Design of New Green Building Using Indian Green Building Council Rating System

The concept of commercial green building is to minimize the wastages at all construction stages, including operation and maintenance. It requires to evaluate the building for a minimal additional cost of construction in comparison to the base case of typical building and reduction in lifetime use maintenance cost of a building. Thus, it is to ensure return on investment, not beyond the maximum of five years based on the lifecycle of a commercial building. The green building has a perspective in terms of planning and design to negate the overall impact due to construction on the universal environment and its corresponding effects on human health and wellbeing. Skillful use of water, energy, and other resources for sustainability and thereby reduce the impact on the environment, protect the health of occupants and thereby increase their productivity. The green features supplemented and considered are a minimal disturbance to landscape, site conditions available, also the effective use of recycled and recyclable environment-friendly building materials. Avoiding the use of toxic materials, like lead in interior paints, finishes and freon gas in air conditioning system, skillful use of portable water, and novel methods of recycling the used water. Effective and efficient use of energy by the use of low consumption energy efficient fittings and equipment. The use of renewable energy for augmentation of energy requirements. Efficient planning and design of quality of indoor air quality for the comfort of occupants. Increasing the overall efficiency of the building by the use of automation and building information management systems. This case study includes the overall practical evaluation of a proposed office building for the requirements as per intent. A programmed spreadsheet is prepared to comply with the intents as per the requirement of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) [1].