Dissertation Synopsis

September 29

DISSERTATION SYNOPSIS

GREEN BUILDINGS : FEASIBILITY IN KERALA

JITHU MATHEWS # 16 S9 B.ARCH

GUIDE: Ar. SHEEJA KP

INTRODUCTION " Behold, my brothers, the spring has come. The earth s received the embraces of the sun and we shall soon see the results of  that love! Every   seed is awakened and so has all animal life. It is through this mysterious  power that we too have our being and we therefore yield  to our neighbors, even our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this land. My love of our native soil is wholly mystical."  - Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotaka), Hunkpapa Sioux (18311890)

We stand on planet which is losing its natural ultra violet radiation blanket -the ozonosphere. We stand on a planet where carbon which was slowly locked in the earth over millions of years is released into the atmosphere as C02 at a rate unprecedented. We Hand on a planet with erratic and capricious weather because of the explosive fossil fuel dissipation into the systems which in turn has resulted in more storms and intense precipitation. We stand on a planet where large parcels of coastal land that we see today including major cities, could go under water in a relatively shorter time. And if we continue to stand ignoring these serious

signals, then it is only a matter of time that this planet would not be there for us to stand on. Our conventional design and construction methods produce buildings that have all negative impact on the environment as well as occupant health and productivity, building construction consumes approximately 25% of the virgin wood and 40% of the raw stone, gravel and sand used, 17% of the fresh water withdrawals, 54% of energy used and 50% of fossil fuels consumed on this planet In recent years, an increasing amount of attentions has been given to minimizing these adverse environmental impacts in building projects, often Called "green building" Us architects and builders we have a great responsibility in ensuring that green principles be actually being applied rather than just being paid lip service as the construction industry accounts for most of  the environmental impacts. Moreover with the recent failure of the global political domain, to bring all the nations under one roof and a few of them with laws and mutual agreements unto green concepts, the burden of  responsibility

The present situation in Kerala is also the same way that it is in need of new concepts like green buildings. And to the applicability of these concepts in Kerala, where the tradition of  buildings was always a climatic responsive and environmentally friendly .it is really shameful that such green thoughts which on the way of improvised technology are not brought into practice And yet at this precarious threshold, it is indeed a pity that green buildings and green concepts are still matter of speculation and much debate in today's learned world, it is indeed high time that we break free from our nonchalance and take up green concepts and its implementation on a war footing to compensate the colossal damage already inflicted.

AIM

To study the relevance of green architecture in traditional buildings of Kerala OBJECTIVES •

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Detailed study on green architecture and its different parameters Study on kerala architecture and comparing its parameters with those of green buildings To formalize green building technologies and standards that can be incorporated in the present situation for propagating principles of green buildings

SCOPES & LIMITATIONS

Our present design and construction methods produce buildings that have a negative impact on the environment as well as occupant health and productivity. These buildings are expensive to operate and contribute to excessive resource consumption, waste generation, and pollution. An increasing amount of attention has been given to minimizing these adverse environmental impacts in building projects as green buildings.As green architecture is a vast topic the study is limited to Kerala context. METHODOLOGY Understanding Green architecture in general based on data collection , literature review and live casestudies.

Understanding the efficiency of these buildings and comparing it with traditional kerala architecture Comparing the efficiency of these architecture and the relationship between them Formulating green building principles to be practiced in Kerala