Low Carbon Building IIT Roorkee
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A collaborative initiative of Dept. of Architecture and Planning and COEDMM to build a low carbon building at IIT Roorkee campus. Moving towards sustainability .
Women Students, Alumni, Architects, Designers, Engineers, Planners and experts from different domains have come together for the noble cause of building a low carbon building as part of the project under South Asia Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitute (SAADRI) in collaboration with Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management (CoEDMM) and Department of Architecture and Planning, IIT Roorkee. The initiative is based on a low carbon bamboo building project of BRAC University Bangladesh, Heritage Foundation Pakistan, University of Glasgow, UK under a WoW gender grant of The British Council, UK. We are excited to represent India on the international platform and to demonstrate gender initiative at international level.
15/04/2024
15/04/2024
17/02/2024
Glad to share the project position opening for "Adaptation of Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems and Fintech Solutions for Comprehensive Tribal Development in Chhattisgarh State"
Funded by : IIT Bhilai Innovation and Technology Foundation
https://iitr.ac.in/Careers/static/Project_Jobs/CSE/2024/adv160220241.pdf
More to come
05/07/2023
Honoured to be part of the incredible team . It was very rewarding co-learning
19/07/2022
Unbowed by wangari Maathai book reading and music
11/05/2022
Register here to join our third webinar:
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08/03/2022
Reflecting the Journey of Low carbon Building, Documentary, IIT Roorkee On this International Women's day 2022Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has been working on this low carbon structure for the past two months, this pro...
Earthen plasters are less toxic and energy intensive than many other wall coverings, which makes them a sustainable choice. Earthen plasters are also easily repaired and inexpensive.
05/03/2022
Thatch roofing is a traditional roofing method that uses dry vegetation such as straw, palm leaves and water reeds to create a natural roof covering. Looking back in time, it has been used traditionally as a locally available eco-friendly roof cover worldwide. Dwellings used to have them before the middle ages when it was one of the very few roofing options available before the onset of manufactured materials and transportation options in the late 19th century.
Given the current scenario of critical environmental degradation and climate change there seems to be a revival of alternate, building materials. In this regard the use of thatch is one such holistically sustainable option for the water resistance ,insulation value being more than three times higher than a typical RCC roof and the aesthetics always š.
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