including the future technology in the current course In the year 2010 the Southeast University jointly with Building Physics Society of China organized a national conference in which several invited speakers from the West participated. Two of us postulated that in a mixed climate such as Nanjing or Shanghai one needs to design building enclosures with switchable mass and switchable thermal insulation (see Bomberg, 2010). The follow up of this conference took place during the APEC 2013 conference in Hunan, China by creating a network (VEC–BEN). This network intends to highlight the principles used in development of two parallel projects, one in the USA and the other in China. Several other groups from Poland, France and Brazil joined this multi-disciplinary effort to develop a next generation of integrated technology suitable for net zero energy buildings in different climatic zones.