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a factor of 8 and 14. Green environment more qualitative • Valuing environment, as
Building practices expands/ and liveable. Green buildings integral part of design,
complements building design are universally characterised construction and operation
concerns of: economy, utility, by;
durability and comfort • Ensuring quality of life for
besides minimising the • Using efficiently; energy, occupants
carbon contents of built water and other resources • Decarbonising built
environment. • Using renewable energy environment

Defining Green Buildings including solar/wind/ Designing for Green
water/geo-thermal
World Green Building Buildings
Council has defined Green • Reducing pollution/ While options for planning
Building as a, “Building that, waste, involving refusing, and designing green
in its design, construction or reducing re-cycling, re- buildings will vary from
operation, reduces or eliminates using region to region and within
negative impacts and creates • Promoting good indoor regions, depending upon
positive impacts, on our climate environmental air quality prevailing climate, site
and natural environment. Green conditions, cultures, available
buildings preserve precious • Using renewable/ non-toxic materials, construction
natural resources, improve waste based sustainable practices, building typologies,
quality of life and make our materials environment, economic

Fig 1: Built form with cross ventillation minimising use of Air-Conditioning

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