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H Raisoni College Of Engineering & Management

Department Of Civil Engineering
TAE 1 (Activity Based Learning) Report

Name Of The Topic: Types Of Housing And Green Building

Subject: Green Building

Made By- Chitralekha V. Dudhabale(90)

Sanchali Pawar ( 65)
Pallavi Marge ( 69)

Teacher’s Remark:
Prehistoric Houses
Ice age humans lived in caves some of the time but they also made
tents from mammoth skins. Mammoth bones were used as supports.
They wore boots, trousers, and anoraks made from animal skins.
When the ice age ended a new w ay of life began. By 8,000 BC
people in the Middle East had begun to farm.
Food was cooked in clay ovens. The people of Jericho knew how to
make sundried bricks and they used them to make houses.

• Catal Huyuk
By 4,000 BC farming had spread across Europe. When people
began farming they stopped living in tents made from animal skins
and they began to live in huts made from stone or wattle and daub
with thatched roofs. Bronze Age people lived in round wooden huts
with thatched roofs.

• 16 th century
In the late 16th century some people built or rebuilt their houses with a
wooden frame filled in with bricks.
17 th century
17th century even poor people usually lived in houses made of brick
or stone. They were a big improvement over wooden houses. They
were warmer and drier.

18th Century Houses

In the 18th century a small minority of the population lived in
luxury. The poorest people lived in just one room. Their furniture
was very simple and plain.
19th century
The houses were literally back-to-back. The back of one house
joined onto the back of another and they only had windows on one
 side. The bottom room was used as a living room cum kitchen. The
two rooms upstairs were used as bedrooms.

20th century
The front room and the back room. The front room was kept for best
and children were not allowed to play there. In the front room, the
family kept their best furniture and ornaments. The back room was
the kitchen and living it was where the family spent most of their
time. Most families cooked on a coal-fired stove called a range,
which also heated the room. This lifestyle changed in the early 20th
century as gas cookers became common. They did not heat the room
so people began to spend most of their time in the front room or
room, by the fire.

Need Of House

Food, Water, Bed, Toilet, Kitchen and Electricity or a fire. To live

in sheltered buildings but keep in mind that depending on where
you live governments have made policy to restrict using certain
materials to build houses. We need houses to keep safe from harsh
weather and provide comfort for those occupying them.

electricity, drinking water, workplace, conveyance, garden, market

and other facilities are necessary in urban areas, so that urbanisation
could be ensured in a systematic way. Attention is needed to be
given in this respect that the extension of residential houses should
not be horizontal, but vertical, so that land utilisation would be more
and more people could stay in limited space.
As such, he said, 70 per cent population in the State dwells in rural
areas, where we need to provide quality residential facilities, in
accordance to the local environment.
What is green building?

A ‘green’ building is a building that, in its design, construction

or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can
create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment.
Green buildings preserve precious natural resources and
improve our quality of life.
There are a number of features which can make a building ‘green’.
These include:
Efficient use of energy, water and other resources.Use of renewable
energy, such as solar energy.
Pollution and waste reduction measures, and the enabling of re-use
and recycling,Good indoor environmental air quality.Use of
materials that are non-toxic, ethical and sustainable,Consideration of
the environment in design, construction and operation
Consideration of the quality of life of occupants in design,
construction and operation
A design that enables adaptation to a changing environment

What are Green Features of a Green Building?

•Minimal disturbance to landscapes and site condition
•Use of non-toxic and recycled / recyclable material
•Efficient use of water and water recycling
•Use of energy efficient and eco-friendly equipments
•Use of renewable energy
•Quality of indoor air quality for human safety and comfort
•Effective controls and building management systems
Construction Waste Management

1.
Eliminating Waste
Some waste generated in the process of construction can
be eliminated. For example, durable modular metal form
systems for use in concrete construction may be selected
on the basis of being readily demountable and reusable on
other projects, thus eliminating wood waste associated
with formwork fabricated of plywood and dimensional
lumber. Elimination of waste can be beneficial to reduce
impacts on human health and the environment.
Minimizing Waste
Some building-related waste can be minimized. For
example, construction products can be selected on the
basis of its being designed and manufactured to be
shipped with minimal packaging. Also consider that
selection and use of recyclable materials and products
offers potential to minimize waste.
Reusing Materials
Some materials can be reused. For example, doors and
windows in good, resalable condition might substitute
for new products, or be donated and or sold for use on
another project—a form of beneficial reuse.