As green as billed?

The myth of green building

Green buildings: how to redesign

There is a buzz about green buildings

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints

BIMSTEC region can provide green, affordable energy access to all

It is necessary to develop renewable energy in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner

Energy conservation building code for Andhra soon

Green factory building code, measures to improve energy efficiency under consideration

Letters

Letters

Letters

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

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 …

Green roofs can help cities adapt to climate change

Dusty Gedge, president of European Federation of Green Roof Association, says growing a garden on roofs gives relief from heat island effect and …

City trapped in a solar oven

Climate-incompatible buildings that fuel excessive use of air- conditioners not only add to the energy needs of cities but also create …

Lighting up hearts

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

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

‘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