Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

1. Importance of
Green Building

2. What is Green Building?
Green Buildings are:
●Energy efficient
●Water Efficient
●Better Indoor Environment
●Use environmental friendly material
●Reducing building impacts on human health
●Reduced transportation requirement

3. Benefits of Green Building

4. Environmental Benefits:
●Reduce Wastage of water
●Conserve natural resources
●Improve air and water quality
●Protect biodiversity and ecosystems
●Reduce material use and use low-impact
material
●Reduce emissions of air

5. Economic Benefits:
●Reduce Operating Costs
●Improve productivity
●Create market for green product and services
●Increased property values
●Sales improvement
●Improved employee attendance

6. Social Benefits:
●Improve quality of life
●Minimize strain on local infrastructure
●Improve occupant health and comfort
●Reduced Smog and urban heat island effect

7. Goal of Green Building
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.

8. Organizations dedicated to providing green building
education services:
●https://www.greenedu.com/
●http://www.gbrionline.org/
●http://www.usgbc.org/
●http://greenbldgconsulting.com/

9. Sources:
●http://rcgb.rutgers.edu/benefits-of-green-buildings/
●http://www.ecoworld.com/home-buildings/5-economic-benefits-of-green-
building.html
●http://www.castaliahomes.com/blog/advantages-disadvantages-green-
building/
●http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/green-building.php