Green HomesSustainable Housing Technologies

NEPAL

A project supported by the EU SWITCH Asia Sustainable Production and Consumption

Presenter: Paula Pennanen-Rebeiro, HSO, ROAP1

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Introducing Nepal

Area 147,181 sq km

Popul. 2011 26,5 million

GDP/capita US$619 (2011)

Human Dev Index 0.463 (157th)

Geographic regions

Terai plains below 500 m

Hills 500m to 3000m

High mountains over 3000 m

Urbanisation in Nepal

• Market towns along hill trails created larger towns, such as Pokhara• Towns in Terai, southern plains, emerged as gateway to India; the hill

people migrated during 1970s-80s and more towns emerged

The strategic, fertile location of Kathmandu Valley created its historic cities and the present urban agglomeration of 6.7 M people

Why “Green Homes” in Nepal? • Climate change is threatening economic growth

and well-being (Nepal Climate Change Policy 2011, National

Shelter Policy 2012) Government needs policy enforcement support

• Unplanned urbanisation has increased flood and earthquake damages in cities Cities need better disasters risk planning

• Because of the high poverty rate, development focus remains on poverty reduction

Joint UN-Habitat - EU ResponseGreen Homes: housing solutions which reduce the consumption of natural resources and produce less harmful emissions and wasteRelevance: housing sector is a major sector of employment and economy in Kathmandu Valley, but also the major source of pollution and disaster risks Opportunity to make the core development investments more ‘green’ by effective construction sector policy guidance and regulations, and reduce poverty by sustainable employment creation

Nepal’s housing technology constraints

i. Construction markets are unfavourable for local green building technologies – cheap, unsustainable imports, no policy guidance

ii. Limited capacity of small & medium-size enterprises’ (SMEs) to increase their own competitiveness

iii. Low level of consumer knowledge on local green technologies

Goals of ‘Green Homes’ projectI. Create a favourable national

and local policy environment that promotes sustainable technologies often produced locally

II. Strengthen SMEs and their supply chains to increase competitiveness of local green products

III. Increase public awareness and demand for sustainable housing products and designs

How do we do it? I. Policies & plans revised and enforced

• Revision of Nepal National Building Code to include specific regulations for better quality standards and environmental considerations

• Guidance from Nepalese, Asian & European best practices

• UN-Habitat supports urban policy-making, planning and disaster risk reduction capacities of central and local authorities: the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, the Ministry of Urban Development, and 3 pilot districts

How do we do it? II. Stronger SMEs, more local jobs

• Supply chains of SMEs improved for sustainable housing technologies & products by staff skills training and market assessments & strategies

• Poverty is reduced by SMEs and individuals being able to provide more employment for the urban poor in local construction industry

priority on unemployed youth and women

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Green techniques: Five focus areas

How do we do it? III. Better public knowledge, more demand

• Demand for sustainable housing is increased by intensive consumer information on the benefits and availability of local products and services

• Marketing campaigns and eco-fairs on energy efficient buildings, water and waste management

• Voluntary Green Labelling System set up in Nepal to inform consumers & promote products

• Guidance from Nepalese, Asian & European best practices

Summary - the added value of the Green Homes approach

Project addresses several most critical concerns of a Least Developed Country government: • long-term sustainable urbanisation and climate

change, medium-term economic growth and immediate poverty reduction/employment issues

• tackles problems at the critical but challenging areas of evidence-based policy-making and implementation and financing city development

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Project partners1 Overall implementation

2 Training and capacity building

3 Water and waste management

4 Energy and climate change

5 Green buildings

6 SME mobilisation

Thank you for your interest

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Green Building

Household level composting alternatives

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Grey water management at household level

GREEN & SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS

Available green materials in Nepal

Hollow concrete block

Soil -cement Block / CSEB

Strawbale Earth rammed

Bamboo

CSEB Hollow concrete blockStrawbale

Earth rammed

Bamboo

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