Advanced construction technologies promise huge energy savings, says Philip Farese. Investment is needed to bring them to market and to encourage their use.

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel.

Kamal Meattle says that water crisis is grave and would worsen in future. It is time that people should do their bit and start making sincere efforts towards water conservation. Paharpur Business Centre & Software Technology Incubator Park (PBCTM - STIP) realized this looming crisis long back and resorted to water conservation measures in earnest.

The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry accepted green rating tool for buildings to encourage
sustainability in the built environment and hoist consciousness and understanding of these issues along with related
stakeholders in the construction industry. The application of GBI has became the benchmark rating system incorporates
internationally recognized best practices in environmental design and performance. This paper focuses on the Indoor
Environmental Quality of Educational Buildings in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

On 15 July, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi hosted a group of professionals working on rural housing in diverse geographies of the country. The agenda for the meeting, which was co-hosted by several partners, was to present a portal built for the rural housing sector (www.ruralhousingnetwork.com) and to get feedback before the portal goes live in a month.