Sustainable Construction Sustainability in construction and civil engineering

Sustainable Construction

Sustainability in construction and civil engineering • Sustainability is defined the desire to perform activities without any depletion of resources or bringing any harmful effect on the environment. • Practicing sustainable construction methods will help avoiding harmful effects from construction activities. • Construction involves activities like use of building materials from various sources, use of machineries, demolition of existing structures, use of green fields, cutting down of tress etc. which can impact environment in one or more ways.

Sustainability in construction and civil engineering • Civil engineering field being the major part of the economy, it is very essential that sustainable construction practice dominate the past followed conventional construction practice and methods.

Need for Sustainable Construction has a direct impact on the environment due to following reasons: • • Generation of waste materials Emissions from vehicles, machineries Noise pollution due to use of heavy vehicles and construction machineries. Releases of wastes and pollutants into water, ground atmosphere.

How to Ensure Sustainable Construction? • In order to support sustainability in the field of construction, the building and the built environment have to satisfy some of the important criteria. This will include: • • • Biodiversity Enhancement Support to the Community Effective Use of Resources Pollution Reduction Creating Healthy Environment Process Management