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Green Building As Innovation In Nigeria Construction Industry
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
"It is not easy being green" - Kermit
the Frog, (1972). There is no single definition of what constitutes a
green building, but it can be loosely defined as one in which all the
materials and systems are designed with an emphasis on their integration
into a whole, for the purpose of minimizing their impacts on the
occupant and their environment. This includes such issues as building
siting, materials selection, energy efficiency, water conservation,
construction waste management, indoor air quality and others.
The
green refers to a method of design and construction that minimizes
burden on our natural resources and the environment. A building which
adopts the best practices of environmental technology, for optimizing
the use of natural resources for providing the clean and cost effective
working ambience. Green building concept has the following attributes:-
1. Eco-friendly structure and environment.
2. Utilizing minimum natural resources and preserving them for future generation.
3. Sustainability i.e. having internal means of generating
resources as far as possible.
4. Conservation of energy by means of smart device.
5. Using recyclable materials.
6. User-friendly environment, work practices and discipline.
7. Create a quality building that is commercially viable.
As
an innovation in the Nigeria construction industry there should be a
holistic approach to the design and construction of buildings. All the
resources that go into the building be the materials, fuels or the
contribution of the users need to be considered if sustenance
architecture is to be produced.
Producing green buildings involves
resolving many conflicting issues and requirement. Each design decision
has environmental implications. A green building places high priority on
health, environmental and resource conservation performance over its
life cycle. These new priorities expand and complement the classical
building concerns.
Most green buildings are of high-quality
buildings, they last longer, cost less to operate and maintain, and
provide greater occupant satisfaction than standard development.
Sophisticated buyers and lessors prefer them and often prefer to pay a
premium for their advantages. What surprises many people unfamiliar with
this design movement is that good green building often cost little or
no more to build than conventional designs. Commitment to better
performance, close teamwork throughout the design process or stages,
openness to new approaches and information on how these are best applied
are more important than a large construction budget.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The
fundamental purposes of green building as innovation in Nigeria
construction industry is to have the ability to adapt, respond and to
take advantage of opportunities offered by natural ventilation,
lightening, heating, and cooling resulting to savings by cutting down in
its imported energy requirement. However, green building utilizing
sophisticated monitoring technology and are able to alert occupiers to
imminent faults thus saving the more costly maintenance at a latter day.
By providing an environment that is capable of adapting to individual
or collective requirements, green building can produce a comfortable
atmosphere and help to raise the productivity of the people who live and
work within it.
A green building should be robust in its design
allowing it to respond to a personal or organization changing
requirement mood and taste. It is on this background that the benefit of
green building should be measured in terms of its environmental,
economic, and social impacts.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Green building as innovation in Nigeria building industry is experiencing a technological growth similar in scale to that of the entire industrial revolution. This shows the level reached so far by construction industry to the effect of progress. Construction materials and processes are changing in response to divers environmental concerns, globalization, increased competition, advance in information technology, computer aided design and so on.This project work will discuss few of the exciting p ... Continue reading---
