Air-conditioning and heating pipes as installed in the conventional
home have disappeared in Beijing Fengshang International Apartment
Housing. The new environmental-friendly design of this residential
compound represents a big change.
According to residential house standards in Europe, the priority in
architectural design is to make the interior temperature
comfortable for human living via utilizing advanced architectural
technology and local climatic conditions. In line with these
standards, Beijing Fengshang International Apartment Housing
invited experts from Switzerland and Germany to make a holistic and
systematic environmental-friendly design with regard to the
ceilings, outer walls, windows, heating, refrigeration and
ventilation, so that the conventional situation whereby heating and
cooling depends on heating and refrigeration equipment is
abandoned
The major measures are: the thickness of the outer and interior
walls should be more than three times the State standards, the
window material is aluminum alloy from Germany and low-radiation
glass, while outer sun-shading curtains are installed to promote
the heat-proof effect;
Water is recycled to adjust the interior temperature. The PB pipes
were installed inside the concrete floor slabs and 28 degree
Celsius (82.4 degree Fahrenheit) water in the pipes can provide
heat to the house in winter, while 20 degree Celsius (68 degree
Fahrenheit) water refrigerates the house in summer. The advantages
of this system lies in achieving an even interior temperature, no
noise and feeling of wind, no indoor heating pipes allowing
increased space utilization, longevity of the system and stable
operation requiring little maintenance;
In
regarding to the features of air tightness and heat protection
quality of the house, a new ventilation system has been adopted.
Fresh air can be sent up though the edge of walls in the bedroom
and living room, and foul air id emitted though the top of the
kitchen and bathroom.
An
advanced garbage disposal system keeps rooms clean. A central
vacuum cleaner is linked directly to the basement. Food garbage can
be disposed of by being pounded in a machine and passed out through
the pipe. Other garbage can be collected in a garbage dustbin.
Additionally, there are anti-noise and water disposal systems in
the residential zone.
Some insiders said such kind of house without heating,
air-conditioner, and indoor pipes, but meeting residential
qualifications of comfort, cleanliness and quietness, is more in
line with the requirements of environmental-friendliness, energy
conservation, nature, and comfort. But, because of the high
standards in design, materials and decoration, this kind of housing
can only be adopted in high-grade apartments at present.
Nevertheless, with the increase of people's income and the
improvement of living standards, this kind of house is going to be
the future trend of housing construction development.
(china.org.cn by Zhang Tingting, July 10, 2002)