Convert a regular home into a green home

Q: How can I convert my regular home into a green home?

Neha Srivastava, Delhi-NCR

28th November 2013

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Also using soil blocks instead of bricks increases the duration of your building. It also helps you avoid plastering externally and therefore cost while adding to the aesthetic of the building.

Balwinder Singh,

29th November 2013

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Yes Balwinder you are right. Actually green homes is not about price. It is a whole new order of the future. It is building technology that emerges from careful thought on design and on human needs.

Supratim,

29th November 2013

Yes guys you are correct. If you can spend little more in capital cost at the beginning you can secure savings into the future that can help you recoup your additional capital cost over 5 to 10 years and also depending on the feature that you are adding to your green home. These could also be smarter household appliances, pumps, fans etc.

Supratim,

29th November 2013

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Can you tell me what are the benefits of green home ??

Neha Srivastava, Delhi-NCR

29th November 2013

Green homes can also help to save as much 30 to 50 per cent in your energy bills for eg with right elements in place, you can rely less on fresh water and therefore increase water security.

Green homes can help you generate a bit of wealth from waste, by managing its conversion into either manure or compost or even energy for your kitchen.

Green home in the urban context will help and enable you to reduce your dependence on government infrastructure for eg like on water, energy and waste.

Vivek Kulkarni,

29th November 2013

@Neha: Greatest advantage is that green homes don’t cost more as they need a different approach to design and planning.

Supratim,

29th November 2013

Hey there is a difference between the ecologically sustainable home and a green home. The former is something that you build with materials that make for the least use of exhaustible natural resource like we can take a typical farmer’s house is example, with a combination of clay walls, thatch roofs, cow dung surfaces, limestone-coated walls.

Balwinder Singh,

29th November 2013

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@Balwinder: Green home generaly means what you create, architect and engineer as a regular urban home, taking in to account use of building materials for floors, walls, roofs and windows, the use of systems that reduce consumption of water and energy without compromising comfort or convenience.

Vivek Kulkarni,

29th November 2013