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Kerala ranked first among the nations, with a score of 70. With 69, Himachal Pradesh came second. Within several union territories, Chandigarh secured the top spot with a score of 70 while Puducherry ranked second with 66. Delhi rated as fifth amongst other nine Union Territories with a rating of 61. Bihar ranked last among all the states and there are not any such improvements seen from the past 1 year. The biggest improvement was achieved by Uttar Pradesh, In 2018 report, Uttar Pradesh secured last rank and In 2019 reports it jumps in rank from 29th to 23rd. There are a total 8 states which scored more than 65 and considered to be Front Runner and rest 20 states

are lagging behind and they are considered as performers.

4.1.3 Union Territories

There are a total 8 union territories in this country in which Chandigarh secured first rank, Pondicherry secured 2nd rank. Jammu and Kashmir ranked last among all the union territories. There are a total 2 union territories which are able to score more than 65 and considered to be as

Front Runner and rest 6 union territories are lagging behind and they are considered as performers.

4.1.5 Progress of Sustainable Development Goals.

After achieving the progress on Sustainable Development Goals NITI Aayog formed indexes on Innovation, School Education, Water Management, Health and Energy for the growth and prosperity for India. And these Indexes create an extensive framework for betterment of the environment of 29states and seven union territories.

Delhi is considered as one of the most innovative UT’s in India and also secured top rank among

all the states and UT’s of India. And to evaluate the performance of the school education sector

SEQI (School Education Quality Index) was formed and focuses on learning outcomes, access outcomes infrastructure & facilities for outcomes. And In 2017, the State Health Index was formed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family welfare to measure the performance of state and union territories. In addition, State Energy Index were formed to compare the energy accessibility, affordability and reliability.

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5; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Fig. 16. Research Methodology

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The entire analysis, as described earlier, is focused on secondary sources of study and purely based on sustainability and their principals. And the approach proposed is composed of 3 phases.

5.1 Literature review

The complete database is used for the analysis at this point, as the literature is taken from Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus, and some Google websites are also used for comparison. The key focus of literature is on understanding the relationship between the architecture, construction industry and SDGs, understanding the association between building materials and SDGs and building materials, and contributing and achieving (SDGs) and their goals.

5.2 Case study and Pilot Study

After reviewing all the related literature, the approach was adopted at this point and based primarily on the parameters of types of building materials and their contribution to sustainability. And it also concentrated on materials analysis, advantages, cost of construction and thermal efficiency. On the other hand, with the aid of the NITI Aayog research, a pilot study on India's current situation regarding SDGs was conducted.

5.3 Final Analysis

A theoretical framework for understanding building materials and SDGs was proposed at this point, and a link framework between building materials and SDGs will be built on a Grade basis. A Comparison between Earthen materials, Bamboo and Hempcrete were done according to their thermal performance, Life Span, Cost of Construction and Carbon Emission. And there will be consideration of the final conclusion ...

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6. Analysis and Findings

A common grading table was formed for analysing the contribution of building materials in Sustainable Development Goals. There are two tables to analyse the research work one is based on case studies and the second one is covering all different types of building materials to help in to achieve the SDGs.

6.1 Building materials common grading tool.

TABLE 4 A Common Framework (Earthen Materials, Bamboo and Hempcrete.)

Although, 17 Goals with 169 detailed targets need to be achieved by 2030. It is really difficult to figure out each and every Goals and targets with these three Building materials. However, this is the general framework to identify which SDGs and Targets are achievable by these three materials and also try to figure out the ways how they are contributing to each other.