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In line with the
recent green trend, the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal
Patronage and the Engineering Institute of Thailand under HM the King’s
Patronage launched the “TREES” standard. TREES is a rating system
based on LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in the
United States, which has been modified to suit Thailand’s environment.
It
was launched in 2012 and six pioneering companies have joined the
scheme: Univenture, Toyota Motor Thailand, Toyota Nakhon Ratchasima
(Tai-Yen), Kasikornbank, Siam Cement Group’s Siam Fibre Cement, and
Ananda Development. About 30 per cent of TREES criteria
come from LEED,
with the remainder modified to fit the Thai environment.
The criteria were finalized after discussions that began in 2008.
Given
the growing green trend, property developers have been introducing
different design concepts in their residential projects for both high-
and low-rise developments. For example, Fragrant Property designs
its Circle-brand condominium projects under the theme of “eco-friendly
innovation living”.
Most Circle condominium projects have
solar panels to generate electricity for use in common areas, while a
heat-recovery system that uses heat from air-conditioning and can
generate heat up to 60 degrees that is converted to pre-heat water for
residents.
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The projects also recycle water for irrigation,
with household wastewater treated in septic tanks before routing
through three separate types of filter: multi-filter, carbon filter and
micro-filter.
Supalai, meanwhile, designs its high- and low-rise
projects using “passive” design, which is a residential design concept
that takes the environment into full consideration by taking account of
wind flow, sunrise and sunset direction, and the use of eco-construction
materials.
“We design our projects as convenient homes for our
customers by using architectural design under the passive design theme,
which can control cost to suit our customers’ budgets,” said CEO Prateep
Tangmatitham.
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