Techniques for improving lives by green low income housing

Abstract

The concept of Green housing too often is thought to be things meant for some institutionalized facilities in upscale locations of a city or a town. It is seldom thought to be applicable to low-cost housing for the low-income populace. As such Green affordable housing for the low income communities in the developing countries till to-date remains a far-fetched dream. The reason is very simple as most high performance green building materials and techniques are too expensive and beyond the reach of the low income communities in the developing countries. In the developing country settings where a vast majority of them lack even the basic services, the green building approach to tackling the climate change is simply an uphill task and unaffordable also. There is therefore an urgent need for a meaningful research into the area of low-cost green building innovative materials and techniques so as to make it available and affordable to the vast majority of the low income populace throughout the world. This research paper focuses on the subject of application of low-cost innovative green building materials and technique for improving lives of the inhabitants in low income housing. This research paper presents alternative & innovative yet low-cost building materials & techniques that have been identified and whose applications in low income housing can help provide a reasonable level of comfort inside during all seasons. Such materials and techniques are easy to apply and are affordable also. Moreover, such innovative low-cost green building materials and techniques provide for sustainable features and are long-life too. A case study has also been presented with the application of innovative low-cost green building materials and techniques in model low income housing.