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GTower
Location:
199 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah
Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Architect:
BEP Akitek Sdn Bhd
The Architectural Network
Client :
Goldis Tower Sdn Bhd
PropertyType :
Office & Hotel
[G TOWER]
a sustainable tower
Date Completed:
June 2006
Introduction
The G Tower, is a new working concept incorporating an office space, a members-only
private club and a hotel called aptly, The G City Club Hotel, is the first fully certified green
building. Given the Green Mark Gold Rating by standards of the Singapores Building and
Construction Authority(BCA).
Being strategically located at the crossroads of Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Ampang in Kuala
Lumpur, this 30-storey building with a total land area of 2000m encompasses a 180-room
5 star hotel, 112 CEO duplex office suites and a club was designed by BEP Akitek under
Goldis Tower and was completed in June 2009.
SitePlan
Concepts
Application
Rethink
Rethink
Reuse
Recycle
Sustainability
Energy Efficiency
To increase the overall energy efficiency, the air conditioning which consumes the largest
amount of energy has been replaced to operate at low system efficiency. Included are
motion and photo sensors which reduces energy consumption from lighting. The use of
greenery in landscaping, green roof can assist in alleviating urban heat islands through
shading and evaporative cooling.
Water Efficiency
As an initiative to reduce water consumption, water efficient fittings were installed so that
facility staff can monitor daily water usage and detect any leakage occurring in the building.
Rain water harvesting system has also been implemented for irrigating the landscape and
vertical greening areas.
Project Management
An estimate of more than 30% of construction materials such as carpets, landscape draining
cells, external wood decking, and kitchen cabinets are of recycled contents as an
environmentally friendly approach.
Provisions for Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Carbon Dioxide (CO) monitoring systems which
BMS to circulate air inside the building to provide better indoor air quality. The use of low
VOC paint helps prevents from getting exposed to chemical particles.
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Passive Design
The orientation is important to maintain the building indoor temperature within the thermal
comfort range. According to ASHRAE Standard, the thermal comfort range Is stated around 24
to 26 Degree Celsius. In order to achieve thermal comfort, there are a few criteria should be
noted.
The orientation of building plays important role in manipulating indoor temperature. The
front faade of G Tower is defined by the site and main road access. According to the map
above, the main entrance of G tower is supposed to face to south-east direction. However,
the building orientation has been adjusted to east of northeast by adding a path to allow the
car access.
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According to the ecotect diagram, there are most sun radiation from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. As to
avoid the raise of temperature in the building, a few design moderation have been made.
The front faade of G tower has lesser surface area compare to other elevations. As when
the surface area increases, more sunlight is allow to penetrate into the building, causing
indoor temperature roses. As the location of G Tower is in the city, limited area can be used to
do planting as sun shading and temperature cooler. Hence, the changes are made on the
building itself.
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The front faade has replaced with vertical garden. Vertical garden has similar
function as green roof. It undergoes photosynthesis, which required sunlight, and releases
oxygen to cooler the surrounding temperature. Hence, the heat energy does not transfer
into the interior spaces of G Tower.
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Since the main of the facades of the GTower consist of glass, there is a large area of the exterior
will be shined with direct sunlight. The cons to this is that glazed faade allows solar radiation to
go through the glass facades into the building and then trap the heat energy indoor causing the
interior to be heated up.
GTower uses low-e glasses for the glass facades because the solar rays passes through the
glasses as short wave (radiation) and goes through the glass to be absorbed by the interior of
the building. Most of the longer wave heat energy is reflected back into the surrounding by the
low-e glass filtering out most of the heat wave and reduce the increased of heat indoors.
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The glass facades of GTower are also double glazed. Double glazed glass consists of two panes of
glass with a gap in the middle which enable sunlight to me reflected back to the surroundings.
The two pieces of glass and an insulated frame are sealed together as one unit. The gap in the
middle is usually vacuum and sealed tight. Nowadays a certain amount of Argon gas, which is a
naturally occurring inert gas, is inserted between the panes of glass. Argon gas has a density
higher than the surrounding air and this reduce heat energy to be transmitted into the interior
spaces. The gas acts as a barrier reducing heat loss as well as heat absorption in the building.
The combination of both of low-e glass and double glazed glass can ensure a better heat
insulation for the building improving the thermal comfort of GTower. The glass can reduce heat
loss up to 50% of the heat radiation that passes through the double glazed glass. The double
layers of glass helps to reduce noises from the external too. This type of glass increases security
and protection for building because there are double layers which means double protection.
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Reference
http://www.goldis.com/media/doc/Architecture%20Malaysia%20G%20Tower%20a%20S
ustainable%20Tower.pdf
http://gtowerhotel.com/index.php
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