Affordable and Sustainable Eco Home Designs for Rajasthan

Abstract

The scale of urbanization in India is unprecedented- it is estimated that newlinenearly 140 million people will move to cities by 2020 and 700 million people by newline2050. This large scale of urbanization is expected to transform existing urban newlineagglomeration into mega-cities. In this proliferation and with this large inflow of newlinepeople, the resources and environment will bear the brunt. newlineHousing being one of the basic necessities also consumes lot of energy in newlineconstruction and operation. The energy resources are limited and hence there is an newlineurgent need to reduce the consumption of energy through various means. With the newlineover-exploitation and over consumption of energy the need for reducing it grew newlineglobally and subsequently Green/ Sustainable/ Eco friendly building principles were newlinepropagated and evolved. Various methods were adopted worldwide prominent newlineamongst them was by LEEDS (Leadership in Energy and Environment). newline