Green Building Concept ( Smart & Cool Technology) What¶s Smart & Cool technology? The idea behind the patented S mart & Cool technolog y is to reduce the t emperature inside the house, subsequently minimising the use of the air conditioner and cutting down energy consumption, while maintaining the visual of a modern house. Lee claims that his technology reduces the temperature of a house from 6 ± 9 degree Celsius. There are four methods used to keep the house cool and they are implemented during t he construction process. First is the substructure (the foundation), which is made up of discarded car tyres.Tyres arranged as foundation of building.
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» Car tyres are conductors. We use them as a heat sink for the buildings to absorb heat
from its surrounding.
» corrugated upper floor slabs. The corrugation method increases the strength of the
floor slab. This technique allows the floor slab structure to be less thick as there is no
need to pile it up with concrete and steel. As a result, the weight of the building is
reduced.
» The corrugated concrete slab increases the surface area, which also means it increases
the effectiveness of the upper floor slab to absorb the heat build up inside the building
and transports the heat down to the tyre foundation through the walls.
» The walls and partitions of the house are made of lightweight foamed concrete blocks.
» Not only do the concrete blocks make the building lighter but it also assists in
transferring heat down to the tyres, especially heat from the higher floors of the
building.
» The lightweight blocks have a thermal-insulating property that slows down theabsorption of heat from the building¶s external surroundings. This provides ample
time for the tyres to absorb heat from the walls.
» The final technique is the Venturi Action Roof system, which is installed just below
the roof tile. This system immediately removes hot air by creating an artificial air flow
channel that prevents the trapped heat in the rooftop to transfer into the building.