RESIDENTIAL GREEN BUILDINGS: A PARAMETRIC EVALUATION OF LEADING NATIONAL CONSULTANTS

‘Green Building' has now become a flagship of sustainable development in this century that takes the responsibility for balancing long-term economic, environmental and social health. These buildings not only reduce negative environmental impact but also improve human comfort and safety. Green buildings need to be assessed by ‘Assessment tool' for checking its overall contribution towards achievement of ‘sustainability'. In this paper an attempt is made to know Indian Architects ‘perceptions' and ‘preferences' regarding the framework of ‘‘Green Building Assessment Tool (GBAT)'' for India. Feedbacks were collected from the Architects of major metro cities of India. Total 97 responses were analyzed with SPSS 16 statistical analysis software. Indian Architects' gave an opinion that ‘GBAT' for India should be prepared firstly for residential buildings. It should target ‘Architects' first and must be applied at the building level. ‘GBAT' should be a comprehensive one with flexible and easy to calculate scoring system. ‘GBAT' must cover noncontrollable factors along with negative scoring sys- tem. Results can be utilized in the coming years to prepare a comprehensive ‘GBAT' for developing country like India.