Leadership Development in Youth as Future Stakeholders of Green Building for Global Ecological Sustainability

Periodic Research (P: ISSN No. 2231-0045 RNI No. UPBIL/2012/55438 VOL. -V, ISSUE-II, November-2016 E: ISSN No. 2349-9435)

Abstract

 Shilpi Saraswat

 Assistant Professor, Deptt.of Family and Community Resource Management, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

Maneesha Shukul

 Professor and Ex. Head, Deptt.of Family and Community Resource Management, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

The human activities are causing an irreversible damage to the global environment. The cumulative effects of the degradation of the Earth‟s natural environment have increased the scale of the sustainable development challenge enormously. Tremendous rate of real estate development across the globe is imposing immense pressure on the environment and its natural resources. Construction industry is growing rapidly all over the world. Buildings have impact on the environment in a number of ways over their lifecycle, which range from the excavation of construction sites to the materials used in construction. The construction and operation of buildings require significant input of energy, water and raw materials. Buildings are also responsible for considerable quantities of waste and emissions, including greenhouse gases. Hence, there is a need to design and construct a green building which minimizes the adverse impact on the environment and the health of its users. People are unaware of Green building concept, and unconvinced of its advantages. To convince present building owners and future stakeholders – the “youth” - about the benefits of Green buildings, it is necessary to make them understand the advantages of green buildings. Today‟s youth are tomorrow‟s stakeholders and caretakers of the future environment. They will give due consideration to the environmental conditions while constructing/buying their own house. Educated and aware youth about green building through their leadership can influence people to strive willingly for the global environment sustainability. Therefore it is essential to find out the level of knowledge of the youth on several aspects of green buildings and to enhance it. Hence, a research was undertaken to develop an educational programme on various aspects of green buildings, to expose the selected youth to the programme and assess their pre and post knowledge regarding Green buildings. The data were gathered through questionnaire on a sample of 84 youth from department of Family and Community Resource Management, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda selected through convenient sampling. The educational programme developed in audio visual and print media highlighted aspects viz. site selection, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality. It was duly validated by the experts. The respondents were required to fill up the questionnaire containing knowledge scale before and after their exposure to the educational programme. The Paired t-test value was found highly significant. This indicated the enhancement in the level of knowledge of the youth regarding Green buildings. Youth as a leader can inspire with their vision regarding green building. The educational programme developed can be used to enhance knowledge regarding green building for various stakeholders who in turn, would become leaders and change agent to the cause of global ecological sustainability.

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