The progress of green building ratings in India has been significant, driven by growing awareness of sustainability and the need to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. Various rating systems, such as the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), EDGE and LEED India, have been instrumental in promoting eco-friendly practices.
In recent years, Bangalore, like many cities worldwide, has been grappling with a water crisis worsened by rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change. Amidst this challenge, recycling greywater has emerged as a favourable solution to alleviate the strain on freshwater resources and address water scarcity issues in the city.
Net energy metering (NEM), system is a metering and billing mechanism designed to monitor and record the flow of power between a solar energy system and the government grid. Solar meters are an important aspect in the design of privately-owned grid-tied solar energy systems.
The function of the earthing system in an electrical installation is to dissipate in the ground the current intensities of any nature that may originate, whether from fault currents, at an industrial frequency or due to atmospheric discharges.
An isolation transformer is a transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of
alternating current power to some equipment or device while isolating the powered device from
the power source, usually for safety reasons or to reduce transients and harmonics.
Mixed mode cooling refers to a cooling system that combines different methods to achieve optimal cooling efficiency. This can involve integrating traditional air conditioning systems with more sustainable or energy-efficient methods such as natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, or thermal mass cooling.
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt brighter and more alive? That’s not just your
imagination—colors can play a significant role in enhancing the natural light in a space, making it
feel more open and inviting. When it comes to designing buildings, the choice of paint can be as
critical as the architecture itself.
It is often presumed that glazing on the northern façade is not much of a concern as compared to other orientations. It is believed that these windows receive only indirect diffuse light and are predominantly in the shade without the need for any glare control. Northern exposure is considered advantageous and maximum glazing is prioritized on the orientation assuming least exposure to solar rays.
When we pick colors for a building, it’s usually about what looks good. But what if the colors could also save money and energy? Yes, the right colors on a building can significantly reduce how much energy it uses, mainly by affecting how hot or cold the building gets.
The Daylight Thumb Rule is a fundamental concept used in architectural design, particularly in optimizing natural light within interior spaces. This rule provides a formula to determine how daylight penetrates a room through a vertical façade, such as windows and ventilators, and its implications on the illumination of task areas.