| Construction of Green Building is a technology to use | | | | plastic pipes, electric wires, sanitary material etc.) of |
| all resources efficiently for the creation of human | | | | demolished buildings can be reused or recycled thus |
| habitats which improve human health, build a better | | | | prolonging our supply of natural resources and |
| environment, increase working efficiency of human | | | | minimizing construction cost. In green buildings, about |
| beings and minimize the cost of buildings. Green | | | | 25 % recycled material is used. |
| buildings are also known as sustainable buildings, which | | | | 4. Installation of glass panels |
| are designed, built, renovated, operated and used in | | | | Instead of wood window glass panels are installed in |
| an ecological and resource-efficient manner. | | | | green buildings to allow flow of natural light inside the |
| In fact, Green buildings are designed to meet certain | | | | building during day time. |
| objectives such as protecting occupant health; | | | | 5. Installation of Rainwater Harvesting System |
| improving employee productivity; using energy, | | | | The green buildings are well equipped with rainwater |
| water, and other resources more efficiently; and | | | | harvesting system to preserve depleting water |
| reducing the overall impact to the environment. | | | | resource. |
| These buildings with good overall environmental | | | | 6. Maximizing the use of renewable natural resources |
| quality can reduce the rate of respiratory diseases, | | | | In order to maximize the use of renewable natural |
| allergy, asthma, sick building symptoms, and enhance | | | | resources in green buildings, the energy efficient |
| worker performance. The green building construction | | | | equipments such as Compact Fluorescent Lights |
| technique include following elements:- | | | | (CFL) and Solar Water Heating Systems etc. based |
| Elements of Green Building Construction Technique | | | | on non conventional energy resources are installed. |
| 1. Proper Ventilation | | | | 7. Minimizing The Use of depleting resources |
| Green Buildings provide adequate ventilation to all | | | | Since, forest cover is depleting day by day in the |
| habitable rooms including bath rooms, kitchens with | | | | world, therefore, use of fresh wood is minimized in |
| high-efficiency in-duct filtration system to allow | | | | green buildings. Wherever, use of wood is considered |
| proper drainage of air-conditioning coils to control | | | | necessary, in such buildings, the wood of fast |
| humidity including heating and cooling systems which | | | | growing trees is only used so that utilization of such |
| ensure indoor air quality. | | | | material may not effect the ecological balance of the |
| 2. Prevention of indoor microbial contamination | | | | earth. |
| Under this technology, construction and finishing | | | | 8. Minimizing energy use in green buildings |
| materials are selected with zero or low emissions to | | | | The green buildings are fixed with energy censors to |
| improve indoor air quality. Many building materials and | | | | minimize the use of power within the building. When |
| cleaning / maintenance products emit toxic gases, | | | | there is no person within a room, the lights would |
| such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) and | | | | automatically go off. |
| formaldehyde gases which result in a detrimental | | | | 9. Water conservation and efficiency measures in |
| impact on occupants' health and productivity. Such | | | | green buildings |
| products are not to be used in building construction | | | | In green buildings, water is used in most efficient |
| and their finishing. | | | | way. The gray water from bath rooms is again |
| 3. Utilization of recycled material for minimizing the | | | | recycled to flush toilets. |
| cost of building | | | | 10. Proper disposal of garbage |
| Demolition and reconstruction of old buildings is a | | | | The garbage of green buildings is properly handled, |
| continuous phenomenon. Population and demand for | | | | placed and disposed off as per Building Bye Laws of |
| buildings are increasing day by day whereas our | | | | respective Civic Bodies by segregating it into |
| resources are depleting in the same proportion. | | | | biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. |
| Building construction activities consume one-sixth of | | | | 11. Maintenance of greenery |
| the world's fresh water withdrawals, one-fourth of its | | | | In green buildings, the open areas are well landscaped |
| wood harvest, and two-fifths of its material and | | | | with maintenance of maximum greenery for building |
| energy flow. About 22 percent waste material | | | | healthy environment. |
| (bricks, concrete, wood, steel, metals, steel pipes, | | | | |