By - Devansh Goshar
The dissertation states that sustainability lies in considering the embodied energy and operational energy of the building and its components. The building uses lesser resources throughout its lifespan by designing an efficient structure, climate efficient design, flexible planning to address change, detachable and reusable components, and reducing maintenance by separating different functional spaces and components of the building. After reduce, a building should be designed with the objectives of reuse and recycle in mind. Here material selection and joining become of paramount importance. The design focuses on using and detailing materials that can easily be reused or recycled at the end of the building's or components life to ensure a reduction in waste and optimization of resources for future generations. For this aspect vast research of various materials and their life cycle impact was studied and applied.
