Green Home Designs Through The Times
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The Green movement has seen a considerable evolution since the early 70s. Those momentous years of the Peace Movement, Vietnam War and the twilight zone of hippie culture, building Green was still emerging. Open a brochure of Green Home designs from the 70s and probably what stared out at you were structures shaped like anthills or cave dwellings. You wondered at the sanity of it all.
The concept of living with the nature, environmentally friendly initiatives was very much a part then, but was the preserve of some people. That has changed to Green buildings being built by large construction companies with considerable support from the government. A trendy concept of the 70s has now transformed into an official mascot of many a nations.
In the 70s there was no real professional effort at building Green homes. Designs mimicked natural designs of indigenous people without really trying to incorporate the wishes and aspirations of modern day living. There was no concerted effort at scientifically arriving at Green home designs. Today, Green home designs follow strict certification processes in countries the world over. The Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) is an initiative that sets standards for Green Home designs in the US. The same standards have been incorporated by some countries while others have evolved their own. In the 70s, Green home designs tended to concentrate on stand alone projects. Today, designers approach Green home designs as full-fledged eco systems. Now, factors such as recycling, indigenous practices, environment and architecture are examined holistically.
An important role in the evolution of Green home design has been brought by Science. Computers with their enormous computing powers of today were just not available in the 70s. Present day Computer Aided Designs (CAD) make accurate calculations for wind flow solar capture thus helping build more efficient Green buildings than was possible in the 70s. Even greening of construction materials has received an impetus thanks to advances in science. Nature friendly, recycled products, made possible by advances in science are regularly used by construction companies. For example, cement an important ingredient in any construction today can be mixed with Fly ash, a waste product, which is just as efficient as original cement. The global environmental challenges are forcing countries to understand the need to conserve our resources. Designing Green homes has thus traveled from the 70s niche market to the more regular world today.
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