Green Dream
A Green Building is Sustainable , Eco-friendly, resource efficent and also reduce pollution.
".... Construction Industry is changing as ,eco-frindly material is Replacing .. "
Over the years there has been significant increase in the standard of living of people around the globe due to rapid industrialization and urbanization. However, these rapid developments have also resulted in exploitation and overuse of natural resources, which are now hitting us back in the form of global warming, natural calamities etc. Time has drag us in such a critical phase that we are unable to rectify the drawbacks and have been compelled to acknowledge the fact that we need to redesign our thoughts and should impart our-self for the new innovative and ecofriendly environment. Of late construction industry is also undergoing a lot of change and eco-friendly materials are slowly replacing the conventional construction materials in an attempt to protecting the environment and human health. This change in attitude has mainly come through because of overuse and abuse of different components of environment which has resulted in global warming, heat island effect and other hazardous effect causing negative impact on the current trend is also widely understood as Green Building concept. Now, developing countries also should embrace this kind of technology for revolution in construction and environmental protection.
Many countries are focusing their construction deeds with green technology approach however due to lack of awareness and misconception about the green building, the use green building technology has remained mainly within the domain of developed countries and has not been very widely received in the developing world. It is imperative that the concept is spread in developing countries too because in these the rate of development is currently going on at a fast rate. To make this happen people of developing countries need to be made aware about this approach and Governments in developing countries also should take the lead in educating the masses, and should make basic grounds rules so people can start embracing the technology. It is important that government defines rules and protocols for certification/registration of buildings at a basic level. Some of these basic levels could be as simple as Sustainable site development, Water saving, Energy efficiency, use of locally available material, Indoor Environmental quality and eco-friendly designs, etc
The word is slowly getting spread that we need to protect the environment so the quality of life for us and future generations does not deteriorate. To protect our Environment, the concept of Green Building has come in to picture which helps to reduce the pollution that is being produced from industries, automobiles, houses, pesticides, etc. However, lack of awareness on this technology, coupled with improper city planning, and complacency to provide support at the level of Government and local bodies has challenged for astute implementation of green technology. A Green Building is a sustainable building which is environmentally eco-friendly and resource efficient. Developed countries like USA, UK kick started to make people aware about this technology and provide aid for implementation through organizations like USGBC (United State Green Building Council), LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) and NAHB (National Authority of High Rise Buildings). In India, too, the task has been taken up through IGBC (Indian Green Building Council). The main aim of the Council is to reduce the pollution that emanates from houses and industries and seek for alternative renewable resources of energy for efficient use of building materials. In the research the process of point system for award of IGBC credits has been studied in detail and it was observed that the system is too complex for adoption for low and middle income group of houses in developing country environments like India and Nepal. Thus there is a need to review and suggest an encouraging system of categorizing the houses as Green Houses in developing country environment. In the same way Nepal also should approach with this technology by implementing a governing council which can perform research on basis of different factors like area, type of design, materials used, to be included to come up with new plans and assignments of credits in a way that they can be achieved relatively easily. Also components like landscape, parking facilities, energy performance, grey water management, management of irrigation systems, credits have also to be factored in so that certification as green building is made easy for new and existing low and middle income groups/class of houses to promote sustainable development in the near future. So world is rushing in the field of Green technology and in the process Nepal should not lack behind. Our government, Research scholar and researcher should collaborate and come up with the feasibility in such a way that green technology can be made effective in our country and people can embrace it without difficulty
The Article is published in My Republica, Op-Ed Section, National paper of Nepal
