Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

the majestic image you see on the right is going to fade away. The Crawford market in south Mumbai is going to be "redeveloped'. On March 10, amid strong protests from heritage activists, majority

Publication Date: 
14/04/2008
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Monuments, Urban Habitat, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Nagarpalikas, Architecture, UNESCO, NGO, History, India
Environment

'Reduce energy usage, control global warming by providing for natural ventilation in buildings'

SURVEYS show that air conditioning units, which emit greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming, consume over 50 per cent electricity in buildings in India. Brian Ford, professor of Bio-climatic architecture in University of Nottingham, says this percentage can be brought down by designing buildings that promote natural ventilation. Ford was the consultant of the Sydney Olympic stadium and the Torrent Research laboratories in Gujarat, India.

Publication Date: 
05/04/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy Policy, Green Buildings, Architecture, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Build your own future eco-city in climate show

Want to have a go at building you own ecocity of the future?

Publication Date: 
04/04/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Architecture, Environment Management
Habitat And Urbanisation

Architects of a low-energy future

Low- and zero-energy buildings could have a huge impact on energy use and carbon emissions. We have the technologies, but if they are to mitigate climate change, green-building design must hit the mass market : a report.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2008
Declan Butler
Nature
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7187
520
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Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Architecture, Germany
Habitat And Urbanisation

The Green House

With go-green as a password, the growing need for the green building must now become a palpable reality and a beginning is being made.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2008
Green Hope
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5
26
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Architecture, India
Environment

San Francisco to boast the greenest buildings

San Francisco may soon boast the greenest buildings in the US.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2008
New Scientist
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6
Tags:
Water Conservation, Building Materials, Architecture, Construction Industry, Legislation, Environment Management
Habitat And Urbanisation

Life cycle assessments of buildings in North America

In North America, consideration of life cycle environmental, economic and social aspects of buildings is in vogue. This trend is clear in part from the booming memberships of the U.S. and Canadian Green Building Councils and Sustainable Buildings Canada and the growing number of buildings and communities using environmental rating systems.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2008
oyce Cooper, Jim Fava, Steven Baer
Journal of Industrial Ecology
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1
7
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Green Buildings, Building Materials, Architecture, N C America
Natural Disasters

 Online

www.greenbuildings.com How green is your home? Buildings, both in design and choice of materials, have significant impacts on environment. Much of the concern boils down to the use of energy. How

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Building Materials, Architecture, Information, Media, Internet
India

 House made of thermocol

The

Publication Date: 
14/09/2007
Suverchala Kashyap
Down to Earth
Tags:
Earthquakes, Disaster Housing, Earth Quake Proof Housing, Building Materials, Architecture, Waste Conversion, India, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D)
Energy

 Climate change and design of houses

it's time we got worried about the way we build our houses, offices and markets. As more people migrate to cities, the need for more buidlings is causing a construction boom. This in turn makes

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Economics, Air Pollution, Building Materials, Architecture, Construction Industry, Energy, India, Sustainable Development, Climate Change

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