Book Report [Building Green]

Title : Building Green
Author : 이찬승 외
Publisher & Year : 능률교육 / 2008

Vocabularies
- come up with : 제시하다
- sustainable : 지속할 수 있는
- take a closer look : 더 자세히 보다
- solor cells : 태양전지
- generate : 발생시키다
- with in mind : ~을 고려하고
- drainage : 배수

Summary
- These days, many people want to do sustainable development to balance the needs of people with the protection of nature. For example many architectures and builders have been working to make building economical and safe for health and environment. Green building is the building which we want. They use materials that don't damage the environment.
In one school in Oregon, it make very big window and they used sunlight as light. In addition, the sun can supply natural heat as well as light too. It can be used in winter to heat and on the roof, solor cells convert sunlight into electricity and this electricity and it can be used for anything to be turned on.
Also in New York, they have special roof which is covered with thick grass and colorful flowers. This roof blocks heat, so it keeps summer cooler and in winter, the plants and soil on the roof helps keep heat inside the building. It is not a very environmental roof also very popular for it's beautiful view.
These days, there aren't enough fresh water to drink every place in the world. With this in mind, green building use little water and reuse them. For example, they build special drainage system which use rain water and it was used in toilets and watering grass.
And also we use bamboo instead of trees to save forests. Bamboo grows faster than most trees so we can use it very useful. Recycled materials are also used in green buildings in new, creative ways.
Currently, only a few buildings have green features, but many buildings are getting and encouraging to use green things.

Comment
Nowadays, we are suffering from many natural disasters like global warming. These things appeared because of our attitude to natural. We always think there are unlimited sources in the world and we use them like they are ours. Finally, we don't have enough sources and we have to find another way to live. Green building in this writing, it gives us how to save energy and protect our nature. Around us, there are a lot of ways to protect our valuable and precious nature. We must try to act like this and think about it and act very carefully.