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GREEN LIBRARY : SCOPE AND
IMPLICATIONS AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Sonali Choudhury Biswas,
Librarian,R.M. College, Silchar, Assam.
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INTRODUCTION:
Green Library is uniquely placed to educatepeople on the importance of sustainabilityand at the same time creating interest andattraction towards libraries.
The term ‘Green Library’ refers to a librarythat is environmentally conscious in manyways.
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WHY ARE LIBRARIES BECOMING GREEN?
Role in conserving environment.
Providing environment friendly and sustainable library services to the users.
To generate attraction towards library.
To continue working for the betterment ofmankind.
But what about libraries that want togo green but cannot afford the cost…?
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OBJECTIVES OF THE PAPER:
To study the major green library initiatives at the international and national level.
The paper would attempt to recognize the standards for Green Libraries in India and the movement so far in the context of Indian libraries.
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LEED CERTIFICATION
In new construction and library renovation,sustainability is increasingly achievedthrough LEED certification, a rating systemdeveloped and administered by theUSGBC.
LEED certification-predominant design andstandards set.
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HOW DOES ONE ACHIEVE LEED CERTIFICATION?
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEEDwebsite: http://in.usgbc.org/ provides toolsfor building professionals, providinginformation on the LEED certificationprocess.
Besides this, information about Green andSustainable Libraries is also available inhttp://greenlibraries.org/
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GREEN LIBRARY INITIATIVES
At International Level:The awareness among the countries
abroad is promptly remarkable about GreenLibraries especially America, Canada,England, Atlanta and Japan. Most of thegreen libraries started their project and theyare striving for LEED Certification. Thefollowing table is indicative of the GreenLibrary initiatives in different countries of theworld:Source:http://greenlibraries.org/http://in.usgbc.org/leed/
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S l. No. Name of the
Green Libraries
Project
Started
Country LE ED
Certificate
1 Ballard Branch
Seattle Public
Library Seattle W A
Top Ten Green
Projects for 2006
America
Washington
2 Blair Library
Fayetteville Public
Library, Fayetteville,
A R.
October 2004 America LE E D
Silver N C
3 Bozeman Public
Library Bozeman
MT.
America L E ED
Silver
4 Broward Community
College/South
regional Library
Pembroke Pines
Opened
February
1, 20 07
America L EE D
certified
5 Budlong Woods
Branch Chicago
Public Library,
Chicago, IL.
America Received
L EE D
6 Central Library
Seattle Public
Library Seattle, W A .
America L E ED
Silver
7 Candler Library
Emory University.
Atlanta, GA.
America L E ED
Silver
8 Eden Prairie Library
Eden Prairie, M N
America
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9 Jay Johnson Public
Library Quinter , KS
America
10 Lake View Terrace
Library, Lake View
Terrace, CA.
Started 2004 America Platinum
L EE D
11 Mallets Creek Branch,
Ann Arbor District
Library
Ann Arbor , MI A n n
Ar bor , M I.
Started America
12 Minneapolis Central
Library Minneapolis,
MN
America
13 North Adams Public
Library North
Adams, M A .
Started 2007 America
14 Oaklyn Branch
Library Evansville
Vanderburgh Public
Library Evansville, IN
Started 2003 America
15 Ossining Public
Library Ossining, N
Y.
America Pursuing
L EE D
16 Pittsfield Branch
Ann Arbor District
Library Ann
A rb or, M I.
America
17 Portsmouth Public
Library Portsmouth,
N H.
Started 2007 America
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18 Rosemary Gar foot
Public Library Cross
Plains , WI.
Opened in 2006 America L E ED Silver
19 Seattle Central
Library
Opened in May
2004
Washington
20 National Library,
Singapore
Opened in July
2005
Singapore
21 Public Library of
Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County
2005 America L E ED Silver
22 Santa Monica Public
Library Santa
Monica, CA.
America L E ED Gold
2006
23 Utah Valley State
College Library
Orem, UT
Opened in July
2008
America
24 West Valley Branch
Library San José
Public Library
System. San José, CA
America Received
L EE D
25 The Oldham County
Public Main Library
LaGrange, Ky.
Started in 2008 America LE ED Silver
26 Ritter Public Library
Vermilion, Ohio
Expect to
complete in
2010
America Gold LEED
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27 Canmore Public
Library Canmore,
Alberta
Moved to
1 996
Canada
28 Crowfoot Branch
Calgary Public Library
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
29 City of NorthVancouver PublicLibrary
Canada Striving for
LEED Gold
30 Collingwood PublicLibrary (Ontario) Canada Striving for
LEED Silver
31 Coquitlam Public
Library Poirier Branch
(British Columbia)
Canada Following
LEED
32 EdmontonPublic LibraryLois Ho le
B ranch( Alb erta)
Canada LEED Gold
33 Langara College
Library (British
Columbia)
Canada Striving for
LEED Gold
34 Regent College
Library (British
Columbia)
March 6 , 20 07 Canada Striving for
LEED Gold
35 Selkirk-St. Andrews-
St. Clements regional
library, Manitoba
200 6 Canada Established as
LEED certified
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36 Semiahmoo Library
and R CMP Facility
Canada LEED Silver
37 University of
Toronto Hazel Mc
Callion Academic
Learning C entre (HM
ALC) (Ontar io) -
January 20 05 Canada Seeking
Silver LEED
38 Vancouver Public
Library Green Roof
Monitoring
Pr oject (British Colu
mb ia)
199 5 Canada Striving for
LEED Gold
39 Waterloo PublicLibrary (Ontario) Canada Striving for
LEED Silv er
40 Emory University Atlanta LEED Certified
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STANDARDS AND PROSPECTS FOR GREEN LIBRARIES IN INDIA:
Indian Green building Council (IGBC): The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC),
part of the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) was formed in the year 2001 topromote and rate Green buildings in India.
The council offers a wide array of serviceswhich include developing new greenbuilding rating programmes, certificationservices and green building trainingprogrammes.
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED-India):
USGBC has also established a LEED hub inIndia to further accelerate the adoption ofLEED in India.
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) hasbeen instrumental in mobilizing the greenbuilding movement in India.
USGBC and IGBC continue their collaborationin advancing the uptake of green buildings inIndia. LEED India projects registered withIGBC till June 2014 would be certified by IGBC.LEED projects in India registered after June2014 would be certified by the Green BuildingCertification Institute (GBCI).
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Green Library Initiatives in India:
1. Perma Karpo Library, Ladakh in Indian Himalayas. 2. National Library of India, Kolkata.3. NIT Library, Silchar.4. The LEED Gold Anna Centenary Library located in
Kotturpuram.
Besides this, Green initiatives and measures have beentaken up by Madras University Library System, CalcuttaUniversity Library System, Delhi University LibrarySystem, Mumbai University Library System. TheUniversity Libraries buildings are converting intomodern buildings known as ‘Knowledge ResourceCentre’, which are on the concept of a ‘green’ building,providing open space learning environment andprovisions for natural lights, natural air and othersustainable facilities. 22/01/2015 15
CONCLUSION:
Going for a Green Library with the specificstandards as set by IGBC and USGBC with aLEED certification will really persuade the type ofservices and facilities libraries will provide to theirusers.
The present study shows that USA leads indeveloping green libraries followed by Canadaand other nations too started to gain awarenessabout the same. In Asia, Singapore and Indiahave taken steps in this direction but still long wayto go.
The need of the hour is to take few collectivesteps by the libraries in going green by saving thevaluable resources, sustaining environment and toindulge in green thoughts and activities.
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