https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=14448 Eco-friendly and climate-friendly homes reduce the construction sector's carbon footprint via energy-efficient technologies, sustainable and rapidly renewable materials, water-conservation systems, carbon-sequestering building materials, and circular-economy design. However, meaningful deployment is constrained by high initial costs and affordability concerns, greenwashing risks that necessitate regulatory oversight and sustainability benchmarks, the significance of embodied carbon across material lifecycles, technological dependency and maintenance burdens, and the need for cultural and climatic adaptability. Policy responses should integrate lifecycle emissions standards, affordability incentives, anti-greenwashing enforcement, and context-sensitive design to secure verifiable and equitable carbon reductions. en-us Tue, 20 May 2025 08:54:16 +0530 Tue, 20 May 2025 08:54:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=14448 Eco-friendly and climate-friendly homes reduce the construction sector's carbon footprint via energy-efficient technologies, sustainable and rapidly renewable materials, water-conservation systems, carbon-sequestering building materials, and circular-economy design. However, meaningful deployment is constrained by high initial costs and affordability concerns, greenwashing risks that necessitate regulatory oversight and sustainability benchmarks, the significance of embodied carbon across material lifecycles, technological dependency and maintenance burdens, and the need for cultural and climatic adaptability. Policy responses should integrate lifecycle emissions standards, affordability incentives, anti-greenwashing enforcement, and context-sensitive design to secure verifiable and equitable carbon reductions. Articles Environmental Law Tue, 20 May 2025 08:54:16 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=14448