Green Building. How to build Green.by | 22-06-2012 19:18 |
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 Green Building - Madhav Datt
GREEN BUILDING DEFINED"A green building is one which uses less water, optimises energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a conventional building." Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This requires close cooperation of the design team, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project stages. The Green Building practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort. Although new technologies are constantly being developed to complement current practices in creating greener structures, the common objective is that green buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:
How are green buildings green? First of all, a green building siting is in an area where few life cycles are destroyed. Secondly, a sustainable buildingis energy efficent. There may be high elevated windows and insulation in the walls, ceilings, and floors to decrease the environmental inpact in the "building envelope". Insulation in homes can help a lot to conserve energy. Old homes are often drafty because they don''t have as much insulation as newer homes and lose more energy to the outdoors. Now homes are packed with materials such as fiber glass and styrofoam that have lots of pockets for trapping air and keeping houses nice and cozy . Water efficency is also a major part of the green building process. Water is reused everytime the toilet is flushed. Scientists belive that protection and conservation of water will decrease sewer traffic and use of toilet paper. Green buildings also use environmentally friendly material, including rapidly renewable, recycled/reused contents, sustainably grown, water conservirg,energy efficent, and locally produced products. Some rapidaly renewable items are bamboo, straw, recycled metal, recycled stone, and any non-toxic item. Since black absorbs heat many roofs are dark or black to make a building warmer. Scientists are designing something called "cool" roofs designed to reflect certain wave lengths of sunlight. |
