Experts tell us why the country’s solar revolution needs the involvement of developers and not just a few enthusiastic individuals

Poor management practices have resulted in many malls across the country becoming unviable spaces.

While a dip in prices can be good news for home buyers, there is always a risk in investing too early.

As businesses head to the city, the lack of large format office spaces is pushing them towards peripheral locations.

Water-ATMs are becoming the rage all over the country. A look at the mechanism.

Where is the Bengaluru market heading to? What are the factors that could help bring down the unsold inventory?

Each housing project has to be site-specific, culturally appropriate and climatically conforming.

No one has the right to use precious road space as their private storage yard.

Dr. John Keung, CEO of Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority, plans to convert 80 per cent of all buildings in his country to green buildings by 2030.

A building should have greenery, sound of water flowing, feel of natural stone under the feet, the smell of trees, flowers and fresh mud, and a charming yet sensitive design, feels architect Mona Doctor Pingel. A look by Nandhini Sundar.

The Ministry of Urban Development has proposed environmental guidelines for construction projects in urban areas. Nidhi Adlakha reports

Minimal energy consumption and carbon footprint, use of biogas and solar panels, decentralised water treatment… a look at life in Auroville

At Sadhana Forest, on the outskirts of Auroville, a community plants trees and lives in rhythm with nature. Sujatha Shankar Kumar reports.

At the World Bamboo Congress held in Korea this year, Rebecca Reubens spoke about bamboo’s potential for holistic sustainability through design.

Human activities are rapidly depleting non-renewable energy sources; therefore hybrid energy has emerged as a viable alternative

Important public buildings ignore the time-tested lessons of sustainability found in local architecture. By SATHYA PRAKASH VARANASHI

Buildings need to become simpler and smaller, without compromising on the essential needs.

The Japanese are increasingly shunning cars to help the urban environment get greener.

Relocating within the same city to avoid hours of commuting is a wise decision

Stick to the left lane when making a turn, even in smaller lanes

There is a need for building bye-laws to insist on a range of on-plot sanitation as mandatory, depending on the location and the groundwater table.

Panathur-Varthur & Thanisandra set to see price appreciation of 61% & 55% respectively by 2020

If people could design, build and live happily as per site contexts for thousands of years, why do we need to destroy the rules of nature today?

Late rains, drought, flood, water shortage, sanitation… issues remaining to be tackled are many.

Weather anomalies, pollution, mindless exploitation… the problems are many but solutions are available.

Green buildings cannot be achieved only by reducing power, water and cost consumption, but by relooking at the very way we construct.

In majority of high-rise buildings, power supply distribution and meter panels are located in the basement floors making them vulnerable to fire mishaps, writes Avala Buchi Reddy

K. Sukumaran writes on how we could reduce pollution at construction sites

The floods have shed light on the age-old issue of poor waste management in our city. We speak to experts who are workingtowards resolving this mounting concern

Wetlands harbour a tremendous biodiversity of plants and animals, and are also called the “kidneys of the world” because they clean up water as a natural function.

In many small and medium towns, domestic wastewater is already being put to use by farmers. A look by S. Vishwanath

If you’re looking at buying a home, take a pick from one of India’s cleanest cities.

It would lead to lesser material consumption, zero wastage, faster construction and better aesthetics

There is no dearth of ideas in construction, only of implementation, says Sathya Prakash Varanashi

The cumulative effects of changing the way government builds can have a lasting impact on the country’s carbon footprint

Experts feel pre-cast technology could solve housing problems for the economically weaker sections, despite limitations in additions, alterations and repairs.

Each one of us has a role to play in combating drought and we should adopt the mantra of reject, reduce, reuse and recycle, says S. Vishwanath

Many architects with green ideologies have converted waste to usable construction material, some of it in the most innovative manner.

Around 5,000 homes in the city shun BWSSB water supply and produce enough power of their own. By M.A. Siraj

We should not wait for rules and regulations to save the earth from depradation. By Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Here is how a city-based couple renovated their home using traditional and sustainable construction