| | AUGUST 20245Green Building: The Resource-efficient Buildings Reducing Negative Impact on NatureEditorialBuildings account for about 40 percent of our nation's energy use and consume 75 percent of our nation's electricity. The building sector accounts for more than one-third of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, a percentage that could substantially increase over the years ahead without additional intervention. Buildings and the supply chain are supportive systems responsible for an enormous share of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions, known as greenhouse gases, and energy, water, and materials consumption. The global building sector also represents an opportunity for significant, cost-effective improvements in these areas, making it a broad and robust focus of research and development efforts. Understanding the nature and extent of inefficiencies and negative impacts in the built environment helps to develop new approaches and technologies that can improve all aspects of a building's performance. On a global scale, Green buildings are a boon in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving increasingly stretched energy resources, and contributing to improved human health. The important areas of green buildings include the efficient use of energy and water, the quality of the indoor environment, and impacts on the natural environment.Green buildings incorporate environmentally friendly measures and are resource-efficient across the building lifecycle. The concept aims to comprehensively minimize the negative impact and maximize the positive impact a building has on its natural environment and human occupants.As a holistic approach to their planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance, green buildings successfully maximize the natural efficiencies of a building site and integrate them with renewable and low-carbon technologies to support the building's energy needs and create a healthy built environment.Therefore, it is necessary to deliver on targeted commitments to optimize the energy performance of laboratory spaces and construct all new campus buildings according to the Guiding Principles. It intends to achieve net-zero emissions and an energy-resilient campus.Heena KousarManaging Editoreditor@homesindiamagazine.com
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