UNIT-I
Introduction to Green Buildings: Definition of green buildings and sustainable development, typical
features of green buildings, benefits of green buildings towards sustainable development. Green building
rating systems – GRIHA, IGBC and LEED, overview of the criteria as per these rating systems.
UNIT- II
Site selection and planning: Criteria for site selection, preservation of landscape, soil erosion control,
minimizing urban heat island effect, maximize comfort by proper orientation of building facades, day
lighting, ventilation, etc.
Water conservation and efficiency: Rainwater harvesting methods for roof & non-roof, reducing landscape
water demand by proper irrigation systems, water efficient plumbing systems, water metering, waste water
treatment, recycle and reuse systems.
UNIT-III
Energy Efficiency: Environmental impact of building constructions, Concepts of embodied energy,
operational energy and life cycle energy. Methods to reduce operational energy: Energy efficient building
envelopes, efficient lighting technologies, energy efficient appliances for heating and air-conditioning
systems in buildings, zero ozone depleting potential (ODP) materials, wind and solar energy harvesting,
energy metering and monitoring, concept of net zero buildings.
UNIT-IV
Building materials: Methods to reduce embodied energy in building materials: (a) Use of local building
materials (b) Use of natural and renewable materials like bamboo, timber, rammed earth, stabilized mud
blocks, (c) use of materials with recycled content such as blended cements, pozzolana cements, fly ash
bricks, vitrified tiles, materials from agro and industrial waste. (d) reuse of waste and salvaged materials
Waste Management: Handling of construction waste materials, separation of household waste, on-site and
off-site organic waste management
UNIT-V
Indoor Environmental Quality for Occupant Comfort and Wellbeing: Daylighting, air ventilation,
exhaust systems, low VOC paints, materials & adhesives, building acoustics. Codes related to green
buildings: NBC, ECBC, ASHRAE, UPC etc.
Suggested Readings:
1. IGBC Green Homes Rating System, Version 2.0., Abridged reference guide, 2013, Indian Green
Building Council Publishers.
2. GRIHA version 2015, GRIHA rating system, Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment.
3. Alternative building materials and technologies by K.S. Jagadish, B.V. Venkatarama Reddy and
K.S. Nanjunda Rao.
4. Non-Conventional Energy Resources by G. D. Rai, Khanna Publishers.
5. Sustainable Building Design Manual, Vol.1 and 2, TERI, New Delhi 2004.
6. Mike Montoya, Green Building Fundamentals, Pearson, USA, 2010.
7. Charles J. Kibert, Sustainable Construction – Green Building Design and Delivery, John Wiley &
Sons, New York, 2008.
8. Regina Leffers, Sustainable Construction and Design, Pearson / Prentice Hall, USA, 2009.