Green Buildings or the Energy efficient buildings have been catching the attention of planners and developers alike. This is an hitherto untapped area which can be made use of for the purpose of energy conservation. The fact that HVAC is the most important area and accounts for 55% of the energy usages in a typical commercial building [...]
International Code Council has just released International Green Construction Code, a comprehensive Green Building Code which is expected to bring about paradigm shift in the way Green Building are being constructed. This would also spur other nations to review their national codes and come out with some revisions.
Green technologies are expensive. At a time when India is focusing on providing affordable housing to the masses, adoption of green technologies by developers and builders will add to the construction costs making the housing unaffordable. This is a dilemma which the authorities have to confront with. Simplest way for the authorities to deal with [...]
Our present decade started with concerns over high rise buildings in the wake of Sept 11, 2001 episode. But that was only for few early years. March to pridely own the tallest building continued unabated. Taiwan, Shanghai and now Dubai rivalled with one another to have the tallest man made structure in their country. Even [...]
We have been reading and discussing a lot on Climate Change and Global warming these days. These issues have surely been there on the top of agenda of every gatherings on energy and renewables. No doubt, we all are concerned and some of us might have even attended talks and presentations on these topics. But [...]
Steven Chu, Noble prize winning, President-Elect Obama’s choice for Energy Secretary has vowed to limit United States dependence on foreign oil. Conservation of natural resources, making US energy independent and addressing the issues of Climate Change are Obama administration’s top priorities. Steven Chu while speaking at Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, stressed on the [...]
