Lighting up hearts

A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too

Watertight

Rate water fixtures for efficiency to cut wastage

A thin green coating

No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives

‘Energy conservation is a moving target’

A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001. Most provisions of the law are yet to be implemented properly. Ajay …

‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel

Green home

‘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 …

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

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 …

India ranks third in the world in the LEED Green Building rankings

The rank can be a powerful tool in the country's efforts for the 100 Smart Cities initiative

Simply creative

General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon

Roti, kapda, and the other makaan bygones

Green buildings can happen only when we adopt a holistic approach that brings fashion, food and the building industry in sync

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

Green buildings: it’s common sense

Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …

Construction boom will make cities unliveable: Centre for Science and Environment

Non-profit calls for support for green buildings programmes which should not be reduced to a sham to protect realty profits

Climate change will cost cities twice as much as rest of the world

Cities act as “heat islands” when natural vegetation is replaced by heat-capturing surfaces such as concrete, asphalt and glass

Africa’s first heat officer is based in Freetown — 5 things that should be on her agenda

Significant proportion of urban dwellers who are poor and those whose living conditions do not provide adequate shelter from heat risks make …

Our Commonwealth

Getting a city into shape

Making sense of green building rating

A green facade

As green as billed?

Reflections on glass

Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climate

The myth of green building