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The term “eco-friendly” can be broadly
Green buildings are sited, designed, categorized into two as
constructed, and operated to enhance the Eco friendly materials
Eco friendly techniques
well-being of their occupants and support a
healthy community and natural environment.
ECO FRIENDLY MATERIALS
Green building is a loosely defined Some of the very common Green
collection of land-use, building design, and construction materials are as described
construction strategies that reduce the below:
environmental impacts that buildings have on
their surroundings. Traditional building
practices often overlook the GREEN CONCRETE:
interrelationships among a building, its
components, its surroundings, and its Green concrete is a revolutionary
occupants. “Typical” buildings consume topic in the history of concrete industry. This
more of our resources than necessary and
generate large amounts of waste. GREEN was first invented in Denmark in the year
BUILDINGS are ultimately ECO 1998. Green concrete has nothing to do with
FRIENDLY.
color. It is a concept of thinking environment
Other features of an ecological building into concrete considering every aspect from
might include: raw materials manufacture over mixture
The varied use of solar panels for design to structural design, construction, and
domestic hot water heating,
service life. Green concrete is very often also
Water conservation, possibly
including biological waste water cheap to produce, because, for example,
treatment and re-use, and the simple waste products are used as a partial substitute
collection and recycling of rainwater
for garden use, for cement, charges for the disposal of waste
are avoided, energy consumption in
production is lower, and durability is greater. deteriorate the working
Green concrete is a type of concrete environment.
which resembles the conventional • The structures do not impose
concrete but the production or usage of such much harm to the
concrete requires minimum amount of environment during their
energy and causes least harm to the service life.
environment.
SALIENT FEATURES:
• Energy-efficient lighting and
• Minimal disturbance to
appliances.
landscapes and site condition
• Use of Recycled and efficiency windows and insulation in walls,
Environmental Friendly Building Ceilings, and floors. Another strategy,
Materials. passive solar building design, is
oftenimplemented in low-energy homes.
• Use of Non-Toxic and
Designers orient windows and walls and
recycled/recyclable Materials.
place awnings, porches, and trees to shade
• Efficient use of Water and
windows and roofs during the summer while
Water Recycling
maximizing solar gain in the winter. In
• Use of Renewable Energy addition, effective window placement (Day
• Indoor Air Quality for Human lighting) can provide more natural light and
Safety and Comfort lessen the need for electric lighting during the
day. Solar water heating further reduces
• Effective Controls and
energy loads.
Building Management Systems
Design features
1. Design maximizes the use of locally
available natural materials and avoids Design features
the use of synthetic materials.
Technical and administrative block
1. Courtyard planning with single- To evaluate the eco-friendly
loaded corridors for ventilation and properties of each of these materials
landscaped courtyard to modify Develop recommendation for the
microclimate world considering Eco-housing
2. Hollow concrete block walls to criteria
reduce heat gains Evaluation of Financial impacts of
3. Properly designed windows and using eco-friendly materials
shading devices
4. Provision for rooftop evaporative ADVANTAGES OR PROPERTIES
cooling
OF GREEN MATERIALS
5. Insulation for air-conditioned blocks
Reuse/recycle
Workshop building
Renewable Source
1. Building section developed for
Reuse of Waste product
ventilation and day lighting
Embodied Energy
2. Heat gain by the roof minimized by
Local Availability
insulation and reflective roof finishes
Reduction in air, land and water
pollution
Guest house Durability & Life span
Aids Energy Efficiency in buildings
1. Built on the south slope of an Biodegradable
undulating site, and partially
earthbermed from three sides.
2. Terrace garden is watered during the CONCLUSION:
summer months. The evaporation of As mentioned earlier, the external
water modifies the microclimate and appearance of a green building does not differ
also absorbs a major part of the much from the conventional ones. The only
cooling load in summer. criteria to be considered is that it costs a bit
3. A special section of the roof provided higher i.e., some 4 to 8% higher that the
with manually-driven ventilators to ordinary constructions. But it is obvious that
ensure cross-ventilation of each guest in future such buildings will be of prime
suite. importance because of the increasing need to
4. External surfaces of the building conserve our environment. From this, it is
finished with white reflective paint clear that it is our sole responsibility to insist
5. Windows protected by arched installing green methods and techniques and
sunshades (overhangs and sidewalls) promote GREEN BUILDINGS,
of predetermined dimensions to avoid To Meet Today’s Needs Without
direct sun during summers. Compromising With That Of The
6. Solar water heaters integrated with Future’s!!!!!!!!!!
the architectural design have been
provided for each bathroom.
7. A sunny terrace provided near the
kitchen to facilitate solar cooking.
REFERENCES:
OUR FUTURE TASKS
• “GREEN BUILDING
CONCEPT” Eco friendly
and indirect method of
energy conservation,
• By A.Jignesh C Sailor, B
Himanshu,ANaik, C Chaudri
Rakesh.
• http://www.igbc.in
• http://www.greenconcept.co
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