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THE BRITISH COUNCIL LAHORE’S GREEN AND LEED CERTIFIED LIBRARY BUILDING

Zehra Waheed

INDUSTRY : Education

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LENGTH : 6

LUMS No : 03-870-2020-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2020

KEYWORDS:

Sustainable design, user needs, green buildings, LEED certification, Lahore British Council, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:

The case highlights the challenges of green adoption, and surrounding issues like general awareness, government support, construction sector maturity and client/ end-user expectations. The British Council Lahore’s new Library aimed at providing modern twentieth century library services to the educational community in Lahore was completed in August 2016 and became one of the earliest and highest rated LEED BD+C: new construction certified building in Pakistan. The library building was a stellar outcome of design and innovation, rating high on water use reduction, energy efficiency, use of wastewater technology, sustainable site design, use of green materials and resources, high indoor environmental quality and innovation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The case highlights the challenges of green adoption, and surrounding issues like general awareness, government support, construction sector maturity and client/ end-user expectations. The British Council Lahore’s new Library aimed at providing modern twentieth century library services to the educational community in Lahore was completed in August 2016 and became one of the earliest and highest rated LEED BD+C: new construction certified building in Pakistan. The library building was a stellar outcome of design and innovation, rating high on water use reduction, energy efficiency, use of wastewater technology, sustainable site design, use of green materials and resources, high indoor environmental quality and innovation.

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Operations Management