The world is moving towards expanding the so-called green or sustainable buildings due to the ongoing shortage of energy sources and the rising economic costs, in addition to the negative effects on the environment that they cause. It goes without saying that global warming, climate change, and environmental pollution resulting from the use of traditional energy sources are a threat to the environment.
Green buildings are types of buildings that are environmentally friendly and characterized by high efficiency in the use of natural resources. Green buildings have a clear impact on the social, environmental, and economic levels by relying on renewable energy such as solar energy, energy generated from the Earth's heat, energy generated from wind, and water flow energy.
Socially: Green buildings have a positive impact by improving the environment, maintaining the general health of individuals, and providing comfort for them through the use of sound and heat insulation technologies and the use of clean energy, while constantly relying on natural lighting. The architectural design also takes into account providing large openings and windows throughout the building for natural ventilation and lighting.
Environmentally: Ensuring the use of natural materials in construction, primarily wood, while relying on sustainable and clean energy sources prevents the emission of fumes and smoke that pollute the environment and cause many serious diseases for citizens, as well as air pollution and high temperatures that lead to the greenhouse effect that threatens many countries around the world, according to the recently held climate conference that issued many recommendations and warnings to continue using traditional energy and the need to move towards natural and clean sustainable energy and to immediately stop what harms people's lives and health.
Economically: America began moving towards green buildings in 1970 after a group of scientists and researchers studied the impact of using traditional energy sources on environmental pollution as well as to warn early on about the danger of consuming the entire stock of these sources of oil and natural gas. By putting this study into practice, engineers discovered that the cost of green buildings is up to thirty percent lower compared to traditional buildings, and the maintenance costs of these buildings are low due to their reliance on natural materials. (To be continued)
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