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Greenpath Energy is a Sri Lankan company that specializes in
LEEDCertification, Building Simulation, and Energy Efficiency
Review. The companyis headed by Nanda Abeysekera, a LEED Accredited
Professional (LEED AP)with extensive experience working with LEED
and energy efficiency projects inthe United States.
LEED CertificationLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) is a green building certificationawarded by the US Green
Building Council. The LEED rating system considers a verydiverse
range of factors in the certification process, and obtaining a LEED
Certificationfor your building or facility is a clear demonstration
that the certified building or facilityhas proven itself to be well
ahead of others in terms of sustainability and reducedenvironmental
impact. This can be used as a valuable marketing tool to put
yourselfahead of your competition. The LEED process also stresses
energy and waterefficiency in building design, which can lead to
substantial savings in electricity and
water costs over the lifespan of the project, and ensures a
higher standard of indoorenvironment, which can lead to greatly
improved productivity.
Several buildings and factories in Sri Lanka have already been
granted LEEDcertification and many others are in the certification
process Please see the US GreenBuilding Council website
(www.usgbc.org) for more information regarding the benefitsof the
LEED certification process and how it can work for you.
Building SimulationGreenpath Energy has the ability to carry out
a sophisticated computer simulation of abuilding prior to
construction. Using the latest building simulation software, a
completemodel of a proposed building design can be constructed and
simulated. The simulation
process takes into account building construction, building
energy loads such as coolingand lighting, ambient weather
conditions, desired conditions within the building,equipment
efficiencies and part-load curves, building occupancy, and a wide
range ofother factors. Once the computer simulation of the building
is complete, the simulationresults make it easy to quickly zero in
on which design elements could be bestimproved.
Sample Building Model for Simulation
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Energy Efficiency ReviewThe best and most cost-effective time to
improve the energy efficiency of a building or facility is during
the early design phase. Making changes to building design
duringconstruction or post-occupancy can be extremely costly and
disruptive to plannedschedules. Keeping this in mind, Greenpath
Energy can carry out an energy efficiencyfocused review of a
building during early design stages in order to find the best ways
ofreducing future utility costs. Since high-efficiency building
components typicallyrequire a small additional investment, the
review should ideally be carried out togetherwith a building
simulation. Improvements to building energy efficiency will be
suggested
following the design review, and if any additional investment is
required the cost-effectiveness of these improvements will be
calculated through the building simulation.Often, a small
additional investment during the construction process will lead to
largesavings in electricity bills over the lifetime of the
building, adding up to a savings manytimes that of the required
initial investment.
Greenpath Energy (Pvt.) Ltd.66/5, Green Path, Colombo 03
Contact Nanda on 0777-595085 or [email protected]
Sample Modeling of a Building HVAC System
