Sustainable Parameters for Residential Building Design in Kathmandu

Abstract

The industrial revolution has accelerated the modernization and growth of technology in the developed world and developing world. It has brought about the need to house humans for their sustenance and desire to expand their comfort to a new level. With the increase in economic development and economic status of people in developing countries, demands for architectural resources like land, buildings or building products, energy and other resources augments too. There is no proper system to check sustainable parameters in Nepal. This project is focused on to study upon environmental, social & economical sustainable parameters in national residential building context by analysis various sustainable parameters. Then, analysis of residential building with SVAGRIHA rating system of India because in Nepal there is lack of proper rating system manually upon these residence. This project also seek for explore on ecologically responsive architecture (ERAG) proposed by SONA.