What is Eco-friendly Construction in Real Estate?
Published on: 22 Jun 2024
Have you ever dreamed of living in an eco-friendly home? If yes, you’re not alone. With eco-friendly constructions becoming a new trend in the real estate industry, many home-seekers and developers are focusing their efforts on creating environmentally friendly spaces. As the demand for residences, flats, retail malls, and commercial buildings is increasing, major cities like Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, are witnessing a slew of projects that are being built for the environmentally conscious. How is this trend picking up? Let’s read more.
The IGBC Gives Sustainable Homes the Green Light
Environmentally friendly homes are constructed to reduce waste, pollution, and adverse effects on our surroundings. Similarly, residences made with environmentally friendly materials minimise carbon footprints while lowering maintenance and utility costs. The benefits of owning such homes far exceed the cons. With the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) recently establishing a green home grading system, Indians are also opening their minds and pockets to this sustainable way of living.
Architects and builders have begun to include green components such as water harvesting and waste management into their designs and promote environmentally friendly building materials while reinstating methods powered by solar energy.
So the next time you go house hunting, make sure you look for that “green” element in your surroundings and within your home too.
Shortlisting an “Eco-Friendly” Structure
A green or eco-friendly home is well-designed and requires little care. Actual eco-friendly homes are built with recycled or non-fossil fuel resources and from materials that do not deforest the environment. So, before purchasing or investing in an eco-friendly home or apartment.
Here are a few factors to consider:
Smart Use of Geography: The materials used to construct green homes or buildings vary by geography, climate, and other factors. You should check to see if the materials used are available in the area where the house was built. If the materials utilised are close to the residence, it signifies that the harmful consequences of transportation to nature were minimised.
Energy Conservation: Solar lights and other alternative sources are used in eco-friendly homes or flats in energy-efficient buildings to cut power usage. When purchasing an eco-friendly home or apartment, check to see if the builder or developer considered energy usage and employed cutting-edge technologies to lower or eliminate your electricity cost. Make sure that any appliances you use or install are Energy Star certified. Energy-efficient appliances use less energy and help you save money on your utility costs.
Cooling and Heating with Nature: Absorption cooling & heating systems that are not driven by electricity but with solar power, geothermal power or natural gas are efficient ways to consume energy. Few other housing solutions you can adopt are lime and mud mortar instead of cement. When these materials are used in combination, they give a structure room to breathe.
Waste management and conservation of water: Green elements like water harvesting and waste management are being used by architects and builders in several projects in the city & in India. Eco-friendly buildings or dwellings produce less trash, and wastewater is recycled or treated for flushing and watering gardens. In residential complexes, the sewage plant or mini-sewage plant efficiently manages waste.
You should definitely consider "going green" with eco-friendly homes if you are acquiring or building your new home. And to look for a project that is genuinely "green" is to advocate for the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. With the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) now implementing a green home rating system, it won't be long before India adopts this new sustainable way of living and becomes home to the largest growing number of green initiatives.
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