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chockalingam Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 1:42 am Post subject: Green Building
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How to design a particular building as a green building? In general, we have to consider thermal
performance, daylighting, water conservation, waste management, ventilation and electrical systems etc.,
Joined: 17 Jul 2014
In view of structural design anything we have to do? In which software we will analyse the green
Posts: 1
building. Please clarify the same, sir. It is very useful for us. Kindly do the needful. Thank you, sir.

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spsvasan Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: Green Building
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Dear Er.Chokalingam

Joined: 18 Dec 2008

"Reduce reuse and recycle" is one of the basic tenets of Green construction.
Posts: 262

If I were to incorporate greenness in my structural design, I will try to optimise the utilisation of
materials.

I will prefer pozzolana cement to OPC. Slag cement is probably better than flyash cement

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I will try to use materials with recycled content in steel and other materials.

I will try to use suitable construction debris for plain concrete

Since transportation involves unsustainable use of fossil fuels, I will specify materials from nearby
sources.

Use of good quality M sand is preferable to the use of river sand.

Architects and electrical engineers have much larger scope in ensuring a green building

Other SEFIANS will no doubt add to the above list

S.P.Srinivasan

chockalingam wrote:
How to design a particular building as a green building? In general, we have to consider thermal
performance, daylighting, water conservation, waste management, ventilation and electrical systems
etc., In view of structural design anything we have to do? In which software we will analyse the green
building. Please clarify the same, sir. It is very useful for us. Kindly do the needful. Thank you, sir.

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The immortal bridge

No one really knows how these enormous rocks fell in this unusual
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