03-11-2014, 11:44 AM
Abstracts: Green building also known as sustainable or high performance building. Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and material and protecting and restoring human health and the environment throughout the building life-cycle ( Design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction). The Green Building concept is gaining importance in various countries, including India. These are buildings that ensure that waste is minimized at every stage during the construction and operation of the building, resulting in low costs, according to experts in the technology. The techniques associated with the `Green Building' include measures to prevent erosion of soil, rainwater harvesting, and preparation of landscapes to reduce heat, reduction in usage of potable water, recycling of waste water and use of world class energy efficient practices. Green building also have environmental, economical and social benefits. Green building is slowly becoming more accepted but it is not occurring fast enough and needs a booster to help it integrate into modern society more efficiently and effectively. Green buildings will ensure that the environment stops being devastated at its current rate and that there will still be forests populating the Earth fifty years from now and beyond. Consumers, designers, and builders have many alternative energy sources that they are able to choose from and implement into their homes and buildings if they choose to construct green buildings or convert existing buildings into green buildings. The adoption of green building can be achieved through the use of teaching, quality and availability, incentives, and government regulation.