A

PROJECTSYNOPSI
S

ON
“
GREENBUI
LDI
NG”

Submi
tt
edby

NI
JAVENI
TIN 1914640025
KI
NKARVI
SHAL 1914640011
VARDHMANAKOLKAR 1914640024
BORKARKALYANI.
JAGDALEPRASHANT

Undert
heGui
d
PROF.
UMAP,
A

MSBTE,
Mumbai
.
2010-
2021

DEPARTMENTOFCI
VILENGI
NEERI
NG
S.
S.M.ADSULPOLYTECHNI
CCOLLEGE,
CHAS,
AHMEDNAGAR-
414005(
M.S)
 Abst
ract

Agr eenbuil
ding,whichisalsoknownasasust ai
nablebuil
dingisdesignedt o
meetsomeobj ecti
vessuchasoccupantheal th;usi
ngenergy ,
wat er
,andot her
resourcesmor eeffi
cientl
y;andreduci
ngtheov eral
li
mpacttot heenv i
ronment .
Iti
sanoppor tunit
ytouset heresourceseff
ici
entlywhil
ecreatinghealt
hi er
buil
dingsthatimprovehumanheal t
h,bui
ldabet t
erenvir
onment ,andpr ovide
costsav i
ngs
.Allthedevel
opmentpr oj
ectsleadtoover
-consumpt i
onofnat ur
al r
esour ces.

GreenBui l
dingsaredesignedtoreducetheoveral
li
mpactonhumanhealthand
t
henat uralenvi
ronmentbyt hefoll
owingwaysusingenergy,
waterandot
her
resour
cesef fi
cient
ly.
byreducingwast e,
pollut
ion,
andenv i
ronmentaldegr
adati
on
 SYNOPSI
S

TI
TLEOFTHEPROJECT

Gr
eenbui
l
dingpr
oject

.PROJECTCATAGORY

Ener
gyandEnv
ironment
alDesi
gn(
IGBC)

.OBJECTI
VES

Gr
eenBui
l
dingsar
edesi
gnedt
oreducet
heov
eral
li
mpactonhumanheal
thandt
henat
ural
env
ironmentbyt
hef
oll
owi
ngway
susi
ngener
gy,

wat
erandot
herr
esour
cesef
fi
cient
ly.

byr
educi
ngwast
e,pol
l
uti
on,
andenv
ironment
aldegr
adat
ion

Eco-
Fri
endl
y-
byl
eastdi
stur
bancet
oecosy
stem.

Ener
gyef
fi
cient
-t
hrought
henat
ural
li
ght
ingv
ent
il
ati
onandsol
arpassi
vedesi
gnsef
fi
cient

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

Gr
eenbui
l
dingal
soknownasgr
eenconst
ruct
ionorsust
ainabl
ebui
l
ding.I
tisawayof
enhanci
ngt
heenv
ironment
.Itbenef
it
shumans,
thecommuni
ty,
andt
heenv
ironmenti
n
or
dert
oreducer
esour
ceconsumpt
ionwhi
l
eenhanci
ngqual
i
tyofl
i
fe.t
hisul
ti
mat
elyr
esul
ts
i
nreduct
ionofgr
eenhousegaseswhi
chwi
l
lhel
ptor
educegr
eenhouseef
fect
.thi
spaper
pr
esent
sanov
erv
iewofappl
i
cat
ionofmoder
ngr
eeni
nfr
ast
ruct
ureconst
ruct
iont
echnol
ogy
whi
chmakesasi
gni
fi
canti
mpactonconser
vat
ion/
properut
il
izat
ionofr
esour
cesl
i
kel
and,
water
,ener
gy,ai
r,mat
eri
alt
her
ebyreduci
ngt
heov
eral
lcostofconst
ruct
ionaswel
las
adv
erseimpactsofcl
i
matechange.
PROBLEM STATEMENT

Li
mit
edAwar
eness..
..
I
nadequat
eGov
ernment
'sPol
i
cies&Pr
ocedur
es..
..
Ext
raCl
ear
ancesAndAppr
oval
s..
..
Def
ici
entI
ncent
ivesToEncour
ageAdopt
ion..
..
Expensi
veEqui
pmentAndPr
oduct
s..
..
LackOfSki
l
ledManpowerAndSubj
ectMat
terExper
ts.

mat
eri
alsusedi
nconst
ruct
ion:

 Ear
thenMat
eri
als
 Wood
 Bamboo
 SI
Ps
 I
nsul
atedConcr
eteFor
ms
 Cor
dwood
 St
rawBal
e
 Ear
thBags
 Sl
ate/St
oneRoof
ing
 St
eel
 That
ch
 Composi
tes
 Nat
ural
Fiber
 Pol
yur
ethane
 Fi
berGl
ass
 Cel
l
ulose
 Cor
k
 Pol
yst
yreneandi
socy
anur
ate
 Nat
ural
Clay
 Non-VOCpai
nts
 Nat
ural
FiberFl
oor
 Fi
berCement
 St
one
METHODOLOGY

Taki
ngani
ntel
l
igentappr
oacht
oener
gy

Minimisingenergyuseinallst
agesofabui
l
ding’
sli
fe-
cycle,
makingnewand
renovatedbuil
dingsmor ecomfort
abl
eandl
essexpensiv
et orun,
andhel
pingbui
l
ding
userslearntobeeffi
cienttoo.
I
ntegr
atingrenewabl
eandl
ow-car
bontechnol
ogiestosuppl
ybui
ldi
ngs’
ener
gyneeds,
oncetheirdesi
gnhasmaxi
misedi
nbui
l
tandnat ural
eff
ici
enci
es.
Saf
eguar
dingwat
err
esour
ces

Expl
or i
ngwaystoi mprovedrinki
ngandwastewat
ereff
ici
encyandmanagement,
harvesti
ngwaterforsafeindoorusei
ninnov
ati
veways,andgener
all
ymini
misi
ng
wateruseinbuil
dings.
Consider
ingthei
mpactofbuildi
ngsandthei
rsur
roundi
ngsonstormwaterand
drai
nageinfr
astr
uctur
e,ensur
ingthesear
enotputunderunduest
ressorprev
ent
ed
fr
om doingthei
rjob.
Mi
nimi
singwast
eandmaxi
misi
ngr
euse

Usingf
ewer,mor
edurablemat
eri
alsandgenerat
ingl
esswast
e,aswell
asaccounti
ng
forabui
ldi
ng’
sendofli
fest
agebydesigni
ngfordemoli
ti
onwaster
ecover
yandreuse.
Engagi
ngbui
l
dinguser
sinr
euseandr
ecy
cli
ng.
Pr
omot
ingheal
thandwel
l
bei
ng

Br
ingi
ngf
reshairinsi
de,
del
iv
er i
nggoodindoorai
rquali
tythr
oughventi
l
ati
on,
and
av
oidi
ngmater
ialsandchemical
sthatcr
eateharmfulortoxi
cemissi
ons.
I
ncorporat
ingnatural
lightandvi
ewstoensur
ebuil
dinguser
s’comfortandenj
oyment
oft
heirsurroundi
ngs,andreduci
ngl
ight
ingener
gyneedsintheprocess.
Designingf
orearsaswel l
aseyes.Acousticsandpropersoundi
nsul
ati
onpl
ay
i
mpor tantr
olesinhel
pingconcent
rat
ion,recuper
ati
on,andpeacef
ulenj
oymentofa
bui
ldingineducati
onal
,healt
handresidenti
albui
ldi
ngs.
Ensuri
ngpeoplearecomfort
ablei
nthei
rever
ydayenvir
onments,
creat
ingt
her
ight
i
ndoortemperatur
ethroughpassi
vedesi
gnorbuil
dingmanagementandmoni
tori
ng
syst
ems.
Keepi
ngourenv
ironmentgr
een

Recogni
singthatoururbanenvir
onmentshouldpreser
venatur
e,andensur
ingdi
ver
se
wil
dli
feandlandqualit
yareprotect
edorenhanced,by,f
orexample,
remedi
ati
ngand
bui
ldi
ngonpol l
utedlandorcreati
ngnewgreenspaces.
Looki
ngforwayswecanmakeourur
banar
easmor
epr
oduct
ive,
bri
ngi
ngagr
icul
tur
e
i
ntoourci
ti
es.
Cr
eat
ingr
esi
l
ientandf
lexi
blest
ruct
ures
 Adapti
ngtoourchangingcl
imate,ensuri
ngresi
l
iencetoevent
ssuchasfl
oodi
ng,
eart
hquakesorfi
ressothatourbuil
dingsst
andthetestofti
meandkeeppeopl
eand
thei
rbel
ongingssafe.
Designingfl
exibl
eanddynami
cspaces,ant
ici
patingchangesi
nt hei
ruseovert
ime,
andav oidi
ngtheneedtodemol
ish,r
ebui
ldorsignif
icant
lyr
enovatebui
ldi
ngsto
prev
entt hem becomi
ngobsol
ete.
Connect
ingcommuni
ti
esandpeopl
e

Creati
ngdi
verseenv
ironmentsthatconnectandenhancecommunit
ies,aski
ngwhata
buil
dingwi
lladdtoi
tscontexti
ntermsofposi t
iveeconomi
candsocial
effect
s,and
engagingl
ocalcommuniti
esinplanni
ng.

Ensuri
ngtr
ansportanddist
ancet
oameniti
esareconsi
der
edindesi
gn,
reduci
ngthe
i
mpactofpersonaltr
ansportont
heenvi
ronment,
andencour
agi
ngenvi
ronmental
ly
fr
iendl
yopti
onssuchaswal ki
ngorcy
cli
ng.

Explor
ingthepotenti
alofboth‘smar
t’andinformationcommunicat
ionst
echnol
ogies
tocommuni catebett
erwiththeworl
dar oundus, f
orexamplethr
oughsmart
elect
ri
cit
ygridsthatunder
standhowtot ransportenergywher
eandwhenitisneeded.
Consi
der
ingal
lst
agesofabui
l
ding'
sli
fe-
cycl
e

Seeki
ngtolowerenvi
ronmentali
mpactsandmaxi mi
sesocialandeconomi
cval
ue
overabui
ldi
ng'
swholelif
e-cycl
e(fr
om desi
gn,const
ruct
ion,oper
ati
onand
maint
enance,t
hroughtorenovat
ionandevent
ualdemoli
tion).
Ensur
ingthatembodi
edresour
ces,suchast
heener
gyorwaterusedtoproduceand
tr
ansportt
hemateri
alsi
nthebuil
dingaremi
nimi
sedsot
hatbuil
dingsar
et r
ulyl
ow
i
mpact .

Cancepti
ngr
eenbui
l
ding
1.
Locat
ion,
Locat
ion,
Locat
ion-
-
buy i
ngproper t
yf oryourself,
takenoteofacoupl eofthingsthatyoumustf oresee
beforemov i
ngi n.Fir
stly,avoi
dbuildi
ngwestf acinghome.Thi swillkeepy ourhome
coolasitmi ni
mi zessunexposur e.Secondly
,av oidbui
ldingahomei n
envir
onment all
ysensi t
ivelocati
onssuchasear thquakesorhur ri
canesorf lood-pr
one
areas.Thi
rdly,checkifpubl i
ctranspor
tat
ioniseasi l
yavailabl
eandl ocalgroceryshop
i
snott hatfaraway .Thiswi l
lhelpyouavoidtakingyourownv ehi
cleev er
yt i
meand
willr
educey ourtravelti
me.
2.
Smal
l
eri
sBet
ter
Asmal lhomebui l
twitheco-fri
endlytechniquesi
sgoingtohav easmal ler
envir
onment ali
mpactagai nstalargehome.Ahouset hati
st oolar
geisl i
kel
ytocost
mor etoheatandcool .Trytokeept heplacemanageableandcost -
effecti
ve.I
fyou
areplanningtoextendy ourfamil
yandbr inginafewrelati
ves,youneedt oputproper
resourcesandaccommodat ioninplace.

3.
Ener
gyEf
fi
cientEqui
pment

ENERGYSTARl abelonapieceofequi pmentst at

esthatapar t
icul
arproducthas
beendeemedasener gyeff
icientbytheEnvironmentalProtect
ionAgency(EPA).
ENERGYSTARi sbecomingawel l
-knownlabel,andconsumer stodaychooseenergy
starappl
iancesf ort
heirhomes.Theseappl iancesoffersigni
fi
cantcostandenergy
savingswithoutcompr omisingperformance.

4.Pr
operI
nsul
ati
on
Insul
ati
onisoneoft hemostimport
antt
hingsthatyouneedt
oconsi
derwhi
le
buil
dingagreenhome.Heat i
ngandcool
ingaccountfor50%ofy
ourhome’
senergy
consumpt i
on.Airleakssuchasaroundwindows,door
sandduct
workarer
esponsi
ble
forbuil
dingheatloss.

5.
Reduce,
Reuse,
Recy
cle
Reducey ourneedforbuyingnewproduct sthatarenotenvi
ronmentfr
iendl
y.Reuse
youroldmat er
ial
suchaswoodf l
oors,doors,windowsinyournexthome.Recy cl
ed
mat er
ial
ssuchasr ecycl
edglass,
aluminum, r
ecycledt
il
e,r
eclai
medlumber,recycl
ed
plasti
ccanbeusedi ngreenhomebui l
ding.

6.
UseSust
ainabl
eBui
l
dingMat
eri
als
Ifbuildingagr eenhomeisyourgoal,
thenusingenv ir
onmentall
yoreco-
fri
endly
product sshoul dbeonyourl
ist
,whichcanreducet heimpactofconstr
ucti
onont he
environment .Eachandeverypartofyourhouse,suchasr oofi
ngmateri
al,
buil
ding
mat erial,
cabinets,
count
ersandinsul
ationtoyourfloori
ng,shoul
dbeenv i
ronmental
l
y
fri
endl y.

Usepr oduct
ssuchasr ecl
aimedlumber,recycledplasti
c,r
ecy
cledglassornatural
productssuchasbamboo, corkandli
noleum, whi charemadeofnatural
,renewabl
e
mat er
ial
s.Evenorgani
cpaintsaidt
olimitthenegat iv
eimpactsontheenvironmentas
theyeasil
ybreakdownwi t
houtther
eleaseoft oxins.

7.
Inst
all
Sol
arPanel
s
Solarenergyisacl
eanandr enewabl
esourceofenergy.Solarpanel
sareanemer gi
ng
andhott echnol
ogyforpeoplewhowanttoutil
i
zethenaturalpowerallaroundus, t
he
sun.Solarpanelsmaybeexpensiveatfi
rst,
butthelong-t
erm savi
ngsy oucanput
i
ntoy ourpocketi
sast unni
ngexampleofthebenefi
tsofturningyourl
i
fef r
om black
togreen
8.
Ener
gySt
arWi
ndows
Energyeff
icientwindowslabeledasENERGYSTARwi ndowsar eanewpl ayerint
he
windowmar ketandar emuchmor eener
gy-eff
ici
entt
hannor mal windows.The
rati
ngsforthesewi ndowsdeterminehowenergyeffi
cienttheywill
be.Thelowerthe
rati
ng,t
hemor eenergy-
eff
ici
entareyourwindows.Theener gysavingsprovi
dedby
thesewindowsar eenought ocovertheaddedcostperwi ndow.

9.
Rai
nwat
erHar
vest
ingSy
stemsandTankl
essWat
erHeat
ers
I
nstall
arai
nwaterharvesti
ngsystem whil
ebuildi
ngy ourgreenhometocoll
ect
rai
nwaterf
rom r
oofsandt henstori
ngiti
nat ank.Thecol l
ectedwat
ercanthenbe
usedforot
herpurposes,suchastoil
etsandspr i
nkl
ersy st
ems.Rainbar
rel
sareone
ofthemostcommonmet hodsofr ai
nwaterharvest
ingbeingusedtoday.

Wit
ht ankl
esswat erheat
ers,
youneednotwai tforthewatertogetheated.Tankless
waterheat
er sheatonlyt
hatmuchwat erthatisneededasi tispassedthroughthe
el
ectri
ccoil.Thi
sgivesyoutwinbenef
its.Fir
stly,i
teli
minatesexcessenergycostsas
i
theatsuponl ythatmuchamountofwat ert
hati sneededandsecondly,youcanget
amplestorageplacebyeli
minati
ngthehotwat ertank.
10.
Wat
erConser
vingFi
xtur
es
Lowflowfaucets,t
oil
ets,showerheadsar eafewoft hewaysthaty oucanusewhi l
e
bui
ldi
ngagr eenhomet oconservewat er.Theycancutdownony ourwat erbil
lscost
andmakey ourhomemuchmor eenv i
ronmentall
yfri
endl
y.Apartfrom that,consi
der
buyi
ngwashi ngmachinesanddishwasher sthatgiv
ey ousamekindofcl eaningand
cansavewat erandenergy.

I
mpor
tanceofGr
eenBui
l
ding
Therelat
edconceptsofsustai
nabl
edev el
opmentandsust
ainabi
l
ityar
eint
egr
alt
o
greenbuil
ding.Ef
fect
ivegr
eenbuil
dingcanleadt
o

1.Reducedoper
ati
ngcost
sbyi
ncr
easi
ngpr
oduct
ivi
tyandusi
ngl
essener
gyand
water

2.I
mpr
ovedpubl
i
candoccupantheal
thduet
oimpr
ovedi
ndoorai
rqual
i
ty

3.Reducedenvi
ronment
ali
mpact
sby
,forexampl
e,
reduci
ngst
orm wat
err
unof
fand
theheati
ngeff
ect.

Pract
it
ionersofgreenbuildingoftenseektoachi
evenotonl
yecologi
calbutaest
heti
c
harmonybet weenastructureandi t
’ssurr
oundi
ngofnatur
alandbuil
tenvi
ronment.
Theappear anceandstyleofsustainabl
ehomesandbuildi
ngscanbenear l
y
i
ndist
inguishabl
efrom theirlesssustai
nabl
ecounter
par
ts.

Anincreasi
ngnumberofauthori
ti
es,
organizati
onsandinst
it
uti
onsar
eworki
ngon
rai
singconsci
ousnessabout“
GreenBuil
ding”.I
tisi
ncreasi
ngl
ygover
nedanddr
iven
bystandar
ds,
suchastheLeader
shi
pinEner
gyandEnvi
ronmental
Design(LEED)
rat
ingsyst
em i
nU.S.aswel
lasTheEner
gyandResour
ceInst
it
ute(TERI)
.

Accordingt
otheCII,India-“
Green”isregardedas‘Thev ol
unt
arypursui
tofany
acti
vi
tywhichisconcernedwi t
henergyeffi
ciency,env
ironmental
management ,
wat
er
management ,
renewabl eener
gy,andwast emanagementandr ecycli
ng.
’Green
pract
icesul
ti
matelyleadingtosustai
nabledevelopmentandequitabl
egrowth

Benef
it
sofGr
eenBui
l
ding
Fol
l
owi
ngar
ethebenef
it
sofGr
eenBui
l
ding:

Reduct
ionofnat
ural
resour
ceconsumpt
ion
Reduct
ionofoper
ati
ngcost
s
Heal
th,
comf
ortandsaf
etyf
oral
lresi
dent
s
Ener
gyopt
imi
zat
ionandr
educt
ionofener
gyconsumpt
ion
I
ncr
easedpr
oduct
ivi
tyoft
heoccupant
s
Bet
teri
ndoorai
rqual
i
ty(
IAQhasat
remendousi
mpactonhumanheal
th)
GreenBuil
dingencour
agescompani
est
obenef
itf
rom t
heGr eencorpor
atei
mageand
toleaveaveryposi
ti
veimpr
essi
ononcust
omer
s,employees,busi
nesspart
ner
sand
sharehol
ders.
Choosingagr
eenbuil
dingforahomei snotj
ustanoptionbutalif
elongcommitment
toupholdt
hevir
tuesofnat
ural,
sustai
nabl
eliv
ing.
..
aconsciousdecisi
ontoar
rest
resour
cedepl
eti
onandprotectnat
ureforourfut
uregenerat
ions.

Li
fest
yle
Economi
cal
bui
l
ding
Whileagooddesignisessent i
alt
ogr eenbuil
ding,
theact
ualoper
ati
on,
maintenance,
andulti
matedi
sposal ordeconstruct
ionofthebuil
dingal
sohavever
ysigni
fi
cant
eff
ectsonbuil
dings'
ov er
allenvi
ronmentali
mpact .

“
GreenBuil
ding”i
snotonl
yrel
atedtothesel
ect
edconstr
ucti
onmat
eri
albutal
sot
o
t
helong-
ter
mi mpactonenvi
ronmentandonpeopl
e’sheal
th.

Thechar acter
ist
icsofthemateri
alit
sel
fconst
it
utepoi
ntswhichhav
etobe
reconsideredbybuildi
ngprof
essional
swhenplanni
ngsust
ainabl
edesi
gnpr
oject
s
(GreenSpacecr i
ter
ia,Bui
l
dingGreen,I
nc)
:

Theusedmat
eri
alsshoul
dbenat
ural
andenv
ironment
al-
fr
iendl
y.
Theimpactontheenv
ironmentwi
thregardst
omanufact
uri
ng,
dist
ri
but
ion,
const
ruct
ion,
renov
ati
onanddemolit
ionisrel
ati
vel
ysmal
l.
 Minimum quant
it
yofchemi
cal
snecessar
ytopr
epar
ethemat
eri
alf
orconst
ruct
ioni
s
used.
Themat
eri
alcanber
ecy
cled.
Concl
usi
on
Greenbui
ldingi
sconducivetor
educeenergyconsumption,sav
ingl
andr
esour
cesand
wat
eruse,canreducetheconstr
uct
ionofsoi
landwaterpoll
utionandai
rpol
l
uti
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