Green construction is a home, building, or other structure that is built, maintained, repaired, or even demolished with thought to the environmental impact. This impact may take in 2 forms. They are:
1. Green structures
2. Water pollution
GREEN STRUCTURES:
Green structures look afresh at the world around us, redefining the way we look at the buildings that we love, hate, admire and detest.
We build on advancements in new materials technologies, renewables and energy efficiency and learn lessons from nature to enter the realm of biomimicry, energy scavenging, latent heat storage, intelligent buildings and passive living. We operate in a, currently, hidden and exciting world that will not only be fuelling the headlines and economies of the future, but (if you believe the green wash - and some of it is even true!) will help us maintain a pleasant and rewarding environment in the years to come.Green structures are used for urban plannig
WATER POLLUTION:
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds.
Measures to Prevent Pollution:
Good construction site practice can help to control and prevent pollution. The first step is to prepare environmental risk assessments for all construction activities and materials likely to cause pollution. Specific measures can then be taken to mitigate these risks:
· To prevent erosion and run-off, minimise land disturbance and leave maximum vegetation cover.
· Control dust through fine water sprays used to dampen down the site.
· Screen the whole site to stop dust spreading, or alternatively, place fine mesh screening close to the dust source.
· Cover skips and trucks loaded with construction materials and continually damp down with low levels of water.
Cover piles of building materials like cement, sand and other powders, regularly inspect for spillages, and locate them where they will not be
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