Comparative Study of Conventional and Green Residential Buildings: Energy, Water, Temperature, and Cost Analysis

The conspicuous impact of construction industries on global warming calls for proactive measures to upgrade conventional construction strategies. Apparently, these industries use fossil fuels extensively during both construction and operational phases of buildings, such as materials manufacturing, transportation, and heavy machinery operations, which transmit plenty of toxic gases that are pernicious to human health and directly affect the environment. The construction and building projects also contribute to global warming in a direct sense, and this is because these buildings and projects require electricity to function, and most of them are powered by conventional sources of electricity, which are usually obtained from the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil. This combination of environmental impact from the actual building construction and the operation of these buildings after construction is one of the many anthropogenic activities that result in the emission of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (C02). The main emphasis of this work is to promote the subject and make people aware of the need for the construction of green buildings. In Bangladesh, there are many innovatively developed construction areas. However, as global warming is increasing, the concept of green building has become prominent to control environmental degradation. Hence, in this study, renewable energy resources like sunlight and rainwater have been deployed to minimize dependence on non-renewable energy sources, and recycling and reuse practices were highlighted (like wastewater, sewage, and other types of human waste generated in a common building).