Zero Carbon Buildings (ZCB)

Zero Carbon Buildings (ZCB)

Wikipedia says that " ... Low-carbon buildings are buildings designed and constructed to release very little or no carbon at all during their lifetime."

WHAT IS A ZERO CARBON BUILDING？

A zero carbon building is a building with zero net energy consumption or zero net carbon emissions on an annual basis. In recent years, low/zero carbon buildings have attracted much attention in many countries because they are considered as an important strategy to achieve energy conservation and reduce greenhouse gases emissions. Some examples of the other existing zero carbon buildings in the world include:

Self-sufficient solar house, Freiburg, Germany
Plus Energy House, Ministry of Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Town Planning, Germany
Beddington Zero Energy Development, London
Pusat Tenaga Malaysia’s ZEO Building, Malaysia
BCA Academy, Singapore
The Samsung Green Tomorrow House, South Korea

A zero carbon building is defined as one that is highly energy-efficient
and produces onsite, or procures, carbon-free renewable energy in an amount sufficient to offset the annual carbon emissions associated with operations.

Canada has one of the most advanced green building sectors in the world and is well positioned to meet the challenge of reducing and eventually eliminating GHG emissions from building operations. Over the last decade
green building certification programs have raised the bar for energy-efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability practices and, as a result, have changed the way buildings are designed, constructed, maintained, and operated.

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