Sustainable Construction at No Extra Cost

The Paper is about the Sustainable Construction which doesn’t cost anything extra infact it has overall saving and less costlier with many Eco-friendly Benefits. The Paper revolve about the Cost associated with the Sustainable Construction and comparison with the Conventional Construction. As the Cement and Supplementary Material plays the vital role in the Green Construction the paper represents the future ahead. As Buildings are among the greatest consumers of energy and have major environmental impacts over their entire life cycle this paper mainly emphasis on the Building Construction. Building account for 40 Percent of the World’s energy use and 48 percent of Green House Gas (GHG) emission contributing to global climate change. The Paper refer to all building material used for building construction with respect to cost and availability of the material. The Paper is trying to bring awareness with respect to costing and remove the perception that the sustainable construction comes with higher cost which is absolutely incorrect. The need of hour is the basic knowledge about the Sustainable Construction and baseline cost working. The awareness on using of available materials and technology plays an important role in increasing or decreasing the cost of green building. The Sustainable Construction and cost associated with it, is a wide subject hence through this paper we have tried to highlight Construction Material Cost which cost around 60-70% of the total Project Cost. The certification of Sustainable Construction is also very easy. If proper planning is done during the design/concept stage each and every building can be Certified Green Building and Sustainable building.
Manoj Didwania (BE, MBA, CIPM, IGBC-AP, CIPP), Adani Group

Sustainable Construction

Introduction

India’s construction industry, one of the largest contributors to the economy, is also contributing to the degradation of the environment. Buildings alone are responsible for at least 40 percent of energy use in most countries. The absolute figure is rising fast, as construction booms, especially in countries such as China, India and the southern Mediterranean countries. The household sector is the single-largest consumer of energy in India, accounting for 40-50 percent of the total energy consumption. In rural areas, the residential (domestic sector) accounts for nearly 80 percent of the consumption of energy. The resulting carbon emissions are substantially more than those in the transportation sector.

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