Archive for the ‘Green World’ Category

LEED: BETTER HOMES BETTER WORLD

Friday, January 5th, 2007

LEED abbreviated for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is one of the most appropriate certification in Environment Friendly building design and construction in present discussion. LEED is a certification system designed for every kind of constructions assuring that they meet the environment supporting methods and technologies( more specifications still going on ). LEED development became necessary, as the health hazards of buildings were growing and the material used in the construction were more responsible. The paints containing lead pigments, the plasters containing the cynoacrylates and other solvent chemical like xylene, toluene, etc, were making the indoor pollutant level high enough by 100 times then recommended. The technologies used by these homes were raising the level of green house gases and heat (air conditioner, refrigerators, and gas heating equipments).

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Global Warming:The Exact Scenario

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Global Warming is the climate change due to temperature rise of earth ecosystem. The every ecosystem has some defined set of parameters, which work in coordination to stabilize and sustain the system life. So is with the earth ecosystem, it has evolved as human life supportive on certain parameters and one of them being temperature. The rise in temperature of earth or Global Warming can bring about many changes in the earth climate and ecological balances that are verily related to the existence of various biological contents leveling from unicellular to multi cellular.Global Warming could bring melting of polar caps, sinking of Islands , frequent tornados, heat waves, drought, hurricanes, floods, and wild fires, many physiological and psychological inconveniences. Alone it has been estimated by WHO that around 150 thousand people die every year due to Global Warming produced unhygienic conditions.

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What is mean by Green?

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

  Generally Green means to us the color. We say, vegetables are Green ,the trees are Green ,the leaves are Green. The Green color is scientifically a vibration in the light visible spectrum which is in the middle and so is the position of Green is in the philosophy. In philosophy it is an epitome of life, livelihood, cherishing and refreshing memories. When the reddish swollen heat tires your vision in that particular moment you search for some refreshing sights and then you look towards the green vegetable your eyes get a life of seeing more and your vision gets ever new. Often a phrase is used for a person who is young at heart, lively, has vitality throbbing through his veins is “Evergreen personality”. Green has another significance in traffic light when the way is clear the Green light is turned on to allow the movements of vehicles. For eyes, medically, the green grass is very supportive. And last of all the Pigment, which causes the plants to turn the carbon dioxide to oxygen, is Chlorophyll, which imparts green color to the plants. So you see how much significant is Green. The Green is associated in very sense to the Life sustaining properties. We are here with the same motive to sustain life on this earth. The Green is not an another kind of leisure couch potato sort enjoying project for time being but it is a small step to get transformed into the covered “Yards Of Giants” in order to bring a significant change in the life on earth.
Green is for generation who feel that protection of earth and working with nature is another form of development.
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