Potentially threatening for our environment, global warming can actually lead to a situation which life can not longer exist on this planet forever.

Many human actions are the cause of this phenomenon and are still adding up to it.

Electricity has changed the world tremendously and today we live in a world which can not even think of spending a day without electricity.

So much is the addiction, that it is produced by exploiting fuels formed from the fossils about hundreds and thousands of years ago which is non renewable, once we run out of it. This also emits carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and adds to greenhouse effects.

The need of the hour is to shift over to cleaner, renewable sources for generation of electricity and other day to day purposes as well. Such energy, also called the “green energy” includes sunlight, hydro power, wind etc.

Although, it is proven beyond doubt that no energy source is pure and there is some problem with every reaction that takes place without nature’s approval, but the idea is to minimize the damage inflicted on ecological balance so that our coming generations are not starved of the luxuries we exploit today!

Reuse and recycle have become one of the most commonly used words now. Every community is interested in any way they can help revive the losing ecological balance.

One area where some activity is seen in this regard is the Buildings. Solar panels and provision for storing and reusing rainwater are applied at the rooftops of high rise buildings.

Others prefer to have gardens on rooftops, which are decorated with water retaining plants like moss. Also, these roofs are designed in such a way that rainwater is not allowed to runoff.

Apart from that, construction materials are also going green. For instance, use of bamboo, straw, recycled stone and metal are getting popular by the day. Also there has been an effort to reduce transporting heavy material and rather they’re purchased from local vendors as it saves the fuel spent in traveling with it.

The last aspect of these green buildings is waste disposal system. Reuse, recycle and Reduce are the 3 R’s which have entered in top management’s policies as well! With the rise in demand of green building technologies, the price will soon come at par with normal construction projects!