Why energy efficiency in buildings doesnt just mean photovoltaic panels on the roof

Although solar energy has been around for millions of years probably, we only became aware of it recently, to be specific, since government started promoting solar energy use as renewable source of energy in India with solar subsidies. These subsidies save the user upto 50% initial investment cost in the form of payments through central […]

Structural Retrofitting 101: Lessons learnt from a damaged institutional building

In the recent years building engineering has come a long way and designing a building that lasts more than 50 years isn’t uncommon, yet sometimes we come across structures that start showing signs of decay even at the start of their service life. This may be caused due to either “bad design” (weather conditions may […]