A study on adoption of green home norms in modern houses

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dc.contributor.advisorGill, Harsharan Kaur
dc.contributor.authorHarleen Kaur
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-29T09:46:42Z
dc.date.available2019-03-29T09:46:42Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAdoption of green home norms in modern houses was studied in three smart cities of Punjab viz Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar to find awareness level of respondents regarding environment and their concern for preserving it, adoption level of green home norms in modern houses and constraints in their adoption. Self-structured interview schedule was designed to conduct a survey. Fifty homes, constructed after 2015 were taken randomly from posh localities of each of these cities comprising a total sample of 150. Majority (86%) of respondents perceived that their housing and life style related practices did not contribute in environment degradation, rather 53 per cent blamed agricultural practices. Seventy per cent respondents did not have sufficient knowledge about environment conservation. Only 14 per cent respondents reported little to acute impact on psychological and physical health. Twenty eight per cent respondents made efforts to avoid use of harmful household chemicals. Norms related to proximity of home to civic amenities and conserving natural topography was partially/not adopted in case of 70.50 and 93.33 per cent respondents. All respondents did not adopt rain harvesting and efficient landscape design for enhancing water use efficiency. Eighty six per cent respondents did not adopt renewable energy systems. Ninety, 86.00 and 93.33 per cent respondents did not dispose off building material waste properly, used recycled material and had on-site waste treatment for organic waste respectively. All respondents had no provision of separate smoking area, carbon dioxide sensors and adequate operable window area. Lack of interest was major constraint for not adopting green home norms followed by lack of awareness and high cost.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810099876
dc.keywordsGreen home, Modern houses, Sustainable building design, Energy efficiency, Environment concernen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages87en_US
dc.publisherPunjab Agricultural University, Ludhianaen_US
dc.research.problemA study on adoption of green home norms in modern housesen_US
dc.subFamily Resource Managementen_US
dc.themeA study on adoption of green home norms in modern housesen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleA study on adoption of green home norms in modern housesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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