Seismic Zones In India And Need Of Earthquake Resistant Buildings
India is divided into 4 seismic zones, namely Zone 2, 3, 4 & 5, ranging from very high risk damage zones to low risk damage zones. Alarmingly 38 cities in India fall into moderate to high risk damage zones and cities such asÙüåâÌâåÊDelhi, Chennai, Pune,…
Building Smarter India with Smart Cities
With the Indian Government unfolding the Ùüè÷Ì¢åâ«ÌÜåÏSmart CitiesÙüè÷Ì¢åâ«Ì¢åãè÷ movement by allocating the budget of Rs. 70 billion, Smart Cities are the new buzz for developing India. The concept seems to be very futuristic but what are these Smart Cities. To start with let us decode…
Going Green is affordable
For most of us Green buildings and affordable buildings can never be related to each other or at least these two terms cannot be used for the same building. While the Ùüè÷Ì¢åâ«ÌÜåÏgreen buildingÙüè÷Ì¢åâ«Ì¢åãè÷ generally stands for sustainable or environmentally responsible building the term Ùüè÷Ì¢åâ«ÌÜåÏaffordable buildingÙüè÷Ì¢åâ«Ì¢åãè÷…