Professional Green Home Designs
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The Green movement has seen a considerable evolution since the early 70s. In those halcyon days of the Peace Movement, Vietnam War and the winding down of counter culture, building Green was in its infancy. Many concept homes were designed in those early years which looked more like cave dwellings or ant hills and one really wondered whether people were actually serious about living in such homes.
Environment, ecology and living with the nature were very much a concept then, but was the domain of few 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. Then people tried to replicate natural designs of indigenous people with out really attempting to have a convergence with modern day living. A scientific effort at building Green home designs was more or less absent in the 70s. Modern day avatars of Green home designs follow a rigid certification code in many counties in the world. 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. The 70s approach was to design Green homes as units. Present day evolution looks at Green Home designs as a full fledged eco system. 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. In the 70s powerful computers were not available. 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. Scientific progress has also helped green materials used in construction. Construction companies now regularly use recycled products, which are closer to nature thanks to advances of science. 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. Thus Green home designs have traveled from a niche specialization in the 70s to the mainstream of the construction business today. Articles Green home plans ...
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