EXPOSURE PROGRAMME FOR STUDENTS OF

ARCHITECTURE FROM VARIOUS COLLEGES

ORGANISED BY NASA AND CONDUCTED BY LBC

Towards a Green Economy

An approach based on
“Thinking globally and acting locally”

Dr. K.P. Kannan

Chairman
Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies

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A few remarks on Laurie Baker’s
approach to architecture and building
construction

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 What is Green Economy?

Key points for thinking and action

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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL CONCERN?

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 CARBON EMISSION
OR
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT

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 THE MAIN POLLUTERS
HOW DO WE MEASURE?

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HOW MUCH IS THE BUILDING SECTOR
RESPONSIBLE?

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BUILDINGS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF
GLOBAL ENERGY USE AND ONE
THIRD OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS, BOTH IN
DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.

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 GREEN BUILDINGS

Take a ‘life cycle’ approach

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WHAT IS A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH?

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1. MANUFACTURING OF BUILDING
MATERIALS (‘EMBEDDED’ OR
‘EMBODIED’ ENERGY).

2. TRANSPORT OF THESE
MATERIALS FROM PRODUCTION
PLANTS TO BUILDING SITES (‘GREY’
ENERGY);

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3. CONSTRUCTION OF THE
BUILDING (‘INDUCED’ ENERGY);

4. OPERATION OF THE BUILDING

(‘OPERATIONAL’ ENERGY);

5. DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING

(AND RECYCLING OF THEIR PARTS,
WHERE THIS OCCURS).

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WHY SHOULD WE CARE IN INDIA?

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Various uses of Occupied Census houses, 2011
Category Number %
Total Census Houses 30,61,62,799 100
Occupied as Residence 23,60,62,866 77.1
Residence cum Other Use 85,78,716 2.8
Shop/Office 1,76,72,786 5.8
School/College 21,06,530 0.7
Hotel/Lodge/Guest House etc. 7,20,806 0.2
Hospital/Dispensary etc. 6,83,202 0.2
Factory/Workshop/Workshed etc. 24,96,655 0.8
Place of Worship 30,13,140 1
Other Non Residential Use 3,35,47,747 11

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 NSS 2009

Rural+Urban
No. of living ST SC Others Total
rooms
No exclusive 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2
room
One room 42.0 48.6 35.1 38.3
Two rooms 36.6 35.4 35.6 35.6
Three rooms 20.1 14.7 28.2 24.7
and above

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 NSS 2009

No separate kitchen
Social Group
R+U Urban
Rural
ST 59.6 60.8 47.8

SC 63.5 66.3 53.8

Others 44.3 49.7 34.2

Total 49.6 54.7 37.3

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HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE OF LATRINE FACILITY
2011
Total Rural Urban
Latrine Facility Within the Premises 46.9 30.7 81.4
Water Closet 36.4 19.4 72.6
Pit Latrine 9.4 10.5 7.1
Other Latrine 1.1 0.8 1.7
No Latrine within the Premises 53.1 69.3 18.6

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 INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AT DIFFERENT
POVERTY THRESHOLDS
Poverty Status 2004-05 2009-10
1. Extremely Poor 6.4 3.9
2. Poor 15.4 11.8
3. Marginal 19.0 16.4
4. Vulnerable 36.0 36.9
5. Middle Income 19.3 24.4
6. High Income 4.0 6.6
7. Poor & Marginally Poor (1+2+3) 40.8 32.1
8. Poor & Vulnerable (1+2+3+4) 76.7 69.0
9. Middle & High Income (5+6) 23.3 31.0
10. All 100 100

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FROM BUILDING TO HABITAT

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2. RENEWABLE ENERGY
(solar, wind, geothermal, marine
including wave, biogas and fuel cell)

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3. CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
(alternative fuels, public transit, hybrid and
electric vehicles, car sharing and carpooling
programs)

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4. WATER MANAGEMENT
(Water reclamation, rainwater systems, low-
water landscaping, water purification, storm
water management)

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5. WASTE MANAGEMENT
(recycling, municipal solid waste salvage,
waste-minizing (sustainable) packaging),
management of wastes (e.g. highly
hazardous)

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6. LAND MANAGEMENT
(organic agriculture, habitat conservation
and restoration; urban forestry and
parks, reforestation and afforestation and
solid stabilisation)

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Three Pillars of Sustainability

Social

Environment Economic

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Issues at the National and Local Levels

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Green Economy

The international debate and controversies

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What can we do locally?

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What can we do locally?

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