Cool dwellings: Here is what you can do to make your building beat the heat

‘Shade, insulate and ventilate’ should be the mantra for achieving ‘thermally comfortable’ buildings

CO2 emissions from building sector highest in 2019: UNEP

The sector’s decarbonisation progress also slowing down, notes report

Mandatory building energy code needed by 2030, says UN report

The building sector’s energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions rose by 7% since 2010, the report said

How we lost the art of manipulating microclimate

The current mass housing construction is in contrast from the traditional urban forms of the city, which had smaller shaded spaces, were more …

Murky science of comfort part 3: Industry defined standards make us feel uncomfortable without ACs

The Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning industry has made sure that we get used to heating and cooling appliances by setting arbitrary …

The 20th century saw a 23-fold increase in natural resources used for building

Massive expansion of natural resource consumption will have a considerable environmental impact

Earthquake disaster not limited to death toll

While many affected areas in Afghanistan are conflict-ridden, Pakistan faces administrative challenges

‘My mentor Laurie Baker’

BENNY KURIAKOSE began his architecture career in 1984. He was one of the privileged few who worked under the tutelage of Laurie Baker which …

A green facade

The myth of green building

Lift your head from the sand

Letters

Missing the wood for the trees

Online

Matrix reloaded

Adding jute fiber to cement mix can make buildings stronger

Baker honoured

Back to nature

Glue to bind bridges

Prevention is.

Glass: pane and simple

They are opaque, they are transparent...they are windows of the future

CHINA

No bric-a-bracs

Bricks can be made with 30 per cent sewage sludge

Cool cover

New panel can make buildings reflect heat, cut cooling cost

Trends in high places

Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village

Construction debris offers business

Navi Mumbai plant turns waste into building blocks