Sustainability Report
Embodied carbon
The project demonstrates moderate embodied carbon awareness, primarily through facade and construction system choices:
• Movable brise-soleil facade system
Reduces reliance on high-performance glazing or heavy mechanical cooling systems, indirectly lowering lifecycle material intensity.
• Precast concrete structural base
Precast systems can reduce material waste, improve quality control, and optimize transport logistics compared with fully cast-in-place construction.
• Compact spatial planning
Residential units prioritize efficiency, reducing internal circulation areas and overall material consumption per dwelling.
• Mixed-use program density
Combining residential, hotel, and commercial uses concentrates urban activity within one footprint, reducing distributed infrastructure and potentially lowering urban-scale embodied carbon.
Operational Emissions / Energy
The project emphasizes operational performance more than embodied carbon.
Passive Environmental Strategies
- Cross-ventilation in residential units is estimated to reduce cooling energy demand by 15–35%.
- Movable brise-soleil shading is expected to achieve a reduction in solar heat gain and thermal load by 20–40%.
- Elevated landscaped square and green roof provides insulation, with documented potential for up to a 50% reduction in energy consumption in covered areas.
Active Energy Strategies
- Photovoltaic panels supply electricity to common areas.
- Efficient facade shading helps to reduce peak cooling loads.
Based on comparable mixed-use high-rise typologies, operational emissions are expected to fall within lower ranges than conventional towers in similar climatic conditions.
Service and maintenance emissions
The project integrates several strategies that may reduce lifecycle operational and replacement impacts:
• Durable facade materials such as metal brises and precast concrete reduce replacement frequency
• Shared building services infrastructure across hotel and residential uses improves system efficiency
• Waste management and recycling infrastructure reduces operational waste emissions
• Integrated logistics basement improves service circulation and operational efficiency
Afterlife
The project incorporates programmatic flexibility rather than structural circularity:
• Mixed-use configuration supports long-term economic viability
• Shared leisure and service spaces allow program overlap
• Efficient apartment layouts suited to evolving urban living patterns
Key products in low carbon design
