What does it take for a building to qualify as ‘green’?

A key component of green architecture is a building’s ability to save energy. It is estimated that over 70 per cent of the world’s energy is consumed in our homes. This is more than the amount of energy consumed by the transport and industrial sectors. This contributes to more than two thirds of carbon emissions, which are the single largest contributors to global warming.

According to UN-Habitat, the way we design our homes can to a large extent impact on energy generation, consumption and saving.