Design Of Green Building

Abstract

The term "green building" is used to describe buildings that are designed, constructed and operated, to have a minimum impact on the environment, both indoor and outdoor. The discussions of green buildings refer to the importance of providing an acceptable, if not exceptional, indoor environment for the building occupant. These discussions of indoor environment quality have not included many specific recommendations or criteria for building design, construction, or operation. The building projects described as green building demonstrations often make reference to indoor air quality but these references are often qualitative and general. In addition, rating systems that have been developed to assess the "greenness" of a building are based largely on design features and are not particularly specific with respect to indoor Air- Quality of green buildings.