| | MARCH 20228VANTAGE POINTGREEN TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTIONBy Vineet Kashyap, Managing Director, B.L. Kashyap & Sons G reen building technology has become one of the hottest trends in construction. Green technology makes buildings more energy-efficient and sustain-able, so they have a lower carbon footprint and a reduced impact on the environment. With Governments, business-es and civil societies fighting to save the ecology through a slew of stringent and strong policy interventions, green construction is here to stay. Green technology makes use of industrial waste gyp-sum, does not need any plastering, uses less cement, sand, steel and water than conventional building materials. It provides reduced built-up areas that help buildings achieve more efficiency compared to conventional buildings. Ver-satility in construction methods and the speed of construc-tion is relatively faster and lightness of structures bring safety against earthquake forces. Green technology in construction brings in a lot of advantages for the builders, building owners, and tenants who now realize the impact of green technology. Building owners benefit from hav-ing lower ongoing costs of operations, improved rates of tenant retention and higher building values and the mar-ket benefits of being a `green' business. Some of the lead-ing players have already incorporated green technology in construction voluntarily even before the government announced policies.Green buildings are designed to reduce the overall im-pact of the built environment (Siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction) on human health and the natural environment by efficient-ly using energy, water, and other resources, protecting oc-cupant health and improving employee productivity and reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation. The efforts towards sustainable development involve the optimal use of natural resources, reduction and recycling of waste material, water purification, air purification, sew-age treatment, environmental remediation, energy conser-
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