GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is a certification for assessing the green buildings in India. Along with a sustainable environment, it also renders healthy quality of life, both…
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a well-known system of evaluation, Rating, and Certifying to know a building’s environmental performance. BREEAM authentication is proof of the sustainable approach…
About LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a third-party green building certification program used worldwide, developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC); it provides a rating…
For the last few years, there has been a growing threat due to climate change, and it has been felt by every living species on the planet. Every time a…
What is GRIHA? GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is a system for evaluating green buildings. It facilitates the assessment of a building’s performance based on nationally accepted standards…
With the growing awareness about how the built spaces have been affecting the world environment, the current state of architectural and urban development is moving more and more towards sustainability.…
The sustainable design aims to reduce buildings’ negative environmental effects by improving efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space, and the ecosystem as a whole.Sustainable architecture…
Sustainable approaches can be broadly classified into two categories- Program-based approach and Conservation-based approach. The program-based approach is a clean-slate architecture that focuses on integrating design strategies and sustainable technologies…
The evolution of our built environments has been massive. Enacting as mere shelters to the construction of empires and the birth of design theories, the world of architecture has seen…
One of the essential environmental threats to our planet Earth is climate change. Life on earth is not possible without the Greenhouse effect; however, an increase in Greenhouse gasses affects…
For years humans have sought answers from nature, and nature being one of our planet’s oldest residents, is the most experienced species that has successfully survived for a long time.…
More than three-quarters of the Indian population lives in villages, and more than half of these villages live the old traditional ways. The planning, materials, elements, architectural detailing, etc., are…