Open AccessA SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TOWARDS HOUSING IN INDIA - PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES AS A METHOD OF DESIGN
Author(s) -
Anup Naik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i01.036
Subject(s) - sustainable design , architectural engineering , passive solar building design , environmental planning , computer science , business , environmental science , geography , engineering , sustainability , meteorology , ecology , biology , thermal
Housing in India today experiences an excluded, commercialized approach, making every project money making opportunity for developers around. In a country where construction is majorly dominated by private developers and builders, community-driven spaces like a social habitat, exclude the very society occupying it. An increasing crunch of space due to finite land availability for construction, loss of greener areas to everincreasing concrete jungles and, depleting resources demand a vertical, sustainable and affordable solution for present-day housing issues faced in the country. Construction is the highest consumer of energy and the pressure on urban resources, with a requirement of almost 25 million housing units by 2030 (ETReality, 2019), calls for an energy-efficient or energy-saving solution. This paper discusses theories, practices and a passive right approach, well-demonstrated using a case example. This paper streamlines on the importance of an allinclusive habitat which is socially active, economically affordable and, a sensitized sustainable answer to the modern-day, chaotic housing.