Climate responsive and safe earthquake construction: a community building a school

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Hari Darshan Shrestha
Jishnu Subedi
Ryuichi Yatabe
Netra Prakash Bhandary

Abstract

This article outlines environment friendly features, climate responsive features and construction features of a prototype school building constructed using green building technology. The school building has other additional features such as earthquake resistant construction, use of local materials and local technology. The construction process not only establishes community ownership, but also facilitates dissemination of the technology to the communities. Schools are effective media for raising awareness, disseminating technology and up-scaling the innovative approach. The approach is cost effective and sustainable for long-term application of green building technology. Furthermore, this paper emphasizes that such construction technology will be instrumental to build culture of safety in communities and reduce disaster risk.

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Darshan Shrestha, H. ., Subedi, J., Yatabe, R. ., & Prakash Bhandary, N. . (2011). Climate responsive and safe earthquake construction: a community building a school. JNRD - Journal of Natural Resources and Development, 1, 10–19. https://doi.org/10.5027/jnrd.v1i0.02
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Case Studies