Here is a great episode of the UK show
“Grand Designs’ tracking the story of building a sustainable home in Cumbria. In this case
the home is built underground to keep it insulated and the result is that the
house functions all year round without the need for any mechanical heating or
cooling. Which is pretty amazing considering the extreme weather in that region.
Even though the house from the video
and Nivim are very different, there were still many similarities…We have
ourselves tried some new elements, materials and construction techniques in the
house. Builders in India are so used to doing construction the same way they
did in 1970s that anything new freaks them out. But really we are building in
2010 people, so please, we can do better than a generic concrete structure with
piddly-little windows, a sloping RCC roof made to look like a wood and tile
roof and luxury being defined as the use of Italian marble….
Not to mention of course the
similarities in material delivery issues, fussing over waterproofing and of
course construction delays and some more delays.. In the video, at one point they
show that after 12 weeks, the house has its first floor concrete done….
Wassatttt…. Let me see now, where were we at week 12…not really out of the ground I think ;)
I love the sun pipes and the wind
turbine in the project. I wonder what it would take to get a permit for something like that in
Goa ??
As they say ‘building green is the new
black’. But that is not the right reason for anyone to go the green way, the
right reason is because one must respect nature and the land where one is
building. In Goa, we are building green in the hope to preserve the state’s
blissful green environs and biodiversity for our future generations to enjoy.
