5 stars for saving electricity

Redefining the Greys of the Green

Give landscape its due

Ravindra Bhan is one of the country’s pioneer landscape architects. From establishing a programme in landscape architecture at the School …

Energy wise, resource foolish

Most eco-friendly claims of Indira Paryavaran Bhawan are hogwash

In nature's cradle

Green look

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact

‘Sick-building syndrome’ fuelling India’s COVID-19 infections

Greed of the air-conditioning industry and architects mean that India’s new buildings don’t get adequate ventilation; now, the Centre …

Is it a matter of governance?

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

Energy audit shy

Concrete in Extreme Environments

Contemporary events have shown that buildings designed to modern day codes need to be able to resist accidental extreme actions such as impact, …

US engineers design heating patches that can be sewn into clothes

They claim the patches can replace heating systems and save 47 % of global energy used for indoor heating

Courtyard as cold island

With a little twist in traditional design, Akshay Urja Bhawan in Haryana provides a model for affordable green buildings

What killed the chirp?

A study confirms modern buildings, pesticides and mobile towers are responsible for decline in sparrow population

Cool cover

New panel can make buildings reflect heat, cut cooling cost

Certified, not certain

Green-rated buildings in India are not necessarily energy efficient

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A cool idea

Roofs that reflect sunlight save electricity

House that

Wasted

Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

Earthquake footage shows Turkey’s buildings collapsing like pancakes. An expert explains why

Many of the collapsed buildings appear to have been built from concrete without adequate seismic reinforcement

India needs a new approach to fire safety

In addition the codes governing fire safety and governance, we should have guidelines and framework to conduct a comprehensive risk-assessment …