Grandma’s recipe for an Eco Home.

Date:31/07/08
Press:Times of India

If you want a green home, all you need to do is look at traditional houses for solutions, say Swati Anand and Debojyoti Ghosh.

On your summer vacations at your grandparents’ house, have you ever wondered why the heat doesn’t seem oppressive. The red oxide flooring soothes your feet and forget airconditioning, you barely feel the need of the fan.

Time-tested principles of traditional architecture might well be on the comeback trial as architects and builders face rising demand for green buildings, particularly homes. ” Most of the buildings that we built till fifty years ago were sustainable and hence green.” says Eugine Pandala, a Kochi-based architect.

Click here to view the full Article

If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.

Comments

No comments yet.

Leave a comment

(required)

(required)