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Green Buildings in India
by \| 29-01-2016 01:50 0
Indians nowadays are being aware about going eco-frindly .And talking about the construction sector the buildings are being constructed/made in an eco-friendly way. A Green building is an environmentally sustainable building, designed, constructed and operated to minimise the total environmental impacts.Green buildings are designed, constructed and operated in a manner that is sensitive to local conditions and which mitigates its environmental footprint.Ideally, any effort to make a building green should start right from the pre-construction stages and continue throughout the life cycle of the building. Any such construction would need to have good waste management practices, use local materials and methods, and be resource, energy and water efficient. The main governmental certification for a green building is the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) rating system. This assesses buildings on 34 criteria (including renewable energy, recycling, water use) and awards points out of 100 – a building must be awarded more than 50 points in order to carry a GRIHA certification. Based on their score, buildings are awarded between 1 and 5 stars. Going green makes sense on several levels – a well-designed green building could lead to lower operating and maintenance costs over its life-cycle and satisfy the aspirations of environmentally conscious users. Mitigating environmental impacts and providing a healthy place to work and live makes such buildings both eco-friendly and smart.In addition, as India focuses on smart cities, several states have begun considering mandatory energy conservation and green building codes in addition to offering sops for green construction. For example, cities like Noida and Pune offer both property tax benefits and additional building construction space for green construction. There are benefits for citizens too – integrating waste management, renewable energy and water recycling into the building design could help reduce dust and garbage, bring down energy costs and mitigate water shortages. As our urban populations surge, our buildings must respond to this boom instead of growing in a messy and haphazard manner. On average, construction contributes to over 10 percent of India?s GDP and with urban populations set to double within a few years, building green ensures that our cities will remain healthy and sustainable. The need of the hour is to ensure that there is a robust system certifying green credentials as well as active participation by the government, builders and citizens in order to build structures that are both eco-friendly and responsive to citizen needs.

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