Adopt green housing technology to save on cost, protect environment

The popularity of green building technologies in Kenya is rising with more stakeholders employing green or environmentally sustainable architecture in housing development. [iStockphoto]

Green housing is a novel type of building that advocates energy and water saving, environmental protection and the general wellbeing of house occupants.

Owing to the increasingly serious environmental pollution in recent years and calls for corporates to conduct their businesses responsibly and embrace sustainability, green housing has certainly attracted a lot of attention. According to the United Nations Environmental Programme, real estate contributes about 30 per cent of global annual greenhouse gas emissions, hence the plea for the sector's stakeholders to support global efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change in order to ensure sustainability.