Making Urban India Sustainable Through Green Buildings

Buildings offer a huge opportunity to minimize energy consumption by merely changing the manner in which they are planned, constructed and operated.
Jit Kumar Gupta, Retired Urban Planner, Advisor Town Planning, Punjab Urban Development Authority.

Buildings remain central to all human living because 80% of human lifespan is spent within the four walls of a building envelop. Modulating quality of life, buildings make human beings healthy or sick. Considering the large amount of energy and resources consumed, buildings are also considered as major polluters of the environment and generators of large carbon footprints. Accordingly, buildings remain responsible for climate change, global warming, and modulators of sustainability. Making buildings sustainable is essential for preserving, protecting, and making value additions to resources, environment, and the ecology.

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