BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION: MILESTONES OF GREEN ARCHITECTURE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

In the face of ever-mounting costs of fuel gas, fuel oil, and electricity, more and more people are giving serious thought to using solar energy in their struggle to make ends meet. Naturally, the built-up environment surrounds us and is constantly evolving to meet our changing needs and lifestyles. Encouragingly, in passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors have a fundamental role in collecting, storing, and distributing solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. These criteria pave the way for a comprehensive incorporating a building sitting, design, construction, materials and operations in ways to enhance the well-being of the occupants and preserve our environment for future generations by conserving natural resources.