What initiatives we need to take in future in construction industry to reduce 'Greenhouse Gas Emissions'??

Resource Efficiency  can be accomplished by utilizing materials that meet the following criteria:

* Recycled Content: Products with identifiable recycled content, including postindustrial content with a preference for postconsumer content.

* Natural, plentiful or renewable: Materials harvested from sustainably managed sources and preferably have an independent certification (e.g., certified wood) and are certified by an independent third party.
    
* Resource efficient manufacturing process: Products manufactured with resource-efficient processes including reducing energy consumption, minimizing waste (recycled, recyclable and or source reduced product packaging), and reducing greenhouse gases.
    
* Locally available: Building materials, components, and systems found locally or regionally saving energy and resources in transportation to the project site.
    
* Salvaged, refurbished, or remanufactured: Includes saving a material from disposal and renovating, repairing, restoring, or generally improving the appearance, performance, quality, functionality, or value of a product.
    
* Reusable or recyclable: Select materials that can be easily dismantled and reused or recycled at the end of their useful life.
    
* Recycled or recyclable product packaging: Products enclosed in recycled content or recyclable packaging.
    
* Durable: Materials that are longer lasting or are comparable to conventional products with long life expectancies.


Thus, this is the primary step which we all can take to reduce the impact on the environment

We need to ask a very sincere question to ourself before we start pondering about GHG emissions. What is the percentage of  construction activity we are talking about compared to the global scenario. What are our neighbouring countries whose level of activity is 10 fold to us doing about it? It would be stupid to proceed with any of the measures without having a clear understanding about the above facts.

Ours is developing country where there would be fair bit of construction activity in near future atleast for another couple of decades. Embracing green technologies should not come in way of progress.

Focus should be on providing basic amenities to the most unpriveledged in the country. How many of them have the basic neccesities in there day to day life ?

Priotise basic shelter, drinking water supply , sanitation & power to every Indian first . After these things are sorted and there is still any energy left we can discuss measures to reduce GGE