Are you building a new home, considering remodeling, or just speculating how to improve your dream home’s sustainability? Ponder upon natural stone! It’s truly a natural winner when it comes to searching for perfect green building materials.   Including Stone in Your Sustainable Home Design   If you are looking for a sustainable material to […]

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Did you know the global construction industry is responsible for filling 50% of the landfills, contributes 50% to detrimental global warming, apart from 23% of the air pollution and is also responsible for 40% of the pollution found in water? Not only this, a report by USGBC (United States Green Building Council) shows that the […]

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In a recent annual ranking report from the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC), this ranking list has the top ten countries outside the US that are following LEED and India  accounts for 10-12% global space as green structures. It has more than 750 LEED certified projects covering over 20.28 million gross square meters of space […]

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With civilization advancing at an unprecedented rate there is immense infrastructural development going on all over the world. This rapid rate of construction, from the past couple of centuries, using modern construction materials has also started to have an impact on our environment.   Environmental Impact of Conventional Building Materials     Today’s construction materials […]

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Green is the new buzzword in the construction industry. Not only residential but the commercials buildings are turning green. In fact A recent study by GRIHA says, “India has second largest registered footprints in the world which is 4.5 billion sq.ft, Moreover, the market size of the green building in India is expected to grow […]

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Remember the military bunkers from World War I? Dug in trenches and barricaded by sacks of soil/sand and of course, barbed wires, these makeshift facilities were powerhouses of revolution. Whole operations were carried on from within and with personnel living their way for several months at a stretch. Well, it’s time we revisit the DIY […]

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The concept of Green Buildings has risen to the status of a revolution in the past decade and rightly so. With the world getting more crowded, we are on the verge of facing the depletion of vital natural resources. Conventional building designs have suited well for some decades in the past but their limitations and […]

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The drift for “green” and eco-friendly building structures is sweeping over. Now builders, planners, and designers are making all efforts to integrate gardens, terraces and all genera of vertical planting in their design concepts for apartment buildings, office blocks and even skyscrapers. As environmental concerns are growing, architects are pushing planted buildings as a way […]

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Green Buildings have become a definite solution to the climate change. While the concept dates back to several centuries, it is only now that both builders and homeowners are taking it seriously. The aim is to minimize the exploitation of natural resources and the means are varied. Saving electricity by the use of maximum daylighting, […]

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Buildings across the globe are adopting sustainable operational and constructional strategies. The increase in the number of initiatives doesn’t just accrue from increased awareness about climate change but green buildings actually offer significant cost savings. It’s not just the new establishments are integrating it into their building design blueprints but even existing structures are being […]

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