Green buildings are high-performance structures that reduce impacts on the environment through energy and water efficiency, material selection, and indoor environmental quality. They minimize pollution and operating costs while enhancing occupant health. Common standards like LEED, Energy Star, and Green Globes provide guidelines for sustainable features such as renewable energy systems, daylighting, recycled materials, and indoor air quality management. Adopting green building practices makes business sense through reduced costs and increased marketability, while also benefiting the environment.

1. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY &
MANAGEMENT
AL-1 SECTOR-7, GIDA GORAKHPUR-273209 (U.P.)
GREEN BUILDING
By-Sudhanshu kushwaha &
Rahul chaudhary

2. W
hat is a “Green B
uilding”
“ Green” Buildings are
high performance
structures that also
meet certain standards
for reducing natural
resource consumption

3. Characteristics of Green
B
uilding
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Efficient management of energy and water resources
Management of material resources and waste
Restoration and protection of environmental quality
Enhancement and protection of health and indoor
environmental quality
• Reinforcement of natural systems
• Analysis of the life cycle costs and benefits of
materials and methods

4. W go “Green” ?
hy
• Green makes business sense
Increased flexibility to allow for longer building
and the useful life and reuse of materials
Improved building performance
Increased revenue (higher rents/sales price,
improved productivity, fewer/shorter vacancies)
Lower cost (utilities, costs of conversion)

5. W go “Green” ?
hy
• Going “ Green” is the “ right thing”
reduce carbon consumption,
energy independence,
encourage community,
preserve natural systems

6. Green B
uilding standards
include
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED)
• Green Globes
• Model Green Home Building Guidelines (NAHB)
• BuiltGreen
• Energy Star
• Living Building

7. L
eadership in E
nergy and
E
nvironmental Design(L E
E D)
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) is a suite of rating systems for the design,
construction, operation, and maintenance of green
buildings, homes and neighborhoods
• It is developed by the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) in 1998
• it is updated in 2009 with include compliance with
all environmental laws and regulations

8. Indian Green B
uilding Council
(IGB
C)

9. GRE N GL E
E
OB S
• The Green Globes system is a revolutionary building
environmental design and management tool
• It delivers an online assessment protocol, rating
system and guidance for green building design,
operation and management
• It is interactive, flexible and affordable, and provides
market recognition of a building’ s environmental
attributes through third-party verification.

10. E
nergy Star
• ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) voluntary program that helps
businesses and individuals save money and protect
our climate through superior energy efficiency
• It is focuses on energy consumption
• It have different tools for residential and commercial
buildings

11. M
erits of Green B
uilding
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Lower operating costs (by 30%- 40%)
Improve occupant health
Reduce pollution
Reduce water usage (by 20%- 30%)
Eliminates creation of waste
Reduce power consumption (by 40%- 50%)

12. Site Selection
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Use appropriate building sites
Use open space
Reduce sprawl
Develop brown fields
Restore damaged environments
Design to optimize sun,wind & light

13. Green B
uilding M
aterials
Prepare a green building product selection plan•Use recycled content building products
•Use locally available or naturally occurring building
products
•Use rapidly renewable resources
•Use certified wood
•Use structural insulated panels

14. E
nergy efficiency
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.

15. Onsite P
ower
Generation
Photovoltaic systems
Wind turbines

16. Onsite P
ower Generation cont..
Micro hydro power systems
Biomass power systems

17. Onsite P
ower Generation cont..
Fuel cells
Solar thermal systems

18. L
ighting in Green B
uilding
• Daylighting &
SkylightingIncorporated lots of
natural light to reduce
the need for electric
lighting and the
associated increase in
the air conditioning
load

19. Indoor Air Quality
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Ensure adequate ventilation
Designate indoor spaces as smoke-free
Implement tobacco smoke controls
Prepare an indoor air quality
management plan for construction and
early occupancy

20. Indoor Air Quality Cont..

21. Conclusions
• Green Building Certifications present a
moving target
• Critical to work with clients early and
continuously to determine goals and objectives
• Focus on objective performance measures and
clear allocation of risks and responsibilities
• Green building issues are presented in nearly
every phase of development – look for
opportunities to improve old practices and
“ boiler plate”