Green Building promotes the efficiency of buildings with regards to the use of water, energy and materials while reducing the building’s impact on individual’s health and the environment through better design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal.
Does going green make economic sense?
Green Building is all about the complete building life cycle; it is also regarded as sustainable building or environmental building. The term “Green Building” is often used in combination with “high-performance building”, “sustainable design” and “preserving precious resources”.
The related green building concepts of sustainable development and sustainability are integral to green building. Effective green building can lead to
1. Reduced operating costs by increasing productivity and using less energy and water
2. Improved public and occupant health due to improved indoor air quality
3. Reduced environmental impacts by, for example,reducing storm water runoff and the heating effect.
Practitioners of green building concepts often seek to achieve not only ecological but aesthetic harmony between a structure and it’s surrounding of natural and built environment. The appearance and style of sustainable homes and buildings can be nearly indistinguishable from their less sustainable counterparts.
An increasing number of authorities, organizations and institutions are working on raising consciousness about “Green Building”. It is increasingly governed and driven by standards, such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system in U.S. as well as The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI).
According to the CII, India - “Green” is regarded as ‘The voluntary pursuit of any activity which is concerned with energy efficiency, environmental management, water management, renewable energy, and waste management and recycling.’ Green practices ultimately leading to sustainable development and equitable growth
Following are the benefits of Green Building:
Choosing a green building concepts for a home is not just an option but a lifelong commitment to uphold the virtues of natural, sustainable living...a conscious decision to arrest resource depletion and protect nature for our future generations.
While a good design is essential to green building, the actual operation, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or deconstruction of the building also have very significant effects on buildings' overall environmental impact.
“Green Building” is not only related to the selected construction material but also to the long-term impact on environment and on people’s health.
The characteristics of the green building material itself constitute points which have to be reconsidered by building professionals when planning sustainable design projects (GreenSpace criteria, Building Green, Inc):
Wienerberger India is producing high-quality large format clay hollow blocks since 2009. Besides, we are importing an exclusive range of clay roof tiles and façade tiles from our overseas factories.
