LOCAL / SUSTAINABLE

BUILDING MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLITY
ACCORDING TO THE BRUNDTLAND REPORT PUBLISHED IN 1987

Defined as development that meets the

needs of the present without compromising
the ability of with of future generations to
meet their own needs.
WHY SUSTAINABLITY?

MINIMAL
ENERGY
IMPACT ON
EFFICIENT
NATURE

ENHANCE
MINIMIZE
HEALTH AND
WASTE
PRODUCTIVITY
HOW SUSTAINABLITY?

STRUCTURAL ENERGY
EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY

WATER MATERIAL
EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY
TRIPPLE BOTTOM LINE

SOCIAL
ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENT
RESPONSIBILITY

PROFIT PLANET PEOPLE

LEED –Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
• Developed by the united states green building council
• Founded in 1993
• Guides development of buildings that are built in environmentally
responsible manner

LEED POINT SYSTEM – HELPS A PROJECT GAIN LEED CERTIFICATION

EPA- Environment protection agency
Focuses on a life cycle of a building material

• Raw materials
• Manufacturing
• Packaging
• Distribution
• Use and reuse
• Operation
• Maintenance
• disposal
Environmentally preferable

Recyclable

Water Energy
efficient efficient

Low in Low in
toxic embodied
substances energy
CERTIFICATIONS FOR
ENVIRONMENTALLY
PREFERABLE BUILDING
MATERIALS(EPBM)
ISO – International Organization
for Standardization.
• ISO 14000

• FOCUSES ON
a) Minimizing harmful effects on
the environment
b) Improves Environmental Performance.
FSC – The Forest Stewardship
Council
• Certification for timber products
• Est. 1993

“Half of the worlds forest have been altered ,

degraded , destroyed or converted into other
land use some are illegally misused”

• Promotes responsible forest management

GREEN SEAL(1989)
• For cleaning products
• Hotel testing
• ISO 14020
• ISO 14024

GREEN GUARD
• Focus on human health and quality of life
• Tested for indoor air quality within 7-14 days
• Certified products are maintained
GREEN LABEL/GREEN LABEL
PLUS(1992)
• Carpet and rug institute
• Industry based labeling system
• Tested for low chemical emission

SCS –Scientific certification

System
• Indoor air quality
• Life cycle assessment
• Ability to meet LEED

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET SHALL BE ENQUIRED TO

THE MANUFACTURES
LCA & LCC
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
• Method of determining environment and resource impact of a
material , product ,or even whole building over its entire life
time

LIFE CYCLE COSTING

• Cost analysis performed each year
• Checks if a greater initial cost will yield a scientifically lower
operational cost over time
RAPIDLY RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
• Linseed ,straw ,cotton ,wheat ,Natural, rubber ,bamboo , cork
tree.
• Materials that can be harvested within 10 years and grows
back quickly.
• Often used in interiors
• Bamboo used for structural purposes as well
RECLAIMED MATERIALS
RECYCLED MATERIALS
LOCAL MATERIALS
• Reduces LCA and LCC
• Reduces transportation cost
• Adaptive to the regional environment

Eg . Kerala
• Laterite
• Mud
• Granite
• Stone blocks
• Wood
• Bamboo
• Clay roofing
INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
• Materials to improve air quality
• Day lighting

VOC+NO2+Sunlight = Smog
So avoid VOC content in any building material that we
purchase.
IT CAUSES SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
DAYLIGHTING
• Increases comfort inside the building
• Increases human productivity
• Shows signs of well being
DAYLIGHTING

Clerestory windows

WINDOW
Light shelves