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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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Is Your Top Floor Too Hot?

Leave a Comment / Energy / By Chandrashekhar B

Is Your Top Floor Too Hot? Residents living on the top floor of the building face a considerable heating problem, particularly during scorching summers. Roof temperatures can rise to an unbearable 50°-60° Celsius which can make life pretty hard. There are often no signs of relief even during the nighttime, as the heat absorbed during …

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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 Right Thickness of the Insulation Can Save Capex

Leave a Comment / Material / By Chandrashekhar B

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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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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Ignorance Costs you Rs. 5.5 Crores!

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

Ignorance Costs you Rs. 5.5 Crores! Most buildings in India are not upgraded since last couple of decades but the technology has evolved rapidly. If you own such a building, chances are that you paid few extra Crores for ignorance. Read it and save crores in Capex Most of the Consultants are still calculating the …

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Understanding Sustainable Development and Goal

Leave a Comment / General Topic / By Chandrashekhar B

Understanding Sustainable Development and Goals What is Sustainable Development? The Brundtland Report, rightly called ‘Our Common Future’ was published by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987. It established the concept of sustainable development and described pathways for achieving it. The ‘Environment’ is the abode where we all live and relies heavily on …

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Is Your Organization Ready for Net Zero?

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Is Your Organization Ready for Net Zero? In today’s rapidly evolving world, the concept of net zero has gained significant traction and importance. With climate change becoming a pressing global concern, organizations across various industries are increasingly focusing on reducing their carbon footprint and embracing sustainable practices. Achieving net zero status has become a paramount …

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