GREEN CITYBecause the world is becoming increasingly urbanized, it is important to learn how to improve urban environments, to make cities more pleasant and healthier places in which to live and reduce undesirable effects on the environment.

Design a city that promote biological conservation and become pleasant environment for people.

Our Green City

~Green Home

~Green Transportation

~Green Energy

~Materials Recycling

~Clean and Safe Water

GREEN HOMEA green home is a type of house that is built or remodeled in order to •conserve energy or water•improve indoor air quality•use sustainable, recycled or used materials•produce less waste in the process

Instead of building high-rise buildings, green home should be considered in our Green City.

Although new technologies are constantly being developed to complement current practices in creating greener structures, the common objective is that green buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:

•Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources•Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity•Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degration

Energy Efficient House Plans

A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.

Green roofs are used to:•Reduce heating or cooling•Reduce storm water run off•Natural Habitat Creation•Filter pollutants and carbon dioxide out of the air which helps lower disease rates such as•Filter pollutants and heavy metals out of rainwater•Help to insulate a building for sound; the soil helps to block lower frequencies and the plants block higher frequencies•Reduction in energy usage

Green Roof

Green TransportationThe idea behind a green transportation infrastructure is one that provides opportunities for people to get around their communities using their own power such as walking or biking or by other more environmentally sensitive means, like trains or buses. A truly green infrastructure is one that residents enjoy, provides durable and inexpensive mobility.

CyclingThe government should encourage the citizens to cycle as well because this is a sport which suitable for many and it helps to reduce the car emissions. The government should be considerate about the cyclist’s safety. The government should construct bicycle path for the riders .Besides, the authorities should locate buried pipes using electromagnetic signals from above the ground. The idea is to find metallic structures capable of reflecting electromagnetic waves through soil, much as a reflector makes a bicycle easier to see at night.

WalkingThe government should encourage the citizens to walk. Walking is enjoyable and healthy activity. This is among the most popular forms of recreation. In order to ensure their safety, flyover and zebra-crossing should be establish at the right and suitable places. Traffic lights should always be in good condition too. Pedestrians are a part of every roadway environment and attention must be paid to their presence in urban area because of the demands of vehicular traffic in congested urban areas, it is often extremely difficult to make adequate provisions for pedestrians.

Public TransportsPublic Transport such as busses, LRT, commuters and trains offer significant environmental advantages that contribute to a better quality of life:

•Saves Fuel•Alleviate Traffic Congestion• Reduces Gasoline Consumption•Reduces Carbon Footprint•Improves air quality

How to Improve Transportation

1. Speed-up the vehicle boarding process. How?•Use off-vehicle fare collection•Use level boarding or low floor vehicles•Improve vehicle design

2. Optimize stop design. How?•Reduce the number of stops•Carefully locate stops on the street

3. Reduce traffic congestion. How?•Provide dedicated lanes for public transport•Use regulations and traffic engineering to control traffic•Use innovative ideas to reduce traffic impacts on public transport

4. Give public transport priority at traffic signals.•Reducing time spent at traffic signals makes customers happy and reduces cost

Green Energy

The city should consider more on renewable energy Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass, geothermal resources, biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources.

Various Renewable Energy

Biomass

Geothermal Energy Wave Energy Wind Energy

HydropowerSolar Energy

Benefits of Renewable Energy

• have minimal or no negative environmental or social impact

• not deplete natural resources

• meet the needs of people today and in the future in an accessible, equitable and efficient manner

• protect air, land and water

• have little or no net carbon or other greenhouse gas emissions

• be safe today and not burden future generations with unnecessary risk

Today, renewable energy provides only a tiny fraction of its potential electricity output in the United States and worldwide. But numerous studies have repeatedly shown that renewable energy can be rapidly deployed to provide a significant share of future electricity needs, even after accounting for potential constraints

Materials RecyclingAlmost 3 billion tones of waste were generated in the EU 27 in 2006, and the rate is increasing at rates comparable to economic growth. Improvement in the way waste is managed is therefore urgently needed.

Thus, promoting ecological balance through conscious behavior and choices are crucial in our Green City.

RECYCLE

The initiative aims to:

• Implement waste sorting and treatment methods to improve the quality of recycling materials such as construction, industrial, household, electrical and electronic waste

• Encourage the design of innovative products using recycled material and facilitate material recycling

• Multiply business innovations that strengthen the competitiveness of the recycling industries

Clean and Safe WaterWater is essential not only for direct uses, but also for ensuring the integrity of ecosystems and the goods and services they provide to humans. As freshwater depletion and pollution is becoming increasingly problematic, it is crucial to boost the market uptake of innovative solutions to improve water efficiency and water quality in different sectors.

In the specific context, projects focusing on water efficiency should reduce water consumption by at least 30% in our Green Cuty.

Water Conservation

Eco-Innovation wants to support:

• Water efficient processes, products and technologies, especially water-free processes

• Water and wastewater treatment: solutions that offer greater efficiency and reduced environmental impact

• Smart distribution systems aiming at saving water, chemicals, energy and materials

Water-saving technology for the home includes:

• Energy-efficient shower heads as they also use less energy,

• Low-flush toilets and composting toilets. • Dual flush toilets that includes two buttons or handles to

flush different levels of water. Dual flush toilets use up to 67% less water than conventional toilets.

• Saline water (sea water) or rain water can be used for flushing toilets..

• Raw water flushing where toilets use sea water or non-purified water

• Waste water reuse or recycling systems, allowing:~Reuse of greywater for flushing toilets or watering gardens~Recycling of wastewater through purification at a water treatment plant. 

• Rainwater harvesting• High-efficiency clothes washer• Weather-based irrigation controllers• Garden hose nozzles that shut off water when it is not

being used, instead of letting a hose run.• Using low flow taps in wash basins• Swimming pool covers that reduce evaporation and can

warm pool water to reduce water, energy and chemical costs.

Greywater TreatmentThe potential ecological benefits of greywater recycling include

• Lower fresh water extraction from rivers and aquifers

• Less impact from septic tank and treatment plant infrastructure

• Topsoil nitrification• Reduced energy use and chemical pollution

from treatment• Groundwater recharge• Increased plant growth• Reclamation of nutrients• Greater quality of surface and ground

water when preserved by the natural purification in the top layers of soil than generated water treatment processes

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THANK YOU Lim Ming Chern

Lim Qiu Hui

Sak Jia Yi

Zoey Wong Jia Rou