• SURESH SHARMA

Abstract This paper addresses about the concerns of affordable housing, green construction material and talks about the efforts to develop bamboo as a modern sustainable green building material for construction. With increasing population and decreasing resources there is a need to adopt cost effective and eco-friendly building materials. This paper addresses the potential of bamboo and projects the possibilities of usage of bamboo in the construction field, green Architecture using bamboo. To understand the holistic usage of bamboo, local artisans, bamboo growers and bamboo scientists were interviewed. Housing is one of the priorities of the present times. Understanding the current shortage of the housing, other than construction materials already in practice, bamboo seems to be the most promising building material. Bamboo building construction is characterized by a structural frame approach similar to that applied in traditional timber frame construction. Bamboo can replace 70% of steel and wood used in the construction and reduce the cost by 40%. Its high valued utilization not only promotes the economic development, but also saves forest resources to protect our ecological environment as a wood substitute. Bamboo is a truly sustainable material, with the compressive strength of concrete and the tensile strength of steel (experiments done by Colombia University). It is also flexible, making it ideal for earthquakes. Growth of every ton of bamboo consumes nearly a ton of carbon dioxide ᵃ (sequester carbon) besides releasing 35% more fresh oxygen into the atmosphere than any other tree species. It can have reasonable life of 30 to 40 years after proper treatment (studies carried by CBTC). Keywords: Bamboo, Green Architecture, Sustainable green construction material, tensile strength, compressive strength, Sequester carbon: A process in which CO2 is removed from atmosphere and stored in the soil carbon pool.

Keywords: Bamboo, Green Architecture, Sustainable green construction material, tensile strength, compressive strength, Sequester carbon

"Bamboo: A Green Building Material", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.239-243, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101234.pdf

"Bamboo: A Green Building Material", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp239-243, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101234.pdf