This document discusses green buildings and sustainability. It defines green building as optimizing efficiency in using energy, water and other resources throughout a building's lifecycle. The key principles discussed include sustainable site design, water and energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, material efficiency. Green buildings provide benefits like reduced costs, improved health and productivity. Rating systems like LEED and IGBC are also summarized.

1. B. V. Gajul
B.E. (Civil), M.Tech (Construction
Management)

2.  Concept/ What is Green Building?
 Principals
 Green Building Benefits
 What building types can be green
 UGBC (LEED)
 IGBC Rating system
 Green Architecture
 Sustainability
 Zero Energy Building
 Top 10 Green Building in India
 Conclusions

3.  Is this green building?

4. Green building also known as sustainable or high
performance building is the practice of
 Increasing the efficiency with which buildings
and their sites use and harvest energy, water.
 Protecting and restoring human health and the
environment, throughout the building life-
cycle, siting, design, construction, operation,
maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

5.  Sustainable site design
 Water efficiency
 Energy efficiency
 Indoor environment quality
 Material efficiency

6.  This approach optimizes land use and
development to reduce adverse impacts and
minimize the building’s ecological footprint.
 Maximize positive impact on Building and
natural resources.

10. This technique emphasizes the value of
decreasing demands for fresh water and
reducing the generation of waste water through
optimized landscaping, integrated rainwater
catchments, gray water recycling, and
wastewater treatment systems.
 Minimize the inefficient use of portable water
on the site.
 Maximize the recycling and reuse of water
including rainwater harvesting, storm water
and grey water.

11. India has
46 cities with more than a million
people.
396 cities with between 100,000
and 1 million people.
3558 cities within 100,000 people.

12. Sr. No. Classification of towns. cities Recommended
water supply
(LPCD)
1 Town provided with piped water supply but
without sewerage system
70
2 Cities provided with piped water supply where
sewerage system is existing
135
3 Metropolitan and mega cities provided with
piped water supply where sewerage system
150

17.  This technique focuses on the establishment of
performance targets that account for intended
use, occupancy and other energy operations
for new construction and renovation projects.
 Shading the roof with trees with trees offers
an eco friendly alternative to air conditioner.

19.  Provide a healthy comfortable and productive
indoor averment for building occupants.
 Utilize the best possible conditions in terms of
indoor air quality, ventilation and thermal
comfort access to natural air ventilation and
day light.

20.  Minimize the use of non renewable
construction material though efficient
engineering and construction and effective
recycling of construction debris.
 Maximize the use of recycled materials.
 Reduce, reuse and recycle materials.
 Modern energy efficient engineered materials
and resource efficient composite type
structural systems as well as sustainably
managed, biomass materials.
 Waste and toxic reduction.

21.  Green building materials offer some or all of
the following benefits to the building owner
and building occupants Reduced
maintenance/ replacement costs over the life
of the building
 Energy conservation
 Improved occupant health and productivity
 Life cycle cost savings
 Lower costs associated with changing space
configurations.
 Greater design flexibility

22.  Social Benefits
 Environmental Benefits
 Economical Benefits

23.  Enhance occupant comfort and health.
 Heighten aesthetic qualities.
 Minimize strain on local infrastructure.
 Improve overall quality of life.

24.  Enhance and protect biodiversity and
ecosystems.
 Improve air and water quality.
 Reduce waste streams.
 Conserve and restore natural resources.

25.  Reduce operating costs
 Create, expand, and shape markets for
green product and services
 Improve occupant productivity
 Optimize life-cycle economic performance

26.  In all phases of building design and operation
the essential to an effective green building
policy that delivers energy efficiency is by
using simple, standardized and better energy
performance materials.
 Thus to have green Building concept, some or
all of the following steps need to be followed.

27.  Sitting and design stage of Building residential and
commercial orientation to the day sun to and shield it
from heat that is well organized Building Orientation
priority on natural light.
 Reuse of Gray water
 Minimal use of Cement and concrete through innovative
architecture and Structural Design for optimum use of
cement.
 Non – toxic paints should be used on the walls. These use
water rather than petroleum based solvents and do not
emit smog producing pollutants. This will improve Indoor
Air Quality.
 Very high efficiency insulated glass windows can reduce
requirements of energy during the operation or use of
Building. Thus it will emit minimum carbon dioxide CO2.

28.  More use of waste Pozzolanic materiel like fly ash in
Concrete Mixture along with Cement and cement
products.
 Save water by using Drip Irrigation to water the
plants or Native landscaping around building.
 Municipal corporations/ Govt. bodies should provide
enough incentives like tax rebates for green buildings
during approvals. Like use of solar water heater/
solar energy
 Government should make basic green norms give
increased FSI in building construction Mandatory
norms for gray water recycling and rainwater
harvesting compulsory for all new buildings in all
4000 cities, towns and

29. New buildings may be designed, built and
operated to be green buildings. Existing building
can also become green through renovation and
improved operations. Following are types
 Homes
 Schools
 Commercial and public building
 Laboratories
 Healthcare facilities

30.  Energy used to heat and power our buildings
leads to the consumption of large amounts of
energy, mainly from burning fossil fuels - oil,
natural gas and coal. which generate
significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2).
 Minimum energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions produced by buildings is impact
fundamental to the effort to slow the pace of
global climate change. demolition debris that
degrades in landfills may generate methane
emissions.

32. Green Buildings are designed to increase the
overall positive impact on human health and the
natural environment by following ways.
 By Reducing waste / toxic material, pollution
and environmental degradation
 Using energy, water and other resources
efficiently.

34.  LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
 IGBC(Indian Green building Council)
 GRIHA - Green Rating for Integrated Habitat
Assessment
 BEE - Bureau of Energy Efficiency
 EPA ( Environmental Protection Agency)
 United States Environmental Protection Agency
 headquarters, Washington, D.C.
 There mission is to protect human health and the
environment.

35.  The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed
to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the
leading program for green buildings and communities
worldwide.
 The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
system is called Green Building Rating System. It is an
internationally accepted benchmark for the design,
construction and operation of high performance green
building.
LEED certified buildings utilize less toxic materials, low-
emitting adhesives & sealants, paints, carpets, and
composite woods, and indoor chemical & pollutant
source control.

36. Category Available Points
Sustainable Sites 26
Water Efficiency 10
Energy and Atmosphere 35
Materials and Resources 14
Indoor Environmental Quality 15
Innovation in Design 6
Regional Priority 4
Total Possible Points 110

37. Projects pursuing LEED certification earn points
for various green building strategies across
several categories based on the number of points
achieved, a project earns one of four LEED rating
levels: platinum, Gold, Silver and certification
80+ points
earned
60-79 points
earned
50-59 points
earned
40-49 points
earned

38.  Green Building Design & Construction
 LEED for New Construction
 LEED for Core & Shell
 LEED for Schools
 LEED for Retail: New Construction and Major
Renovations
 LEED for Healthcare
 Green Interior Design & Construction
 Green Building Operations & Maintenance
 Green Home Design and Construction

39. Ranking Country/Region Number of Projects
1 Mainland China 1,494
2 Canada 3,254
3 India 899
4 Brazil 531
5 Republic of Korea 143
6 Turkey 337
7 Germany 327
8 Mexico 370
9 China, Taiwan 144
10 Spain 299
** United States 33,632

40.  Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
 The Indian Green Building Council was
formed in year 2001 by Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII).
 The aim of the council is to bring green
building trend in India.
 Goal- India to become one of the global
leader in Green building.

41. Certification
Level
Owner-occupied Tenant-occupied Recognition
Certified 50 – 59 50 – 59 Good Practices
Silver 60 – 69 60 – 69 Best Practices
Gold 70 – 79 70 – 79 Outstanding
Performance
Platinum 80 – 89 80 – 89 National
Excellence
Super Platinum 90 - 100 90 - 100 Global Leadership

42.  The Green Building movement in India
was started in 2003.
 There is need of provide incentives to
buildings which was rated LEED.
 Now some states giving 5% more FSI
to the buildings.

43.  Green architecture or green design is an
approach to building that minimizes the
harmful effects of construction projects on
human health and the environment.
 The green architect or designer attempts to
safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing
eco-friendly building materials and
construction practices.

44.  Pollution prevention.
 Waste/ toxic material reduction
 Materials management.
 Product enhancement.

46. The sustainable development was consensus on
the fact that it does not focus solely on
environmental issues.
Following are three interdependent and
mutually reinforcing pillars as shown.
 Social development,
 Economic development
 Environmental (Ecology) protection.

47.  Building with zero net energy consumption.
 The total amount of energy used by the
building on an annual basis is equal to the
amount of renewable energy created on the
premises of that building.

48. 1. ITC Green Centre, Gurgaon
2 Suzlon One Earth, Pune
3 Patni (i-GATE) Knowledge Center, Noida
4 Olympia Tech Park, Chennai
5 Infinity Benchmark, Kolkata
6 CRISIL House, Mumbai
7 Indira Paryavaran Bhawan
8 ITC Maurya Hotel, New Delhi
9 Infosys, Hyderabad
10 Cisco Building, Bangalore

60.  The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad,
Hyderabad, a Greenfield project that turned operational in
March 2008, is celebrating 11 years of “sustainability, energy
efficiency, carbon neutrality, water conservation and
environment friendly waste management”.
 Sprawling across an area of 5,495 acres of land,
 the property consists of airport area, office buildings,
residential townships, training centers, MROs, workshops,
bus terminals, eateries, parking zones, STPs, rainwater
harvesting areas, waste management & recycling areas and
many more.
 Going from Silver, the GMR officials have been working
strategically to reach up to Gold LEED certification by
implementing technologies and processes to achieve quality
result. Clean India Journal presents a bird’s eye view of the
entire facility.

62.  The Conservation of natural resources in building and
energy efficient from its designing. construction., operation
and maintenance, renovation and dismantling stage with
recent advances technology and renewable energy
technologies have created opportunities for energy efficient
green buildings.
 With growing demand for sustainable ecofriendly and
socially responsible lifestyle has forced the construction of
green buildings towards achieve the goal of greener planet in
future.
 The Green building and sustainable building technologies is
not only a guidline standards for next generation buildings
but also safe practices for cubing global warming and
environmental pollution.
 To achieve the energy efficiency and sustainable
environmental standards and the global demand we have to
renovating and O & M of the existing building structures into
green building.