Living Green : Building Green

Author : Chanseung Lee
Publisher & Year : NeungRyul EDU. 2009.

Vocabularies
1)Sustainable : Involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
2)Drainage : the process by which water or liquid waste is drained from an area
3)Come up with : to find or produce an answer, a sum of money
4)pack : to fill

Summary
recently, a number of people have joined environmental-friendly construction. environmental buildings called 'green building' have some features. first, they have big windows for using less electricity and more natural light. second, they have rooftop garden which help control amount of sun's heat every season. third, for saving water, they have a special drainage system to collect rainwater and store it. and we can build with green materials such as bamboo, newspaper and plastic milk containers. from now on, we must construct buildings with green features and surely, the buildings we live are getting healthier and greater.

Comment
It is good for us to recommend many examples about green buildings. but, I think it is so limited to be realized in case of buildings with newspaper and plastic containers. It will be somewhat deficient in structure and safety. so, people may not go that buildings. and drainage system to collect rainwater must be reformed practically. it may involve purifying equipment to use water in common life because of air pollution. also, rooftop garden's maintenance expense may be so high-priced because it is located on rooftop so it is complicated to manage. I think it is difficult to settle green technology in space we live due to its expense and maintenance