Da Vinci Code

PoorAnd

Disadvantaged people

Where are these poor people

• Latur• Usmanabad• Orissa• Bihar• Mumbai• Pune• Africa, China, USA!!• Everywhere….

Knowing the world we live in…..

Norwegian diplomat Charung Gollar was asked to present the UN with a graphical representation highlighting the main problems in the world in 2004.

He presented a set of 8 pictures entitled "The power of stars"

and was applauded for the simplicity of his idea.

Poor People• Less than 1 dollor per day…per day!!• 16,000 kids dying every day with hunger or poverty related

diseases

which is a 11 children every seconds!!

1 billion people are below poverty line..and they die at the age when we graduate, when we start earning and when we start talking about security in terms of money in life..

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What are we talking about??

Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2005

Rank CountryProved reserves (billion barrels)

1. Saudi Arabia 261.9

2. Canada 178.8

3. Iran 125.8

4. Iraq 115.0

5. Kuwait 101.5

6. United Arab Emirates 97.8

7. Venezuela 77.2

8. Russia 60.0

9. Libya 39.0

10. Nigeria 35.3

Against all these issues are we talking about sustainability??

Can we??

Can we include poor and disadvantaged, earning less than a $ a day in the

issues around sustainability?

Can we deal with very powerful, subtle political clout working between

North-South dilemma?

I think these issues are CROSS DISCIPLINEThey simply just don’t talk in isolation about

Architecture, medicine, engineering or for that matterAny discipline in isolation…..

Sustainability??

Yes, there are models of poor countries which reacted Intelligently, worked on their own issues, worked with their own experts,

and

Created amazing models which challenged the western world!!

One of the index for development or sustainability across globe is

Considered to be

“Infant Mortality Rate”

How many children die before they reach the age of 1 year..India---71

And if you are unlucky then you are born in Iraq, Yemen, East Timor and several other

countries Where its believed to be more than 200 or 250….

CUBA ---- USA

• Cuba• 3000 $

• USA• 40,000 $

And Cuba is just 90 miles away from USA

Sustainable Buildings

LEED SBET……………………….

and

we are talking about Human beings!!

Future building markets

Carbon taxes, eco-labeling andemissions trading

may all be realistic options in a world striving to achieve ecologically sustainable development to counter the growing impact of human activity resulting in land degradation, loss of natural eco-systems and global warming.

The challenge was

How to

CompareMonitorDevelop scientific assessment

Develop tools that will carry out these issues simple and manageable

Assessment Tools

Scandanavia BEAT 2000

• Gro Harlem Brunddtland PM Norwe first attempted ‘sustainable building’ initiative in 1972

• Finland: Granlund LCA-Tool Software

• Pimwag: Finland

BREEAM, 1990DEVELOPED BY- BRE (Building Research Establishment)

NATURE OF THE SYSTEM• All the issues in EcoHomes are optional• flexible and enabling developers to adopt the most appropriate aspects of sustainability

for their particular development and market.• considers the broad environmental concerns of climate change, resource use and impact

on wildlife, and balances these against the need for a high quality of life, and a safe and healthy internal environment.

ASSESSMENT• Assessments are undertaken by licensed assessors, who are trained and

monitored by BRE• environmental performance expressed on a scale of “Pass to Excellent”• Different stages of assessment

– Stage 1 – Assessment of specification:– Stage 2 – Assessment of house types:– Stage 3 – Assessment of development:

• This stage completes the assessment as it covers all remaining issues, such as ecological value of the site and transport.

Holland: DCBA method

• Rotterdam• 1995: Sustainable Building Plan: Investing in Future

– Investing in health x health as an investment

• Different levels of intervention– Autonomous situation, near ZERO impact on environment– Little impact– Conventional Construction but with reduced damage– Conventional construction

France HQE Denomination

• The tool is based on 14 target areas, grouped in to 4 themes, namely– Environmental construction– Environmental management– Comfort – Health

Minergie, Swiss

• The Swiss building sector’s use of energy breaks down as follows:– Heating, ventilation and air conditioning 65%– Construction 15%– Hot water consumption 10%– Electricity Consumption 10%

LEEDDEVELOPED BY-US Green Building Council.

NATURE OF THE SYSTEM• voluntary • consensus-based• market-driven• based on existing proven technology • evaluates environmental performance from a "whole building" perspective over a building's

life cycle• based on accepted energy and environmental principles • open to public scrutiny• designed for rating new and existing commercial, institutional, and high rise• residential buildings.

ASSESSMENT• self-assessment• feature-oriented system • credits are earned for satisfying each criteria.• Different levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total

credits earned. • comprehensive in scope, yet simple in operation.

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BREEAMMINESOTAHK-BEAM

COMPARISON OF VARIOUS TOOLS

www.SBET.ch

Sustainable Building Evaluation Tool

Background/ Needs

•Environmental

Building and Construction contributes over 35% of the worldwide CO2 Emissions

•Social

Bad quality of houses

Sprawling slums

Growing population

•Economical

Lack of jobs

Huge Opportunities in construction sector

Objective

• To develop practical indicators to assess the overall sustainability of building practices based on Ecological, Social and Financial principles, which architects and designers across the globe can easily use.

• To enter the indicators defined by STAKEHOLDERS in the building sector making it ‘participatory tool’ in Sustainable Building Industry.

Methodology

Participatory Stakeholder Based workshop at regional level

Expected output of workshop: Participatory Selection of Indicators•Definition of Units of Measurements for Indicators•Rating of Indicators – Definition of Best Practices

Added value for stakeholders:Common understanding about Sustainable Building Practice•Tool specified for Cuban context free of use on the Internet•Selling arguments to donor when future project cross checked by SBET

• Stakeholder workshops at regional levels

Western Maharashtra Gujarat

Pondicherry / Sri Lanka

• Two regional workshops in each region

First workshop - validation of methodology, selection of indicators

Second workshop – refinement of indicators and finalization of practical evaluation tool

Workshops

Architects, Engineers, structural consultants, builders, material manufacturers and government officers

Masons, village community, women of the household

-Urban building practices

- Rural housing

Stakeholder group:Building professionals, user

community, government, builders

Stakeholder group

Core group

Definition of Critical

Indicators

Application of Indicators in Case Studies

Enlarged Stakeholder group Core

groupLocal nodal

agency

Process Initiating agency

Resource Group

Final indicators and measurement methodology

Sustainable Building Evaluation Tool

Process Initiating agency

Local nodal

agency

workshop I

workshop II

preliminary application of SBET phase

Process Initiating agency

Resource Group

People Process

Urban INDICATORS

Energy KWHr/ sq.m/n yearWaste generated KG/ year/ sq.mWater management Kiloliters/ sq.m/ year

Renewable energy % of total daily energy consumption

CO2 emissions Tonnes/ sq.mEmployment generated/

skills upgraded index Mandays/ sq.m

User response index Recognition/ awareness index

Labour welfare index

Social cost of degradationAppropriate technology index

Average of scores on the scale of Excellent-Good-Fair-Poor-deserves rejection

Net investment Rupees / sq.mOperation and maintenance Rupees / sq.m / yearReturn on investment YearsInvestment in renewable Ratioenergy systems

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Rural INDICATORS

Efficiency materials and structure, space designSafety natural calamities, environmental extremes, durability Environment consequences of material production and usage, regenerationLocal material local manufacturing, procurement distanceCommunity in process, decision making, women‘s participationParticipationLocal skills skill upgradation, development in nearby villagesDesign provision of basic amenities, cultural integrationLocation proximity to basic amenities, healthy surroundings

Financial gain income generation, credit worthiness

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• Preliminary application of the SBET is critical for fine tuning the tool and practical adjustments

• Documentation of case studies in urban and rural context by committed core groups in the two regions

Case Studies

Urban- residential,institutional, industrial …9 case studiesRural housing projects …4 case studies

• Replicable methodology for other regions• Initiate the SBP process with decision making

bodies- a strong driver for incorporating sustainability issues in urban development

• Awareness among students• In rural context- a tool for community

empowerment • Training modules for CBOs and NGOs to implement

the process in habitat activities• Used by donor agencies to understand the impact

of interventions• Global exchange in web enabled environments,

online workshops

Future Action

Dissemination Strategy

SBP Workshop Methodology

India

Cuba

RSA

Pune

GujaratStellenbouch

1st 2nd ??

Sri-Lanka

Batiacola

Indicators for SBP in different contexts

www.SBET.ch

Internet community

SBET as it works over internet

www.sbet.ch

Epilogue

PRCATICAL ASPECT OF SBET

• Proposal to the financial institutions such as HDFC/ICICI to lower interest rates on loans given to sustainable housing projects in order to promote eco housing.• To the Municipal corporation as an institute for approval norms of ecoConstruction and setting up benchmarks for region specific building designs. •Try to integrate SBET with the courses in various colleges

1. Validate syllabus with stakeholders (survey)2. Benchmark of present achievement of outcomes

(also gives info on what faculty is willing & able to do)3. Broader discussion (exposure, buy-in, commitment)4. Develop framework

(Approximate structure & sequence)5. Commissions to course coordinator/owner6. Course coordinators develop detailed plan of course

(learning objectives etc)7. Feedback & convergence -> Final mapping8. Implementation9. Evaluation/assurance10.Certification

SBET course over the internet…

Today’s architect• Not only text books and studio• Politically extremely aware• Socially responsible• Academically perfect• Multi-disciplinary attitude• Nationalistic what is good for me and what is bad!• Strategic• Spectrum of life:: Poor-Rich, Urban-Poor

I am still learning!!Michael Angelo

Da Vinci Code….