Getting the most from research analysis

Green Measure does not influence the project cost significantly; rather it helps in reducing operation cost.Sustainable design can and should be analyzed holistically, including operations and maintenance implications, user productivity and health, design and documentation fees, among other financial measurements. However, it is our experience that it is the construction cost implications that drive decisions about sustainable design. By assisting teams to understand the actual construction costs on real projects of achieving green, and by providing a methodology that will allow teams to manage construction costs, we hope to enable teams to get past the question of whether to go green, or go straight to working on how. Research paper uses extensive data on building costs to compare the cost of green buildings with buildings housing comparable programs, which do not have sustainable goals. The foundations are also laid to analyze incremental costs over starting budgets, and to compare the costs for different specific measures and technologies. Additionally, we present a budgeting methodology that provides guidelines for developing appropriate budgets to meet the building program goals, including sustainability goals. Various reports look only at construction costs. The first question often asked about sustainable design is: what does 'green' cost, typically meaning does it cost more? This raises the question: more than what? More than comparable buildings, more than the available funds, or more than the building would have cost without the sustainable design features? The answers to these questions have been thus far elusive, because of the lack of hard data.

Green Building

“Going Green” has become the watchword in today’s real estate market.The concept of “Green Building” aims at increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources - energy, water, materials - while reducing the impact of the building on human health and the surrounding environment during its life cycle, through better design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal and recycle of waste. Maximizing the use of day lighting, reducing the burden on the electricity usage, optimizing the cooling and heating loads of a building are few of such measures.

Some systematic approaches like LEED (USGBC), GRIHA (IGBC) etc. help in sustainable development but the importance of going green is not absolutely credited in terms of project cost and business value.

Today, general awareness on Green Buildings in India is still scattered but is improving rapidly amongst all sectors. The integrated and holistic approach towards construction of modern green structures is emerging with accelerated awareness and the government also provides incentives to architects and consultants who design buildings on green architectural concepts and get them rated under GRIHA/IGBC etc. This has encouraged the builders to construct buildings that are designed, built and operated in a manner that improves the health, well-being and productivity of people and the environment.

 At LSquare, our team of highly experienced dedicated professionals help you “go green” by following our uniquely crafted methodology on the various Green and CDM models which cover Green Building Consultancy, LEED Facilitation, Energy Modeling & Simulation, Lighting Simulation ,Day Lighting Analysis, Fundamental & Enhanced Commissioning  and CDM Advisory to name a few. Our methodology encompasses all the requirement of LEED (USGBC) and GRIHA(IGBC) to facilitate the achievement of LEED and GRIHA certifications at various levels thereby providing an unparalleled competitive advantage .