All about Green Buildings

Published on 19 May 2022. Written by Sarvesh Saurav

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.Any building can be a green building, whether it’s a home, an office, a school, a hospital, a community centre, or any other type of structure, provided it includes features listed below.

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

A design that enables adaptation to a changing environment

Energy efficiency:

As high-performance buildings use less operating energy, embodied energy has assumed much greater importance, and may make up as much as 30% of the overall life cycle energy consumption. Green buildings often include measures to reduce energy consumption both the embodied energy required to extract, process, transport and install building materials and operating energy to provide services such as heating and power for equipment.

The goals of green building:

Now, we should consider the goals of green building. Of course, one of the main goals is to make the earth more sustainable, but it really does go deeper than that. When you decide to go green, your goal will be to actually help to sustain the environment without disrupting the natural habitats around it. When you start a building project, and you disrupt the natural habitats around it, you can actually make an impact in the wildlife and environment that will be much like a butterfly effect.

Even the smallest changes that you can make will help to promote a better planet earth, and a better place for us all to live- not just us humans, but also the plants and wildlife that take up their residence here on earth as well. As you can see, green building is something that everyone should really jump on to. If you don’t plan to rebuild your home, then you may just want to make a few green changes within your home to ensure that you are able to get the goals that you want out of it. You can cut down on your energy usage, save money, and make a big impact on the environment. You will find that it isn’t as hard as people make it out to be, and you will feel better about yourself when you go green too!

Materials:

Green design is about finding that balance between high-quality construction and low environmental impact. A lighter footprint means a longer-lasting planet, which is a win for the builder, client and environment. Green building is a goal and a process. Viewing sustainable building as a process is important, because green-building success isn’t just a matter of building with green materials. However we have collated some green building materials that offer alternatives to concrete, and a lower environmental impact.

straw bales
Grasscrete
Rammed Earth
Hempcrete
Recycled Plastic
Ferrock

Software used for designing: Sefaira

Autodesk Green Building Studio

Kit required to develop All about Green Buildings :

green technology

Technologies you will learn by working on All about Green Buildings :

Green Technology

All about Green Buildings

Energy efficiency:

The goals of green building:

Materials:

Any Questions?

Subscribe for more project ideas