Green Library: Sustainable Development

This article elaborates the concept of green library, list outs features, and necessarily discusses the elements of green library. ‘Green’ or ‘Sustainable Libraries’ are the structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource efficient manner. It’s a collective effort of all mankind to make green planet by reducing global warming, Element of Green Library is Site selection, Constructional material, Energy conservation, Indoor air quality, Water conservation etc. Librarians have always been a key contributor to community learning efforts and it is also appropriate that they take a leadership role in sustainability movement. The green library or sustainable is a modern library where minimize electricity consumption and maximum use of renewable sources like air, sunlight, woods. Now days it is much more needed for a library to greening the library environment.