BAHASA INGGRIS

Lecture time : Monday, 12 October 2020

Grammar: Making comparison

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The Tallest Building in the World
Video:

EVOLUTION of WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING: Size Comparison (1901-2022)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTqWxuAazI

The Tallest Buildings of the Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHoU_HORHY4

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 Comparison of the Height of Skyscrapers in the World

Conunerzbank The Shard Empire State Taipei 101 Bmj Khalifa

Up until January 2010, Taipei 101 in Taiwan was the tallest (tall) building in the world. It was designed
to look like a bamboo stalk; it possibly has the most distinct (distinct) shape of all the skyscrapers
above. Now the skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, with a height of 828 m, towers above the rest of the world's
skyscrapers. It not only has the largest (large) number of floors in the world, it also has the highest
(high) mosque with a place on the 1581st floor. The shard in London is the tallest (tall) building in
Western Europe. It is approximately 50 meters taller (tall) than the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfrut
and has almost twice as many lifts. The Commerzbank Tower is higher (high) building in Germany, but
the lowest (low) of all the buildings mentioned above. The Empire State building in New York is one of
the most ancient (ancient) skyscrapers. It is not even half as tall as (tall) the Burj Khalifa building, but
it is a lot more famous (famous).

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 Reading Text: Preliminary Design

Exercise: Matching with the correct answers

Answer

1. C 6. B
2. E 7. G
3. I 8. D
4. A 9. F
5. H

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Reading Comprehension from Conversation:

The preliminary design for George Brown 's single-family home is almost complete. The client
and the architect, Tim Smith, meet to discuss further procedures and the building services.
George Brown: Hello Tim.
Tim Smith: Hello George. It's great that you could find the time to come so quickly.
We've got quite a few things that need discussing.
George Brown: The technical matters, I assume.
Tim Smith: Yes, that’s right. I don't know if you're aware, but all buildings nowadays
have to be built according to the new building regulations, which have been
adapted to incorporate some of the clauses from the European Directive. This
generally means lots of insulation and a low energy demand.
George Brown: Right. Does that mean a passive house or something like that, then?
Tim Smith: Well, a passive house is a standard which can be achieved by fulfilling certain
requirements. It's a design philosophy, but you can also have it certified.
George Brown: What might I need a certificate for?
Tim Smith: Well, more than anything it might make you feel good and might encourage
others to do the same. There are, however, government schemes that
subsidise green building. I'd have to find out exactly which ones might be
appropriate. I know though that the government is subsidising heat pumps
and off-grid power.

George Brown: Oh, do you mean we could generate electricity with those solar panel things?
Tim Smith: Well, that's one possibility. There's also the possiblity to generate electricity
with a micro generator. A micro generator would produce heat and power
and, if you use a renewable energy source like wood pellets or chips, it could
even be carbon-neutral.
George Brown: Mm m, interesting. So what are the requirements for a passive house?
Tin1 Smith: (takes a l ook at his notes) The annual heating demand must be no more than
15kWh/m2, which can be achieved with approximately 15 em of insulation
and triple glazing. The total primary energy demand must be no more than
120kWh/m2 per year, so this also means lots of daylight, energy-saving
appliances, like the washing machine and so on, and the building must be
airtight, to be precise it may not leak more than 0.6 times the house volume
per hour.
George Brown: My goodness all that insulati on and triple glazing. Will we be able to
breathe?
Tim Smith: Actually, that is a probl em in these new very airtight buildi ngs. And if we do
go down this route, we'l l have to make sure the vent i lation is sorted.
George Brown: Do you mean, we'll be needing an air-conditioning unit?
Tim Smith: No, we'd use a fairly simple heat recovery ventilation system. Basically this
provides a regular exchange of air without loss of heat in winter or cool air in
summer.
George Brown: What about solar panels though? It is the trend, isn't it? Cou ldn't we generate
hot water in the summer and also electricity?

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 10. The meeting set up for next week will include building services engineer

Source:

Heidenreich (2019). English for Architects and Civil Engineers. Springer, Weisbaden, Germany.