The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) presents the first iteration of its annual research conference – Urban ARC 2017: The City in Transition. Building on IIHS' goals of fostering research and innovation around challenges and opportunities of India's urban transition, Urban ARC 2017 will be organised around themes of transition, transformation and change. It...

AMPS (Architecture Media Politics and Society) Research Group is hosting London 2017 from 9th to 10th February 2017 at London South Bank University. The conference themes converge on design and building Practices, both locally and globally in housing, commercial buildings and urban design and cities. Call for abstracts is open till 30th October 2016.  Registration...

The rapid income growth and vast urbanization in India today have led the buildings sector to unprecedented development. Given that buildings account for one third of India’s total final energy consumption, there is great potential to save energy and enhance energy security by constructing more energy-efficient buildings. Projections show residential energy consumption may rise by...

The 2°C Symposium is an opportunity to learn essential technologies, strategies and tools that address climate change at a critical time for our collective future.

The GREEN ROOM is the Irish Green Building Council’s annual non-residential sustainable building gathering. As the nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) (https://www.igbc.ie/nzeb/) standard came in force on 1st January 2019 for commercial buildings, this year’s conference explores how in the future we can deliver genuinely carbon neutral and circular buildings. The recent reports from IPCC show that...

ITC Mud Fort is a thoughtfully designed and energy efficient residential apartments for ITC employees at Bangalore. It is a GRIHA 5 star rated and IGBC Green Homes Platinum certified building. This live webinar will bring together Mr.Aijit Gupta from ITC (Senior Project Manager, ITC), Mr.Mehul Patel (Principal, CnT Architects), Ms.Sandhya Patil (Senior Project Manager,...

UNNATI is an inspiring example of how climate responsive architecture is integral to achieving energy efficiency for a commercial office building in a composite climate (Delhi). It is the 1st Platinum certified building in India under LEEDv4 BD+C: NC rating system. The approach and strategies employed in this project can be replicated in other projects as well. This...

  The headquarters of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy - Atal Akshaya Urja Bhawan is designed to be a Net-Zero energy building. A combination of climate responsive architecture with energy efficient technology helps this building achieve the Net-Zero energy goal. Currently under construction, the building design displays evidence of judicious use of renewable...