Social Aspect of Sustainability

The construction industry is progressing at a lightning fast speed and so is the demand for materials as well as the quantum of waste generation. The consumption of materials has increased to six times, from 1.18 billion tonnes in 1970 to 7 billion tonnes in 2015. The use of energy intensive construction materials inadvertently cause over-exploitation of resources; environmental pressure due to the vast scale of extraction, processing, transport affecting the end use energy consumption and environmental quality. The use of natural resources also impacts the trade and market prices of raw materials and goods perturbing the productivity and competitiveness of the economy. There is advancement in the sustainable materials market and construction practices along with usage of waste as construction material but is not able to keep up with the growing demand in the construction industry
The present government is strengthening the MSMEs by announcing lucrative loan schemes of up to 1 crore rupees to allow ease of access to resources.

This session intents to bring forth experts associated with the construction industry to deliberate on the building materials circularity, technological innovations and policy interventions required to mainstream the low impact materials in the construction industry to achieve resource recovery and create a closed loop.