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Green building, or sustainable building, is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building’s life cycle. That includes everything from the sitting and the design of the building to the construction, the operation, the maintenance, the renovation and the deconstruction. It’s a fairly wide-ranging definition and it includes a lot of things.
The main goal of green building is to reduce the overall impact that building has on human health and the natural environment by efficiently using energy, water and other resources, by protecting occupants' health and improving employee productivity and by reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation.
The work of Green building include guiding architects, building owners, building contractors and engineers to make sure each new development is built to be as much of a sustainable construction as its creators desire. They are a third-party that promotes a whole-building’s approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
One thing is very evident about green building and that is, it’s changing the way people are thinking about building. Instead of thinking of a building as a thing in the environment, just as an isolated object, we are now thinking of buildings as organisms, in a way, those interact with our natural environment. And this is why there are so many aspects to this definition that you just read. One of the other aspects of green building that it also tries to include the comfort and well-being of the building occupants, because the occupant is who the building is for. But to be able to incorporate nature and environment in with the building, it helps to create a much better space for people.
Cost in green building, if factored in early in the design, really does not add very much at all because as time passes, manufacturers have started to manufacture their products in a much more sustainable way. So that when you look for something that’s ecologically friendly, they are much more available and the prices would have slashed down, especially in the last 5 years or so. But beyond that, the building codes for each city are beginning more and more concerned with sustainability issues. So whether or not you have a green building certification system, the building codes are requiring that a lot of these measures be taken. Other than that, if the measures are taken on early in the project, there is much less of a cost because there’s not a rethinking of design.
So why not think green now? Even regarding your housing project?
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Green Tree India
GreenTree Building Energy Pvt. Ltd. is a company based out of Delhi, started by first generation entrepreneurs with the objective of 'SAVING ENERGY AND PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT'. GreenTree is a unique initiative that aims to provide various services related to the design of energy efficient commercial and residential buildings.
The various components of building design rarely complement each other and are not managed in the best possible way. We aim at delivering turnkey design solutions for buildings in a way that integrates all aspects of building design. Energy Efficiency measures are integrated at each stage of the design and the synergy created enhances the overall performance of the building.
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