The fantastic pace of real estate development all over the world, and particularly young, developing countries, is imposing huge pressure on the nature and its resources. This modern development comes with many disadvantages in the field of energy availability and environmental sustainability.
Realty field is one of the main contributors to global warming because of the high pollution at the time of construction stage over and above giving out greenhouse gases during the lifecycle of the resultant buildings. According to a survey, buildings consume averagely 20% of the total energy available in a country, and this need is growing day after day.
Rising worry about the ecological crash by realty development has required the formulation of sustainable solutions. This has initiated the beginning of a great idea 'green homes’. It is all about using resources sustainably and dealing the requirements of the present without negotiating the gift of next generations to meet their own requirements.
Green housing developments are an integrated step in the direction of reducing the bad effects of construction and its operation on the environment and encouraging improved living for inhabitants. It has been extensively recognized that existing in usual residential developments has been effective against inhabitants, both in terms of living standards and the costs of high power utilization.
The course that manages green homes is reducing the use of resources which are short in supply like water, energy and raw material used during construction and living. The plan is to add in features that take advantage of natural resources such as sun light and water at the same time reducing high temperature and improving the inner ambience of the homes. This concept not only increases quality of life but also cut the cost of living, as these buildings involve considerably lower utilization of natural resources.
Constraints to faster growth
The primary and leading constraint for the propagation of green buildings in our country is the lack of information and wrong opinions. It is normally supposed that green development cost extra and take a long time to pay back. This kind of opinion causes poorer demand levels from the bigger purchaser base. If truth be told, the extra cost aspect is speedily falling as increasingly more real estate builder enter the 'green homes' field, since there is bigger competition.
On the other side many builders are frightened from employing this concept in their developments for the reason that green building may increased the cost of construction. They may also find it difficult to get the required equipments & technology, source green buildings materials and find completely experienced designers and contractors in our country. On the other hand, builders are aware that this idea is easily spread the picture of more and more investors in India. Unluckily, this has resulted in numerous developments which project themselves as ‘green’ without holding all the compulsory factors or having acquired the necessary documentation.
Know what to look for
The complete advantages of green buildings depend on the amount to which sustainable elements are integrated during the early planning. In a number of cases, such elements can also be included after the development is ready to move in.
Because of the growing interest in this idea by investors & home seekers, many builders have begun launching projects with the eco friendly features. Even as many of these developments are definitely licensed by competent authorities, others are just stick the label of Green Homes without following it.
Checklist for green home buyers:
- Waste disposable features
- Covered car parking
- Adequate open spaces and green areas
- Sufficient daylight and ventilation in every room
- Rain water harvesting and water recycling plant
- Solar lighting in common areas
