Majority of the infrastructure projects impose bad impacts on environment. Due to rapid urbanization in the country, the energy consumption is more than 60% in residential real estate projects. Green Building is the only solution which works towards achieving the sustainability. India has about 750+ LEED Certified projects as of Read more…
NEW DELHI: Tata Power on Thursday said it has expanded its rooftop solar service to 90 cities across the country. The big rollout from Tata Power comes at a time when consumers across all major categories including commercial, industrial, residential and public sector are adopting solar energy as a reliable and sustainable solution Read more…
Improving the energy efficiency of buildings can help to improve the challenges (health hazards, cost of living, pollution and climate change) that a city/society face. Green buildings/Sustainable buildings play a vital role to make a city sustainable. There are Numerous Benefits that a sustainable building delivers to its society Environmental Read more…
With rapid growth of infrastructure industry, the problem of the waste generated from their construction and demolition has also increased. It becomes really important to reuse these type of waste and their proper handling. LEED in its green building certification v4.1 has put special attention on the credit of Construction Read more…
Energy efficiency has always been an integral part of lighting design, but it has rapidly become one of the top concerns that lighting designers and electrical engineers deal as lighting loads accounts about 40% of the total load in any commercial building. The load used by the lighting system can Read more…
As LEED continues to evolve with the latest iteration LEED version 4.1, the green program continues to grow delivering influential positive impacts to the world and environment. From the original version to the most recent restatement, LEED continues to incorporate technological advancement with updated government policies to advance carbon reduction Read more…
Energy consumption is one of the most important factors that LEED uses in their certification process. And the owner’s capability to track usage and identify potential savings. Generally most conventional buildings have simple meters provided by the utility company for billing purposes but the advanced standards for LEED certification require Read more…
Climate change has become a global issue right now. Concerns raised from these issues has insisted people to adopt the sustainable development. Because water is one of the world’s most necessary natural resources, all green building projects should include water efficiency as a mainstream goal. The demand of fresh water Read more…
Building Energy Simulation Energy simulation is a computer based analytical tool that helps to evaluate the energy performance of building. This helps to do modifications in the in the designs of the building before its construction. Use of energy simulation also becomes important to show compliance with the ASHRAE in Read more…
It is important to take care of various design aspects to make your building green. There are various considerations to make your building sustainable/green. In this article we are highlighting 3 main considerations which has to be adopted by architects and engineers while designing a green building. Those considerations are Read more…