A Commercial Green Building with Context to Real Estate

In today’s Real Estate sector of supply and demand the green building concepts play a vital role. The emerging needs of the client''s expectation make the construction to be self-sustainable. The green building construction paves a greater benefit in terms of cost and environment for a commercial building rather than a residential building because of the utility and functionality. India’s Real Estate sector is moving towards sustainability with new government regulations and policies. A huge amount of upfront cost is saved in the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of a commercial building which consumes 47.7% of India’s Energy. This includes Mercantile and service Educational Institutes Offices and Healthcare units. A lot of time it is misunderstood that green building means placing a solar panel at the roof and having an STP but the real scenario is that it’s just a beginning of say 5%. This book explores the possibilities of green building methodologies in the context of a commercial building.