Sustainable Parameters for Residential Building Design in Kathmandu
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IOE Pulchowk Campus
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.
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Oxford dictionary explains sustainable means able to be sustain at a convinced rate or level.
An inexperienced constructing is an outcome of a design philosophy which makes a
specialty of increasing the efficiency of useful natural resource that can be use strength,
air, water, and materials while lowering building effects on human health and the
environment during the building's lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction,
operation, maintenance and removal (Srinivas, 2015)