A Green Building is an environmentally responsible and a healthy place to live and work. Green Building ensures that waste is minimized at every stage during the construction and operation of building, resulting in low cost .Green Building applies to both existing and new construction from simple spaces to large development projects.
A green building is one that incorporates several features involving
Effective Landscape Usage
Energy Efficient and Eco-Friendly Equipment Usage
Recycled & Environmental Friendly Building Materials Usage
Indoor Air Quality Maintenance.
Efficient Water Usage
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources-energy, water and materials-while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment through better sitting, design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal-the complete building life cycle.
A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.
A Green Building can have tremendous benefits, both tangible and intangible. The immediate and most tangible benefit is in the reduction in operating energy and water costs right from day one, during the entire life cycle of the building. The energy savings could range from 25 – 40 % depending on the extent of green specifications. Other tangible savings would be reduction in first costs and enhanced asset value. Intangible benefits of Green Buildings include increasing productivity of occupants’ health, safety benefits and a green corporate image. Several Corporate are now seeing Green Building Rating as a tool to enhance marketability. Even simple modifications and strategies will improve the current situation.
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