The world has been changing and so have our energy consumption levels. Global warming and climate play a huge part in our lives, but people choose to ignore their repercussions…
Ever since the very beginning of architecture, the only thing we can be sure of is that it is uncertain, and ever-shifting: the discussion about the meaning of architecture and…
The building industry accounts for nearly 40% of the global GHG emissions. With the world becoming more and more conscious of the growing negative impacts of climate change it becomes…
Retrofitting in Architecture: In current times, the terms green building, green design, and energy conservation have become synonymous with building design. For the sake of the environment, one has to…
Sustainability is a concept that has been circling the minds of people in all walks of life for a few years, and has suddenly become one of the main facets…
Adaptive reuse is an architectural typology which gives importance to the existing characteristics of the site. This mainly refers to adding a programme or function in the existing built environment…
Architecture firms across the world are adopting eco-friendly operational and constructional techniques. This rise in the number of sustainable practices in architecture doesn’t just accrue from the growing awareness on…
Urbanization – the phenomenon of the advancement of cities through higher technological means and expansion of the population, both an eventuation of the other. Despite being a familiar phenomenon, it…
The word sustainability has been a buzz in the media for a decade, and it is for a reason- climate change, economics and other factors. Being one of the environmentally…
Generally, when we talk about blending architecture and nature, we tend to think about very few aspects like landscape design and green methods. Though these methods play an important role…
Environmental advocacy gained prominence in the latter half of the 20th century, as an aftermath of the realization of the limited resources and the heavy reliance of the human populace…
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) is a rating tool that helps people assess their building performance against certain national benchmarks. GRIHA focuses to minimize a building’s resource consumption,…