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How can Smart Builders Help Residents Minimize High Electricity Bills?

Leave a Comment / Energy / By Chandrashekhar B

How can Smart Builders Help Residents Minimize High Electricity Bills? High electricity bills are becoming a major pain point in resident’s everyday life. With the growing demands for electronic gadgets and increasing dependency on electrical equipment such as a fridge, ACs, water heaters, computers, laptops, mobile devices, speakers, washing machines, and much more the use …

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Glass Building or Glass Furnace?

Leave a Comment / Energy / By Chandrashekhar B

Glass Building or Glass Furnace? “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” -by W. Edwards Deming. The building envelope comprises walls, roof, and fenestration (openings including windows, doors, vents, etc.). The design of the building envelope influences heat gain/loss, natural ventilation, and daylighting, which, in turn, determines indoor temperatures, thermal comfort, and sensible …

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How To Not Make Platinum-Rated Buildings

Leave a Comment / Energy / By Chandrashekhar B

How To Not Make Platinum-Rated Buildings Imagine you’re on the cusp of choosing your new office space, and there’s a pivotal question on the table: “Are you asking for glare-free daylight space or just a good-looking glass building?” This isn’t just a choice between four walls and a roof: it’s a question about your daily …

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How Right Thickness of the Insulation Can Save Capex

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How Right Thickness of the Insulation Can Save Capex There are several passive ways to reduce the heat gain of buildings and decrease the energy consumption. In this article, we will discuss a very effective technique- Insulation Insulation on walls reduces heat gain or heat loss from an indoor environment to an outdoor environment and …

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Right Orientation: Where building meets efficiency, comfort, and sustainability

Leave a Comment / General Topic / By Chandrashekhar B

Right Orientation: Where building meets efficiency, comfort, and sustainability Imagine two exactly same buildings, but one renders higher electricity bills, poor well-being, and productivity due to less daylight and a lack of thermal comfort. You may ask why is there such a huge difference if they are exactly the same. Often the answers are hidden …

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How Paint Affects Heat Gain In Buildings

Leave a Comment / Material / By Chandrashekhar B

How Paint Affects Heat Gain In Buildings The act of selecting the ideal color palette for your building may initially appear as a decision rooted solely in aesthetics, but it can have a significant financial impact. The color you choose for your walls can greatly affect your comfort and energy bills. Darker colors tend to …

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Same Comfort, Less Wastage: Efficient Fixtures

Leave a Comment / Water / By Chandrashekhar B

Same Comfort, Less Wastage: Efficient Fixtures The smart tap for the smart resident. One of the jobs of technology is to make things efficient, and it is generally successful at its job. But people take time to adapt to new technology usually because they aren’t aware of it. With advances in sanitary fixtures, we get …

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ONE WATT Building Challenge

Leave a Comment / Energy / By Chandrashekhar B

ONE WATT Building Challenge World Green Building Week is going on and what better than to challenge the imaginations and limits of sustainable engineering? McD BERL proposes the aspirational challenge of the One-Watt Building. What is it? How to achieve it? Read on to figure it out. One-Watt Building: Think of a commercial office building …

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Building Mileage Kitna Deti Hai?

Leave a Comment / Commercial, Energy, Institutional / By Chandrashekhar B

Building Mileage Kitna Deti Hai? What’s Building Mileage? When buying a car or motorcycle, people always ask “What’s the mileage”? People want good performance and comfort along with high mileage. Similarly, with real estate, people are becoming aware of sustainable and efficient buildings. The time is not very far away when people will ask the …

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