defination of green information technology park, rating system?
IT parks to be made green, green TI park assesment system/grades/points. Incentives to Green IT parks etc
I think it should be made compulsory for all IT parks to be green so that it not only helps the environment but all the employees and their health.
I think it should be made compulsory for all IT parks to be green so that it not only helps the environment but all the employees and their health.
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I don’t know that there any established definitions for "green" IT parks. I understand that there is a somewhat recently established set of rules for green buildings in general. I can’t remember what the name of the certification let alone who has established the criteria.
There appear to be three problems in definitions with the establishment of the term "green" building or architecture. The first is that the term "green" its self is not well defined. Let us assume that "green" actually means environmentally friendly and resource efficient while in use/occupied. These are conceptual terms that rely on comparison to something that is not environmentally friendly nor resource efficient. As buildings in general become more environmentally friendly and resource efficient, the base line keeps moving. It is hard to establish a a set of rules or criteria when they are in constant flux. The second is that the building resource availability, type, and use requirements vary from one part of the country to the next. My prejudice says that in general the sunny south needs more air conditioning than the north east; the north east has more heating requirements than the south. My prejudice says that Seattle has more reclaimable wood in its greater area and that Pittsburgh has more reclaimable metal. My prejudice says that if we want to learn about water conservation, we should turning to New Mexico although Alaska has had some research done with self-composting toilets. On the other hand, the local sanitation and building departments of say LA or NY may not be too keen on the dependability of self-composting toilets for a several thousand unit high-rise within their jurisdiction. Making national standards and criteria that are acceptable within an industry let alone local ordinances is the third problem.
Narrowing it down to IT parks becomes but one more layer to the other three layers of issues. On a larger scale, one could even argue that the entire concept of an IT park as we know it today is not particularly green. The IT park as we know it today begins on unbuilt land out in the comparative toolies. Commuting in individual vehicles becomes pretty much a reality. Eventually housing and businesses do envelope the park but often, the individual vehicle is still required due to their sprawling nature and lack of public transportation.
In terms of "green", it may be more environmentally friendly to discover areas with existing structures that could be remodeled and/or removed-and-rebuilt with a preexisting housing, transportation. retail, and recreation infra-structure. Such real estate is often more expensive than sprawl into the next, under developed area unless it is blighted. Blighted areas tend to have a number of their own issues from aesthetics to crime, from local preexisting culture and politics to decayed infrastructure, and more. The lead time from concept to occupancy is longer and more difficult in preexisting than in new development. One is less likely to able to become "king of their own world" let alone have their own world in redevelopment. More often than not, there are some climate related or other issues related to blighted areas or, they would have become tourist spots when their prexisting economy declined. Most "urban renewal", even if it is in more of a bedroom or suburban community, often brings with it a fair number of displacement issues with those that still struggle for existance within their blighted community. The cost of redevelopment is ubdoubtedly much higher than sprawling into new territory. And, there is a fair amount of risk as to whether or not the whole thing would fly even if cost were not the issue. Still, it is probably a "greener" concept than simply a new complex.
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