Estimation of a Residential Green Building

The construction and its reliability are closely inter-related and in the past decade, the green building’s popularity has greatly increased. This shows the importance of construction along with environmental conservation. For example, buildings and their related construction activities produce almost one third of world greenhouse gas emissions. The construction and operation of buildings contribute to almost half of the worldwide consumption of raw materials and energy. This has led to increase in attention towards “green building� by planners, developers, and investors. Green building can effectively solve the problem of shortage of resources; but as the construction of green buildings is very costlier as compared to conventional buildings, these buildings are not constructed generally. In this paper, we will analyze the construction cost of a residential type green building. Through the analysis, the results prove that there are several factors that influence the cost of green building, such as technology used in green building, project positioning, type of services and materials required for the construction, construction technology, building materials prices and local conditions.