Principle of Green Building:-
1. Sustainable site design
Prevent needless destruction of habitat, valuable land
Encourage higher density urban development
2. Water Quality and Conservation
Preserve the existing natural water cycle
Emphasis on retention of storm water and infiltration and ground water
recharging
Minimize the inefficient use of potable water, rain water harvesting
3. Energy and Environment
Minimize adverse impact on environment through optimized building sifting
and design, material selection
Maximum use of renewable energy
Building perfume should minimum international energy code IEC
4. Indoor environmental quality
Provide a healthy, comfortable and productive indoor environmental for
building occupants.
Utilize best possible condition in terms of indoor air quality, ventilation,
thermal comfort
5. Materials and resources
Minimize the use of recycled materials, composite type structural material
Introduction to high performance Green Building:
Proper balance of aesthetics
Accessibility, Cost-effectiveness
Resource conservation, energy efficiency and environmental quality
Conventional versus green building delivery systems:
1. Objectives of GB: to reduce energy and water conservation, recycling of waste
and using eco-friendly materials.
2. Conventional Building: Not designed from point of view of energy, water.
Green Building Project Evaluation:
1. Project planning and needs assessment
2. Term selection and formation
3. Designing the planned site
4. Building design for adaptation and acclimatization
5. Designing the building support systems
6. Designing the building support systems
7. Interior Designs
Integrated Design Process
1. Term members are involved from the outset
2. Front loaded time and energy
3. Decisions influenced by broad team
4. Whole systems thinking
5. Allows for full optimisation
6. Process can continue through post-occupancy
7. Planning and intensive process minimises cost overturns, delays etc.
Green Building Documentation Requirements:
1. Energy efficiency
2. Water saving
3. Minimal harm to the environment
4. Renewable resources
5. Non-toxic building materials
6. Efficient use of space
7. Responsible harvesting and use of materials
Design vs. Ecological design:
Green building is known as green construction or sustainable building
Seven principles of ecological design are
The need to meet the inherent needs of human and their economy
The requirement to sustain the integrity of the structure and function of both natural
and managed ecosystems.
The appropriateness of emulating the inherent designs of nature in anthropogenic
management systems.
The need to make progress to a sustainable economy through greater reliance on
renewable resources and more focus on recycling , reusing and efficient use of
materials and energy
The use of ecological economics
The need to conserve ecosystem and indigenous biodiversity at viable levels
The desirability of increasing environmental literacy to build social support for
sustainable development , resource conservation and protection of natural world.
Ecological criteria for building design:
1. Building material with respect to environment
2. Reduce energy consumption
3. Use renewable resources
4. Natural ventilation
5. Reusable and recyclable
Contemporary ecological design:
The trend for more of fancy designs that involve the use of materials that are not available
locally but are imported from different cities of country and altogether different nations of
world. This style is called contemporary or modern design.
Landscaping
Assessing and amending site condition
Foundation Planning
Future ecological design:
Need for reduce, reuse and recycle approach
Urban Green space
Regenerative building
Green roof
