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A section of
DOCPOST which is an
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GREEN BUILDINGS
How
green is my building?
Buildings
guzzle a large part of the energy pie and also emit substantial
greenhouse gases. Technology is addressing how to turn them green
Hotels,
especially the starred varieties, are big guzzlers of energy and
water, perhaps the biggest. Each room consumes on an average 110
units per occupant per day and 150 litres of water! At present, in
the country, there are about 10,000 rooms in the four and five star
hotels. This number is poised to double by the Commonwealth games in
2010.
by
Jayalakshmi K, The Deccan Herald, 01/01/2008
Building
in tune with the environment
India
is witnessing tremendous growth in the real estate sector and this
poses a major challenge to sustainable development. The concept of
livable cities ultimately narrows down to green buildings. A building
can be called green if it has the ability to reduce the adverse
impact on human health and the environment through better design,
construction, operation and maintenance.
by Dr. R.
S. Saini,
The
Hindustan Times, 12/01/2008
A
Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out
Oakland, Calif.-Although he will
not be moving from the dilapidated homeless shelter here for another
week, Paul McClendon, 55, has his oversized baby-blue garbage bags
packed. Sitting on his bed in a winter jacket, he talked Thursday about
the new, so-called green shelter with the central heating that he will
be moving into.
by
Carol Pogash, he New York Times, 28/01/2008
