Green Architects – People Who Make All the Difference to Keep it Natural!

Green architecture is on the rise these days. To protect our environment and Mother Nature, it becomes an imperative step for each of us to take care of the place we are living in. To help save our environment, green architecture has proved to be a great success.  The green architecture is one of the most effective ways of minimising any negative and harmful effects on human and his environment. By choosing eco-friendly materials to build a home, the green architects make sure to protect air, water, earth and other elements of nature and bring in the positive energy to revive our health and life.

Common characteristics of green architecture

·         Designing ventilation systems that will provide effective cooling and heating

·         Using lighting as well as appliances that are energy efficient

·         Installing plumbing fixtures that reduces wastage of water considerably.

·         They plan the landscaping in such a way that maximizes the passive solar energy for the building

·         Doing least harm or change in the natural surrounding and habitat

·         Using solar panels and wind mills to generate alternate energy

·         Making use of non toxic and non synthetic material for the home

·         Utilizing locally obtained stones and woods

·         Using responsibly harvested woods for the building

·         Turning old building for adaptive reuse

·         Employing recycled architectural retrievals

·         Using the space very effectively and efficiently

Effective natural ventilation, heating and cooling

One of the best things about the green buildings is its use of natural resources without destroying your natural habitat. So, even if you live in a building, you get to enjoy the natural atmosphere even within your home. The green buildings use a variety of passive architectural plans that involves the size of the windows in a room as well as the positioning of the rooms to get the most of best natural ventilation system. The plans also involve complex planning like the ratio between the width of the street and the height of the building in order to make use of the natural wind and solar energy for heating and cooling. For the architects it is also important to make the whole thing cost effective for the users too.

The basic concept of the architects for green buildings was developed during the 1960s and 70s when environmental pollution and crisis for natural resources hit greatly. This was a positive effort on the architects’ part who developed houses that would not destroy environment and minimize destruction of the environment as well. The main goal is to make more eco friendly houses and buildings that will help protect the nature and human consistently.