The BLUE BUILDING® Concept
Expanding the notion of sustainability into a new dimension in the construction industry:
The BLUE Building® Concept reaches beyond all conventional and often misleading superficial calculations of ultimately fictional energy savings in buildings. The true balance of environmental impact exceeds the computation of the amount of energy consumed to provide habitable conditions: taking not only the comprehensive balance during the entire life cycle - including production and recycling - into consideration but also the dynamic gain and loss generated by users and daily changes of the environment.
These projects promote a unique “Blue and Green” concept. All facilities within the projects, i.e., water, energy, air, climate control and sewage recycling are environmental-friendly, reducing the waste of energy and water without compromising highest living standards.
In the beginning of 2007, the name “BLUE BUILDING®" and "BLUE BUILDING® CONCEPT" were created.
Bespoke Designs
A key to understand the Blue Building® Concept is the recognition of water as the “source“ of all life versus any other media carrying “energy“.
Therefore, a comprehensive concept of recycling interrelated to energy generation and conscientious consumption will prove to be the only true concept to save the environment sustainably.
Blue Building® Concept
The Blue Building® system combines the most modern construction techniques with groundbreaking advances in sustainable building. The combination of these techniques enables bespoke, design-led buildings at low cost and in the shortest possible construction time.
All techniques and technologies used in the Blue Building® system are intended to meet or exceed the standard (passive house, zero energy house, plus energy house low energy house) in the future. The energy consumption is currently about 13.20 kWh/m²a for 5 people.
The Blue Building® Concept represents the culmination of 35 years passionate research and development into environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, techniques and working concepts in construction, renewable energy and water, enabling a cleaner and safer future for our blue planet.
Construction:
Short construction time;
Completion of the shell construction after 6 days thanks to the Blue Block System, handover of keys after 45 days
Architecture:
Feel-well effect through harmonious construction;
Avoidance of the Sick Building Syndrome
Healthy:
Indoor climate through low-impact air movement, humidity control, dust and bacteria filter;
energy saving;
natural and artificial light sources, low heat output,
reduction of electric smog; dust filtering;
biological filter;
supply of healthy drinking water
Environmental Care:
Recycling of sewage waste, energy saving
Outside area:
Cooling /Heating tent (pergola), with climate control (heated or chilled) for outdoor areas in hot summers or cold winters with approximately 26°C;
nature with a cosy atmosphere
The wall:
Extremely good insulation, for example in the United Arab Emirates a U-value of 0.09 w/m²K was achieved, with particularly hot outside temperatures in summer:
Surface temperature on the inside: 20,6° C
Surface temperature on the outside: 54,8° C
Thermal transmittance
U= 0.09 W/m2·K
Climate inside 20° C / 50 %
Climate outside 55° C / 80 %
Both pictures were taken on 24 July 2014 with a thermal camera to measure the insulation, with exterior wall temperatures going upto 52.1° C
The BLUE BUILDING® Concept
The most important advantages of the BLUE BUILDING® Concept
- That makes the difference:
1. Buildings that exceed the German passive house requirement by up to 20%. A self-
sufficient building is in planning (incl. water & energy)
2. No energy required from outside sources in the future (Blue EcoPower)
3. Controlled internal air circulation: no dust particles (up to PM0,05), no pollen, no virus
and odourless
4. Zero emission from sewage, exhausts, and wastes; recycling of all sewage and
organic waste,-
5. which is used to produce fertiliser for trees, lawns and vegetables
6. Silent and healthy radiating cooling or heating system
7. Air Circulation system is able to reduce CO2 levels indoors by up to 47.5% compared
to outdoor levels
8. Additional drinking water treatment (HWT 90)
9. Prevention of legionella formation
10. Thermally activated building mass: minimal temperature swings
11. Water saving for drinking and irrigation systems in the garden area
12. Exceptionally low thermal conductivity: U-value walls less than 0.1 and Ug-value
windows less than 0.5
13. Reduction of dust particles indoors up to 99.995%
14. Humidity adjustable to constant at 50-60%.
15. 110% more internal light intensity;
110% more UV light inside – good for occupants and plants
16. Short construction period due to prefabrication of all components and careful planning
17. A reversible cooling/heating system instead of an additional air conditioning system
(winter/summer)
18. Best sound insulation, indoors 32dB(A) during the day and 20-30 dB(A) at night
19. No mould, fungus and germs
20. Average life span of the building of 100 years and more
21. High energy saving of all electrical appliances
22. Interior lighting, healthy light, high energy savings
23. Continuous monitoring of all parameters of the cooling and heating system for each
building with the help of the BBD Data collection (ecological footprint)
24. Place for self-discovery, place for cosiness, - to live in harmony with nature
The prototype of our Blue Building Concept is an accomplishment of 30 years of passionate development and research into environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, techniques and working concepts, aspiring to a cleaner and safer future for the planet.
We have been resident in the building, which is located near the Sharjah Airport, since 2014 and the results of our technology are astounding. During this period we have measured:
| Electric consumption in 12 months for cooling |
3980 kWh i.e. 332 kWh monthly, which equals AED 116 per month, based on
320 m² gross |
| Average temperature | 23 ⁰C inside, at an outdoor temperature of up to 48 ⁰C |
| Relative humidity | 50-60% |
| Dust particles | Reduced by more than 99% |
| CO₂ levels | between 240 ppm and 840 ppm |
| Luminescence Measurement | 1,300 lx, which is higher than in a photo studio. No artificial light is needed during the day. |
| Noise Sound Level Measurements* | Average 43.3 dB indoors, while outside it goes upto 90 dB. |
* Within the flight path of Sharjah Airport
The BLUE BUILDING® Concept
Our target should be to achieve the impossible…..
Stop the progressing climate change and go back to nature. Handover a healthy world to our children.
The BLUE BUILDING® Concept has a unique “blue” planning strategy that propagates within its projects conscious environmentally friendly facilities for water, energy, air, climate control, sewage and water recycling. The result is a reduction of energy and water which is significantly higher than average.
In 2014, the Blue Building Concept was certified with the "Gold Label Status" by Joachim Schubach, publicly appointed and sworn expert in association with "Die
Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen" (DGNB) which is "The Association for Sustainable Building" in Germany, providing that our concept is the leading representation for sustainable
Building.
With the Blue Building Concept breakthrough, innovative technologies are brought to the market.
The future of building technology is geared towards sustainable construction - The Blue Building Concept will offer a new standard in the field of sustainable and energy efficient construction in the future.
In association with
“Die Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen” (DGNB)
which is “The Association for Sustainable Building” in Germany.
The BLUE BUILDING® Concept can be characterized as:
