Economic Evaluation and Comparison

between Green Building and

Conventional Building
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Economy is the major factor in any type of construction work,

especially for residential houses and more specifically when they
are situated in the megacity in a Developing country likeIndia.
• There is a need of concentrating on a Green Home, which is one of
the most important and one of the most discussed topics
throughout the globe, in the age of global warming and climate
change worldwide.
• In this situation, some middle way is necessary to be found out, to
encourage the Green Construction.
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Aim:
The aim of the project is to “Find out a simple and economical
way of constructing a Green Home which a common man from a
middle class or an upper middle class family can easilyafford.”
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Objective:
The objectives of the project are:

i. To compare the cost of construction of a home as

a Green Home & a Conventional Home.
i. To find out energy and water savings in a Green
iii. Home over the Conventional home.
• To find out percentage increase while
iv. To findconstructing
out the middle
a Green way
Hometoinstead
encourage
of a the Green
Construction.
Conventional Home.
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Need of The Project:

The reasons why this project is important are listed below:
i. It is general belief that a Green Home will cost much more
than a Conventional Home, but some middle way is required
to be found out by analyzing the real situations & conditions
in the market.
ii. In these days, when everyone is talking about the Green
construction, there is need of a way by which a common can
afford a Green Home.
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Scope of TheProject:
The Scope of the project is listed below:
i. This typical case selected in the project would be useful while
considering cases for residential sites.
ii. This project will be identical for the persons who are
associated with this type of work, to construct a Green Home
rather constructing a Conventional House, bearing some extra
initial costs which will be paid back in some years after
starting the use.
iii. This will be beneficial for the people who are really conscious
about the environmental impact of the buildings and believe
in energy conservation.
 INTRODUCTIONTO PROJECT

• Methodology:
The figure below represents the Methodology in Chartformat:
 INTRODUCTIONTO GREENBUILDING

• Definition:
“A green building is one which uses less water, optimises
energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste
and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a
conventional building.”

• Elements of Green Building:

There are 4 elements of Green Building. That shows the main
points required to be considered while designing anybuilding.
• Smart Design
• Energy Efficiency
• Eco Materials
• Water Conservation
CASESTUDIES ON GREENBUILDINGS

• Implementations From the CaseStudies:

• The following is the list of the items in which the
appropriate changes as per the project criteria are
made, in the desire of economic Green Home:
– Windows
– Lighting Fixtures
– Plumbing Fixtures
– Flooring
– Doors
– Paints
– Bricks
– Cement
– Installation of Rain Water Harvesting System (in
addition, not to be changed)
 ESTIMATE OF THE MATERIAL
QUANTITIES
• A bungalow is selected as a site of our project.
• The detailed drawings are used for the estimation of thequantities.
 MATERIALS REPLACED IN GREEN
BUILDING
• The table bellow shows the materials used in Conventional & Green
Home respectively for different items:

Sr. Item Conventional Material Green Material

No.
1 Windows and Openings Aluminium Panelled Insulated Glass (IG
Plain Glasses Units)
2 Lighting Fixtures Tube Lights & CFLs Low Watt LEDTube
Lights & Bulbs
3 Plumbing Fixtures Conventional Fixtures Special Green
Fixtures
4 Flooring Vitrified & GlazedTiles PVCFlooring, Glazed
and China Mosaic Tiles and China
Mosaic
5 Doors Pine Wood Engineering Wood
MATERIALS REPLACED IN GREEN
BUILDING`
• Cont..........
Sr. Item Conventional Material Green Material
No.
6 Paints Plastic VOC Plastic Non VOC
7 Bricks Clay Bricks Flyash Bricks
8 Cement OPC PPC
9 Installation of Rain Not Provided Provided
Water Harvesting System
 GREENMATERIALS

IG Units:
• Nearly 15-20% of all home energy
is lost via windows and doors,
having energy efficient windows in
your home should be apriority.
• For that, the best suitable option is
to use Low-E glasses.
• The main aim of DG Glasses is to
prevent heat on the side of glass
where it originates.
 GREENMATERIALS

LEDFixtures:
• In green buildings, the only type of the lighting fixtures used is LED
(Light Emitting Diode) Fixtures.
• This type of lighting fixtures are somewhat costly, approximately 4
times higher prise than the normal ones.
• These are solid lights which are extremely
energy-efficient.
• A significant feature of LEDsis that the
light is directional, as opposed to
conventional bulbs which spreadthe
light more spherically.
• Different types of LEDfixtures are Shown in the table 5.3 of report.
 GREENMATERIALS

Plumbing:
• In the Green Plumbing the Plumbing Fixtures discharge ranges from
5 l.p.m to 15l.p.m.

• Green Plumbing includes the Fixtures asbelow:

– Faucets discharge ranges between 5 l.p.m to 8 l.p.m.
– Showers discharge ranges between 10 l.p.m to
15 l.p.m.
– Water Closet (W.C.) discharge ranges between 7 l.p.m
to 12 l.p.m.
 GREENMATERIALS

PVCflooring:
• PVCvinyl flooring is a type of syntheticflooring.
• Floors such as wood and marble are made from natural materials,
but PVC vinyl flooring is made from a synthetic plastic called
polyvinyl chloride.
• It is easy to install.
• PVC vinyl flooring is affordable, water resistant and very durable.
Due to its synthetic nature, PVC vinyl flooring is also more
customizable than natural flooring.
• To keep PVC vinyl flooring in optimal condition, regularly vacuum
and polish the floor. Never use any rough-surfaced cleaning tools on
the floor, asthey often result in scratches.
 GREENMATERIALS

Green Wood Or Engineering wood:

• Engineered wood products are made from a combination of wood
fibres, strips, and veneer sheets.
• Smaller diameter trees of the same hard and soft wood used to
manufacture lumber are also used.
• Engineered wood products are also called composite wood, and the
materials are bonded together using an adhesive resin which makes
the finished product resistwarping.
• Some different products made from engineered wood include
flooring, several types of lumber, and particleboard
 GREENMATERIALS

Green Paints:
• paints with reduced levels of VOCs are more eco-friendly than
conventional paints, some house paints have an even lower
environmental impact.
• Homeowners can select premium-grade zero-VOC paints that also
use VOC-free colorants, are free of vinyl and other plasticizers and
include no toxic biocides.
 GREENMATERIALS

Bricks:
• Flyash Bricks are considered as the Green material of construction.
• So in this case it is used in the GreenConstruction.

Cement:
• If PPC(Portland Pozzolana Cement) is used in construction, it will be
green Material Because PPC contains the flyash as the main
ingredients.
 GREENMATERIALS

Rain Water Harvesting:

• The principle of collecting and using precipitation from a
catchments surface .
• There are two main techniques of rain waterharvestings.
– Storage of rainwater on surface for futureuse.
– Recharge to ground water.
 ENERGYSAVINGS

• The savings in the energy will be 70% per year, which is near about
` 10,000 peryear.
• The life of the LED fixtures will be more than 17 years
(50000/8/365=17.12). Same way the life of the tubelight is about 5
years (15000/8/365=5.14) and that of the CFL is about 2 years
(6000/8/365=2.05).
 WATER SAVINGS

• Water fixtures use per day per person (6persons):

– Basin : 4 Times a day
– Sink : 4 Times a day
– WashArea : 4 Times a day
– Shower : 2 Times a day
– W.C. : 1 Times a day
– Urinals : 3 Times a day
• Total Water Saved = 74 liter/ day/ person
=74*6=444 liter/day
 COSTANALYSISANDCOMPARISON

• The analysis and the comparison of cost for each item is as shown
in the chapter 6 of thereport.
 COSTCOMPARISON

• The table bellow shows the Cost Comparison of eachItem:

Cost in
Sr. Cost in Green
8Item Name Convention Difference (`)
No. Home (`)
al Home (`)
1 Windows and
1,30,800 2,07,350 76,550
Openings
2 Lighting Fixtures 12,800 46,150 33,350

3 Plumbing Fixtures 44,885 1,08,300 63,415

4 Flooring 2,28,540 2,84,295 55,755

5 Doors 69,830 1,62,510 92,680

6 Paints 1,56,380 1,58,880 2,500

7 Bricks 50,175 30,105 -20,070

8 Cement 9,66,000 9,83,250 17,250

9 Rain Water Harvesting

0 80,700 80,700
System
Total (`) 16,59,410 20,61,540 4,02,103
 COSTANALYSISANDCOMPARISON

• The Chart bellow shows the Cost Comparison of eachItem:

 CONCLUSION

1) If the Home is Constructed as a Green Home in this project, the total

cost increases by ` 4,02,130, in addition to the total construction cost of
the Conventional home which is found tobe ` 31,07,415.
2) The percentage increase in total construction cost is 12.94% (say, 12-
15%).
3) The saving in money, which is about `10,000, will be the clear saving
after the payback period of LEDfixtures iscompleted.
4) Water saving is about 444 (say, 440) liter/day.
5) Payback period, considering savings only in the electricity bills, isfound
to be 35years.
6) So, on the bases of the above figures, itcan be concluded that:
– “If the intention is to construct a new Home to live in, it is advisable to go for
a GREEN HOME rather than the ordinary conventional home. Because, the
percentage increase of 12.94% in the total cost is not a negligible amount
when the intention is just to renovate or retrofit an Old Home”
TH AN K YO U