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10. Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus
Built Environment/Architecture responses to SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
The built environment ensures the responsible consumption and production through 'doing more and better with less increasing net welfare gains from economic activities. by reducing resource use, degradation, and pollution, while increasing the quality of life. Sustainable development will be achieved not only by growing our economies but minimizing waste in the process of doing so. Growth that contaminates the environment sets development back.
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Taylor's Lakeside Campus
University Building by NWKA Architects Sdn Bhd 1, Jalan Taylors, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Responses
1. Building in the form of modular system concept to emphasize more on open spaces and minimize over-usage of materials. 2. Window are emphasized to increase natural lighting being diffused into the space, reducing the amount of artificial lighting. 3. Use of conventional lighting such as T5 fluorescent lighting and LED lighting that are energy and cost efficient. 4. Implementation of rainwater harvesting, to optimize water usage and eliminate usage of portable water. 5. Hydrocarbon refrigerant is used in most of the air conditioning system as it is non-toxic and has no ozone depleting properties. 6. Passive ventilation reduces the air-condition usage and hydrocarbon refrigerant used to reduced generated pollutants. 7. The Campus Facilities Management has created a partnership with the students’
Community Services Initiatives (CSI), various Academic Schools and organizations to drive recycling initiative for organics wastes and construction-related waste. 8. Programs and initiatives are implemented to raise awareness of recycling on campus
Recycling containers are installed across the campus. 9. Promotes sustainability studies through modules that emphasized and majoring in environmental related careers
Challenges
The design and the purpose of the University was initially to develop a sustainable building and academic hub. The challenge was to impose a low energy consumption and costsaving building to achieve the Green Building Index (GBI) rating and sustainable architecture.
Contributions
Sustainable materials and low-energy technology are implemented throughout the building aids in reducing emission of harmful gases and environmental concerns, while maintaining the cost-saving and eco-friendly initiative.
