Sustainable, Healthy and Liveable Housing
Date: March 3rd-6th, 2020
Sustainability in the Built Environment
May 8-9, 2019
What's good insulation?
Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material
Keep it flowing: Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost
Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost
Green rating problems
GRIHA, a rating system for green buildings developed by The Energy and Resources Institute ( TERI ), has been formalized as the first national rating system.
EU to certify buildings for energy efficiency from 2006
As per a new directive, the eu will certify buildings for energy efficiency from 2006 onwards. The European Climate Change Programme, established in 2000 to meet Kyoto Protocol targets, has identified the construction sector as providing the largest potential for carbon dioxide emission reduction. Buildings already account for up to 40 per cent of the eu's energy consumption. And southern European countries are buying more air-conditioning units, further disturbing the energy balance.
Green buildings: how to redesign
There is a buzz about green buildings. But the question is: what does one mean by building green? And how does one design policies to make the green homes of our dreams? Green is not about first building structures using lots of material and energy, and then fixing them so that they become a little more efficient. Building green is about optimizing on the local ecology, using local material as far as possible and, most importantly, building to cut the power, water and material requirements.