• Ravi Gupta

The comparative analysis of a green building and a conventional building is undertaken to study how green building is a need for today. To protect the future, concept of green building needs to be adopted widely in current times. The green buildings are designed to decrease the overall impact of the built environment on human health & the natural atmosphere by efficient use of energy, water & other resources. It incorporates sustainable materials in their construction. Protecting occupant health & improving employee productivity. It creates a healthy indoor atmosphere with minimal pollutants. It features landscaping that reduces water usage. Therefore, adopting green building techniques instead of conventional methods are need of today’s scenario. The aim is to compare a green (Maruti Solitaire project Chhattisgarh) and conventional building (K Square Nagpur) by following GRIHA rating scale and suggesting some modification & alteration for conventional one. Maruti Solitaire project by Avinash Builders is Chhattisgarh’s 1st residential building designed as a ‘green building’, located in Shankar nagar, Raipur, registered under GRIHA is taken as a base case. This is an 8-floor lavish building having some smart ideas to save water, electricity, HVAC systems with some lower maintenance and good quality of living. It got a 4 star rating from GRIHA in September 2014. The Maruti Solitaire is one of the rarest residential projects which are going to reduce their water bill up to 40% & electricity bill up to 50% this is a cost effective approach which will further save money, natural energy & surroundings as well. K-square (study case) Nagpur is a typical 7+1 floor conventional building consists of 2 & 3BHK flats, with stilled parking. There are a total of 82 flats which are made with low embodied building materials, which affects the surrounding less adversely.

Green building, conventional building, GRIHA, natural energy, residential projects

"Conversion of a conventional building to a green building using GRIHA for Environmental protection using case study in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.b878-b885, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107247.pdf

"Conversion of a conventional building to a green building using GRIHA for Environmental protection using case study in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppb878-b885, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107247.pdf