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Sustainable building: Important Goals and Benefits of Green Buildings
Introduction A ‘green’ building is one that, by its design, construction, or operation, reduces or eliminates negative effects on our climate and natural surroundings while also having the potential to produce positive ones. Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to a structure and the use of environmentally responsible and resource-efficient…
Bamboo: A Promising Sustainable Future
Sustainable building materials that are economical, renewable, and environmentally benign are growing in favour. Bamboo is a grass that grows swiftly, and because of its superior traits and capabilities, it is now a viable substitute for traditional building materials. This article explores the numerous advantages, disadvantages, and real-world applications of bamboo as a sustainable building…
Carbon Footprint in Architecture: Sustainable Strategy Development
Introduction What Is a Building’s Carbon Footprint? Definition In general, a carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide and methane) produced by our actions. What Do Recent Statistics Say? The average carbon footprint worldwide is closer to 4 tons. The world has a CO2 emission capacity of over 2.4…
Green Urbanism: Magnificent Cities For The Future
The depletion of natural energy sources, city overpopulation, increased carbon footprint, physical, and biological pollution, as well as global warming, with all of its effects on the quality of life, are the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. Large settlements, which are characterised by high population and development densities, will be most impacted in…
Green Architecture: An Essential and Sustainable Choice
The world green building council defines green building as, “a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment. Green buildings preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life.” Green architecture gives impacts on sustainable construction practice while…
Eco-innovation in Public Building Design: Sustainability in Architecture
Introduction In the realm of public building design, architects and urban planners are now prioritizing strategies that harmonize with the natural surroundings instead of opposing them, as sustainability plays a vital role in this field. The domain of architecture has made significant progress, transitioning from passive approaches that optimize daylight to proactive ones that incorporate…
