Green Building

Design of a Green Building

Everybody wants to have a house of their own to lead a comfortable life. It is normally one’s cherished dream – a beautiful dream house. Different options are available in this connection – purchase an exiting house and modify and renovate it; have a new ready made flat; construct a new one according to own wish and layout. But before going for the final selection, one has to do some market survey with regard to the location and plan of the house that suits one’s budget.

In this connection it will be interesting to know about a particular incident. Baby purchased a plot and constructed a house. The house warming ceremony was celebrated in a grand scale. He had invited all his relatives and friends on the occasion. After a couple of months, monsoon started. That day there was a heavy down pour. As usual in the evening, both Mrs and Mr Baby returned from office together. When they reached their home, to their utter dismay, they found that they were not in a position to enter their home, as the area was flooded, and water had entered their home. They were compelled to shift to their friend’s home for a couple of days as their house was not habitable. Shortly afterwards, they disposed that house and purchased another house in a different locality.

What was the problem there? Baby got the plan of the house made from an architect; engaged a contractor and constructed the house according to the plan. But unfortunately neither the architect, builder or Baby enquired about the conditions of the locality of the house. Actually that area was susceptible for floods during heavy rains.

Lesson learnt - Before constructing a new house, it is very essential to enquire about the site conditions from the persons in and around that place and also observe the seasonal variations for at least one year

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