Consilence Blog

Our society has evolved so fats in the last century that it is sometimes hard to believe how far we have gotten since 1800's. In 200 years we accomplish more things than in the previous 1800 years in terms of technology and very single are of our society. We moved from oxcarts and horse driven carriages to space crafts and putting men on the moon. Humans have conquered almost every corner of the planet and the success that our race has had in the planet has allowed us to grow not only in terms of knowledge, but in terms of numbers too. In places like China, population control methods have had to be used for quite some time now. Scientists worry about the capacity of the planet to support human life in the numbers that we have currently reached. Natural resources have been used freely, and very few controls have been put into place in order to guarantee our next generations to have access to the resources in the qualities and quality that we were able to enjoy. Human kind could run out of essential resources if no managed appropriately in to a more green society. In the last few years many organizations have come up with very innovative ideas to help the planet to do better in terms of better and environmentally oriented alternatives in different areas.

At Consilienceblog.org we have focused on the construction methods and how they make use of the resources available and how those practices could affect the way we will be able to live in the future. In orders to make our own contribution, we have decided to specialize in green building design. In its most general definition, we can say that green building has to do with the way we manage our resources more efficiently in terms of maintenance, renovation, construction and demolition practices. Green building is also known as sustainable building or green construction. The most important basis for green building are the efficient use of energy, water and any other resources available, the protection of occupant health and employee productivity and reducing pollution and waste caused by construction mechanisms in order to reduce the environmental degradation to a minimum. Green building involves, but is not to be confused with, natural building which is a smaller scale use of natural materials locally available.

For obvious reasons, the health care industry has taken a particular interest in developing facilities under the green building approach, and that is exactly what our site specializes in. as a matter of fact we specialize in adapting green building mechanisms to fit the needs of health care facilities. Accomplishing green building practices in healthcare facilities is not an easy task, and it provides a very challenging set of specifications. The fact that health care facilities such as hospitals are a 24/7 operation, making a wise use of the resources such as energy and water is not an easy thing. Also, managing the dangerous waste produced by these facilities poses an interesting challenge. These and many other challenges will be approached at this site, along with the most realistic proposals.