How to get LEED ratings
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized certification system. It was developed by the United States Green Building Council as a guide for building owners to help protect the…
How to renovate existing buildings to go green
When it comes to making a building green, renovating is a much better option than building anew since building requires expending a lot more resources, which has a bigger impact on the environment….
LEED Ratings
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN (LEED) – GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION Buildings designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment through efficiency in use…
Green Homes
Green homes follow the standards of good engineering. They use materials wisely, conserve water and energy, create surroundings that are safe and healthy and save money in the long term. Some countries have…
Green Offices
The modern office is a resource intensive environment. Office-based resource use is responsible for a sizable share of global warming gas emissions. An analysis of carbon dioxide emissions in Portland, Oregon, (U.S) found…
Ecological Communities
Modern living has been decried as ecologically disastrous by laymen and experts alike. Breakdown of traditional forms of community, wasteful consumerist lifestyles, destruction of natural habitats, urban sprawl, factory farming and over-reliance on…
Green Citizen
Green citizens are persons who set about creating, maintaining and defending an environmentally sound society. They abide by the principle of sustainable development. Sustainable development has been defined by Brundtland Commission of World…
Green Taxation
Just how high the climate change stakes are was brought to the attention of the world community by Sir Nicholas Stern, an expert in economics and development in the Stern Review of the…
Green Legislation in The Indian Context
Right to Environment is guaranteed to most people of the world through their legislative and legal frameworks. Rights and duties pertaining to the environment are enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Articles 12(1) and…
Green Companies
Businesses account for the consumption of vast amounts of resources – from office materials such as paper and plastics, to electricity and water. A Green Company, having realised that economic savings can be…




