GLASS : AS A GREEN BUILDING MATERIAL

Abstract

Glass is a versatile crystalline solid material having many uses in building industry. Silica is the main constituent of glass. But sometimes it is to be added with sodium potassium carbonate to bring down melting point. Green building material means a material that is eco-friendly and resource efficient. Hence glass acts as green building material due to its various properties such as transparency, insulating property, does not gets easily affected by atmosphere, it refracts or transmits light and is strong and durable. This paper deals with the justification that glass which produces non-renewable and harmful waste can still be a green building material i.e. it can be resource efficient and eco-friendly material.