What green homes are made of
The tremendous rate of real estate development across the globe, and especially young, emerging nations, is imposing immense pressure on the environment and its natural resources. With such a rapid development, there is a lot at stake when we look at important factors such as energy availability and environmental sustainability.Green housing is an integrated approach towards minimizing the adverse effects of construction and its operation on the environment and promoting healthier living for people. The idea is to incorporate features that make the most of natural resources such as light and water while reducing heat gain and improving the quality of indoor air.
To ensure that a genuinely green residential project is not mistaken for one of the many wannabes, it is important for their developer to obtain accreditation from the green rating systems followed in India. GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is one such system which verifies all that a building has adhered to all the prescribed parameters, and that the materials and processes have been used at every stage of construction.