ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSERVATION
Through Building And Development Control

Nadia Saleem 11crp08

Pirah Noor 11crp34
Sindhu Paras 11crp55
• Environmental conservation is a practice of protecting the
natural environment on individual, organizational or
governmental levels, for the benefit of both the natural
environment and humans.
• It is the act of conserving or saving our natural resources
through careful management, through: reducing your waste,
saving trees, recycling, using renewable resources that don't
deplete our natural resources.
 Why To Conserve Environment

Human Beings are

consuming resources
with out giving time
for nature to replenish
them.
IMPACTS
 Impacts of construction
Resource depletion, waste and
recycling

Consumption of resources faster than they

can be replenished.

Construction and Industrial waste causing

Air, Water & Land pollution.

Loss of habitat and ecosystem, damage to

the landscape, potential subsidence
problems and release of methane.
 Pollutants
and
hazardous
substances
in the
natural and
built
environment
 Estimate of global pollution that can be
attributed to buildings & construction
Pollution (%)

Air quality (cities) 23

Climate change gases 50

Drinking water pollution 40

Landfill waste 50

Ozone depletion 50
 HOW TO COPE WITH THE
SITUATION

The natural environment shall be conserved in accordance with the following

basic principles:

1. The natural environment shall be conserved as a resource for all people in

a way suitable for the public good, and shall be used so as to be sustained
for the present and future generation;

2. Conservation of the natural environment shall be harmonious and

balanced with the use of national land;

3. Natural ecology and natural scenery shall be conserved and managed so

as to promote human activity, functionality of nature and ecological
circulation;
4. Opportunities for all people to participate in the conservation of the
natural environment and the sound use of the natural environment shall be
increased;

5. Ecological equilibrium shall neither be destroyed nor depreciated when

utilizing or developing the natural environment: Provided, That, where
natural ecology or natural scenery is destroyed, damaged or encroached, an
effort shall be made to restore and return to former condition to the utmost;

6. Burdens arising from conservation of the natural environment shall be

borne fairly, and benefits obtained from the natural environment shall be
preferentially enjoyed by residents of the region and by interested persons;

7. International cooperation for conservation of the natural environment and

sustainable use of the natural environment shall be promoted.
 Environmental impact of
building materials
Strategies to conserve environment

Energy
step 1 reduction of energy
demand
step 2 use of renewable energies
step 3 choice of efficient systems
Materials
step 1 reduction of material demand
step 2 use of renewable and
recycled/recyclable sources
step 3 reduction of environmental
impact
Water
step 1 reduction of water demand
step 2 collection and use of rain
water
step 3 choice of water-efficient
appliances
HOW TO COPE WITH THE
SITUATION
Waste reduction

Reducing CO2 emissions

Preventing indoor air

pollution
 • Water saving measures

• Education of Architects in Solar Energy and

Environment

• Use of materials and residues with a lower

environmental impact
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