Selection of Materials for Green Construction: A Review

Go Green has become a global slogan today. We desperately need to save the environment which is the resource of life on earth. Unfortunately the development in technology is clubbed with the diminishing of the resources or polluting the environment. The various factories and industries, automobiles, mining processes are causing damage to our environment. It has been a big challenge for technologists, engineers and scientists to save environment and natural resources without compromising with the quality of performance, development rate and comfort level of society. We have come a long way in developing the materials and techniques which may help to save environment and control depleting resources for future generation. Green buildings is a concept on the same theory.In the effective view green construction includes, increasing energy efficiency of a building usinggreen natural or renewable resources instead of non-renewable resources. In this paper we are presenting the factors to be considered to decide the selection of materials for green construction.