The G-House Effect

The cry for the our environment has been antiquated now, cutting tree, pollution from machines, sky touching chimneys are some key issues for environmentalist to amplify the cry, the solution for them are even worse, plant more trees, use public transport and the worst stop industrialization. The question is do we follow or even listen to these arguments? Answer is no,  with growing urbanization we all need homes to live, no one wants to live in villages, to create handsome dwelling places we need to cut tree. We talk about stopping Industrialization but most of the developed economy have a strong foundation of Industrialization, and they are not so much polluted either.Carbon Tax is one of the terms that has made huge impact on us, many countries are now strictly following the norms of carbo tax. Another such recent term that has been coined is called the Green House.

Definition

Green building is a design philosophy which higlights the efficiency of resource use, while reducing building impacts on the environment, through better construction Practices. In short a common view is that building, be it commercial or residential, should be designed and operated in a way to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health.It tends to focus on the use of natural materials that are available locally.

Architectural Hazards
As of 2006, buildings used 40 percent of the total energy consumed in both the US and European Union. In the US, 54 percent of that percentage was consumed by residential buildings and 46 percent by commercial buildings. In 2002, buildings used approximately 68 percent of the total electricity consumed in the United States with 51 percent for residential use and 49 percent for commercial use. 38 percent of the total amount of carbon dioxide in the United States can be attributed to buildings, 21 percent from homes and 17.5 percent from commercial uses. Buildings account for 12.2 percent of the total amount of water consumed per day in the United States. Leading underground water shortage in these developed countries.(Data provided by http://www.Wikipedia.org). Keeping this in mind, reducing the amount of natural resources buildings consume and the amount of pollution given off could be seen as major source for environmental imbalance.
Although these green houses are some times considered to be cost ineffective but a recent study by World Business Council for Sustainable Development finds that green costs are overestimated by 300 percent.Effective green buildings are more than just a random collection of environmental friendly technologies, infact they are just primitive architectural knowledge fused with modern approach.

Green architecture aims at reducing waste of energy, water and materials used during construction. Consider for example, in California nearly 60% of the state’s waste comes from commercial buildings.To reduce the impact on wells or water treatment plants, several options exist. “Greywater”, wastewater from sources such as dishwashing or washing machines, can be used for subsurface irrigation, or if treated, for non-potable purposes, e.g., to flush toilets and wash cars, thereby reducing the same burden from Rainwater, also it helps in maintaing a healthy groundwater level

Green House At International Stage.
In 2004, the European Commission initiated the GreenBuilding Programme (GBP). This programme aims at improving the energy efficiency and expanding the integration of renewable energies in non-residential buildings in Europe on a voluntary basis. The programme addresses owners of non-residential buildings to realise cost-effective measures which enhance the energy efficiency of their buildings in one or more technical disciplines.

In the years 2005-2006, the GreenBuilding infrastructure was set up in ten European countries. The successful work is now being continued in a 2nd phase – called GreenBuildinPlus – that started December 2007. The GreenBuilding project is supported by the European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.

As per the current situation the contribution from building construction could be considered as a drop of water in ocean, but in near future this drop of water may cause a flood that would be impossible to controll.

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