Habitat And Urbanisation

Green materials firm launches website

Pune Green Build Products, a city-based company that manufactures eco-friendly products used in the construction industry, launched its website on Tuesday. Shashank Paranjpe, MD, Paranjpe Schemes Constructions launched the website.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Building Materials, Green Products, Web, Pune (T), Maharashtra
Habitat And Urbanisation

Pothole peril on arterial Games village link - Road construction department draws up Rs 5cr revamp plan

A kilometre-long arterial link between the National Games Village and NH-33, built at a cost of Rs 2.17 crore in 2008-09, will now require more than double the amount for reconstruction, thanks to substandard quality of building material and administrative apathy.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Building Materials, Roads, Jharkhand, Ranchi (T), Telegraph (Ranchi)
Natural Disasters

Safe houses

The earthquake in Haiti was a reminder: Billions of people live in houses that can't stand shaking. Yet safer ones can be built cheaply

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Chris Carroll
National Geographic
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Bamboo, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Housing, Housing, Building Materials, India, National Geographic, Chris Carroll, Developing Countries
Solid Waste

Managing waste efficiently

M Subramanian

Proper waste management is a major concern affecting both small and large constructions.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Building Materials, Solid Waste, Waste Management, New Indian Express (Kochi)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Mechanical strength of fibrous concrete with waste rural materials

This study presents reusing of locally available waste fibrous materials as concrete composites. Mechanical strength properties (compressive strength, split tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture and shear strength) of synthetic fibres (nylon, plastic and tyre) with volume fractions (0.5%, 1% and 1.5%) and aspect ratios (30, 60 and 90) were evaluated.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
M Sivaraja, S Kandasamy, A Thirumurugan
Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
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308
Tags:
Farm Residues, Habitat And Urbanisation, Building Materials, Plastics, Waste Conversion, Waste Recycling, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, M Sivaraja, S Kandasamy, A Thirumurugan
Natural Disasters

Safe houses

The earthquake in Haiti was a reminder: Billions of people live in houses that can't stand shaking. Yet safer ones can be built cheaply

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Chris Carroll
National Geographic
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0
0
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Housing, Building Materials, Traditional Knowledge, Global
Habitat And Urbanisation

LEEDing the way

What makes wind energy major Suzlon's global headquarter in Pune different from other green buildings of the country?

Publication Date: 
31/03/2010
Recycle Now
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18
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Wind Energy, Green Buildings, Turbines, Awards, Pune (D), Building Materials, Habitat And Urbanisation
Climate Change

Khosla-funded Calera turns CO2 to cement

It seems like alchemy: a Silicon Valley start-up says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. If it works on a mass scale, the company, Calera, could turn that carbon into gold.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2010
Claire Cain Miller
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage, Building Materials, Cement, Cement Industry
Habitat And Urbanisation

A whole new era of buildings

The first national executive meeting of the CII India Green Business Council was in the recesses of the Lonavala hills in Maharashtra. For the businessmen present here was an opportunity not only to reduce the pressure on the planet

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Chandrashekar Hariharan
Civil Society
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0
0
Tags:
Water Management, Energy Efficiency, Habitat And Urbanisation, Green Buildings, Building Materials, Construction Industry, Waste Management, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India
Environment

Urban metabolism of Paris and its region

The article presents the results of a research project aimed at (1) examining the feasibility of material flow analysis (MFA) on a regional and urban scale in France, (2) selecting the most appropriate method, (3) identifying the available data, and (4) calculating the material balance for a specific case.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Sabine Barles
Journal of Industrial Ecology
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898
Tags:
Environment, Consumption Patterns, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Building Materials, Waste Management, Exports, France, Waste Recycling, Trade

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