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Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Hyderabad, India | Green Buildings

August 27, 2010 by Architect

CII – Confederation of Indian Industry | Green Building in India

CII is internationally renowned building designed using the principles of Green Buildings and is India’s premier developmental institution, offering advisory services to the industry on environmental aspects and working in the areas of Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Water Management, Environment Management, Renewable Energy, Green Business Incubation and Climate Change activities.

“Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” is the agenda of Green building Technology.

CII Project Information

“… Grover has dispelled any notion that aesthetics must be sacrificed in the effort to make buildings “green.”

Reuse of Waste Materials in Construction | Green Building Architecture

August 21, 2010 by Architect

Reuse of Waste Materials for Construction Purposes |Sustainable Development

Reuse of materials is an efficient way to reduce the use of of energy intensive materials. Instead of discarding tonnes and tonnes of wastes from the factories and homes, some part of it could be used for creative construction. This will help in achieving “Waste reduction” and help us move one step forward towards the sustainable environment.

Chandigarh's Rock Garden | Reuse of Discarded Materials

Our prime goal is to, “Sustain the Sustainable”.

In this article, we are going to discuss some of the examples that I came across while conducting a research on the Utilization of Waste Materials for Innovative constructions.

Construction of Bottle Houses

Bottle houses sounds weird, isn’t it? When I read about the construction of Bottle Houses, i was really amazed with the thought of utilising discarded glass bottles for such an innovative purpose. A new distinct style of constructing walls with glass bottles of 1L capacity as masonry units and uses cement, stucco, plaster, adobe for the binding purposes resulting in the construction of beautiful stained glass like wall.

Contemporary Designs and Sustainability | Green Architecture

July 11, 2010 by Architect

People all over the world are realizing the need for the conservation of natural resources that are being used for the sake of creating spaces that involve use of materials that are energy intensive and are expensive.

Green building Organization in America

Green Building Architecture is all about a building’s entire life cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. People are now concerned about factors such as economy, utility, durability, and comfort. The practice of Green and Sustainable design is growing throughout the world making people concerned about various issues regarding building design and have achieved quite a lot of success.

Every country in the world has their own traditional architectural styles. Traditional architectural styles involve the use of materials that are locally available and are available in abundance. But lately, after the industrial revolution and creation of energy intensive materials, the mindsets of people have changed drastically. They crave for more of fancy designs that involve the use of materials that are not available locally but are imported from different cities of the country or altogether different nations of the world. This style is called “Contemporary or Modern Design.”

Design Strategies For Development of Sustainable Housing Projects

July 7, 2010 by Architect

Development of Sustainable Housing Societies

Development of Housing Societies is the new need of the day. The development in IT sector and Industrial Sector has made people all around the urban areas to migrate to the cities. The land value has increased to immensely. The new Housing Projects have to be economical and also sustainable.

It is easier said than done that every family in any country or state can have a dwelling unit/shelter. As such every successive government engages in dialogue, written or oral, but lags behind in its achievement.

Above 60% of the world’s population lives in Single Room Tenement (SRT) or at most Two Room Tenement (2RT) units. Designing with a practical approach in a High Density, limited space with flexible utility blending it with modern gadgets, integrating community and socio-economic housing is a challenge to present day Architects.

To overcome the instability resulting from our increasingly chaotic transportation system, a new mobile Architecture should arise to accommodate unrest, thus anticipating a change that is a change for the better.