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Apple's new headquarters "flying saucer" is the world's most environmentally friendly buildings?

According to the United Kingdom, the Guardian reported, United States Oregon green building planning (GBI) CEO Jerry Yudelson think architecture is mainly in properties, rather than commitment.

A few years ago, Yudelson Germany architecture critic, Professor and Woolwich Fu·maiye worldwide surveys hundreds of new, environmentally friendly building occupants, questionnaire when it comes to energy and water use, collecting performance data for environmentally friendly buildings. In 2013 in common publications in the world most green building fabric. Yudelson, said: "we wanted to show that green building is not high energy saving, water saving and high level of aesthetics in opposition, like a beauty queen of higher mathematics. "This book not only offers elegant examples of green building design, is portable green building reference text.

During climate week in New York in the near future, Apple CEO Cook said that Apple will build the green headquarters building in the world, Apple's new headquarters has a future solar and space ship appearance, but as expected, the authenticity of the building was a problem.

Expected to be completed in 2016, the Apple is the most environmentally friendly of the new headquarters building? Still be United States Seattle Bullitt Centre more sustainable? Including Taiwan Premier Sun Yun-suan, green building research center, United Kingdom, first Manchester Angel Plaza, Munich NuOffice, Norway's Powerhouse Siemens Kj ? RBO, London, London, England "Crystal", is known as the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world, which is truly the greenest on the data.

Apple's new headquarters building: environmentally friendly is not the world

While Apple has been doing confidential work products, but has recently been posting a lot of information about Apple's new headquarters building. For this project, Apple in accordance with the California environmental law developed a 650-page environmental impact statement, and was adopted last year by the city of Cupertino. Information detailed in the report, including the new headquarters equipped with energy, planting 7,000 trees, and using recycled materials.

Throughout the 5.9-square-foot (548000) headquarters building--including offices, research areas, parking lots and buildings, Apple expects the maximum energy consumption of about 142 million kWh per year. Based on total area, Apple's new headquarters in energy use intensity approximately 257-kilowatt kWh per square meter per year. And the United States compared to other office buildings, Apple win in energy saving, even with Oregon Health and Science University's Center for health and rehabilitation centre for similar energy-intensive compared to slightly better.

But from a technical point of view, fell far short of Apple's new headquarters to become the world's most green building standards. At least in terms of energy saving, Yudelson and Woolwich Fu·maiye which 41 buildings in the book better than Apple. Even if its actual energy usage lower than had been expected, for example 200-kilowatt/square meter a year, or lower 100-kilowatt, remains behind Apple's new headquarters in a myriad of actual performance data and has been put into use commercial buildings.

The most environmentally friendly buildings?

Yudelson and the best energy-saving building Woolwich Fu·maiye design – Sun green building research center, located in the Taiwan National Cheng Kung University. It is commonly known as the green school, just 40.43 kWh of energy per square metre per year.

Apple's new headquarters design

Completion in 2013, the Bullitt Centre can be said to be the most energy-efficient, Yudelson and Woolwich Fu·maiye just completed their studies. Red Centre is located in Seattle Capitol Hill neighborhood, in the first year of its operation, only cost about 32-kilowatt per square meter of energy. The most important thing is, due to the large rooftop solar panels and low energy consumption, the building actually produce electricity far exceed power consumption.

, Earth Day founder Denis Hayes, President of the Bullitt Foundation, said, "at present, we produce less electricity than 70% more power consumption, when it is put into use, which remained undiscovered energy surplus each year". Bullitt Central annually produces more energy than energy consumed, even in the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world, it is also unique.

Bullitt central features a zero-energy and energy-efficient buildings, performance indicators are easier to measure, Hayes believe that education is the most eco-friendly buildings, and this argument is based on green-building performance considerations, without partiality.

But Reid Center should look forward to more environmentally friendly competitors, so earth day founder's intentions could be better reflected. And this requires in addition to the commitment, and more importantly performance.