BAMBOO FLOORING | An Architect Explains
Hardwood flooring has always been popular because it increases the value of your home, is easy to take care of
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Hardwood flooring has always been popular because it increases the value of your home, is easy to take care of
Cork commonly used as wine bottle stoppers is also a natural flooring material and a green, or environmentally friendly product.
Linoleum also called ‘lino’ is a floor covering similar to the synthetic Vinyl flooring, but is made from renewable, natural
Crazy Marble floor is a little different from mosaic/terrazzo flooring in its casting. In this type of flooring, waste and
Terrazzo, like crazy marble flooring is a composite material used for floor and wall treatments. It originated in Italy a
People have been environment-conscious for the past couple of decades. However, the primary focus was on reducing pollution from industries and on utilising renewable resources. It is only in recent years that people have realised that buildings and building construction activities are the largest consumers of energy on the planet. That is how the Green Building Movement was started. An Architect Delves Into The Latest Trend, Green Architecture, And Shares The Creative Solutions For Sustainable Buildings That Consume Less And Conserve More…….
Globally the Green Movement started in 1990 with the establishment of the first Green Building rating system, BREEAM in the U.K., followed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1993. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was instituted in 2001. IGBC which is a part of the CII- Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad, is actively involved in promoting the green building concept in India and its aim to make India a World leader an Green buildings……
Clients, whether Corporates, Institutional or private, are getting more interested in sustainable solutions in their projects. This is due to the growing concern about irreversible environmental damage and a frightening escalation in energy costs as governments compete for a better share of the earth’s resources. Designers are coming up with several options for Sustainable Lighting that are getting better and better by the day…..
A light-emitting-diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied in the forward direction
Like in a Metal Halide lamp, the working principle of a Sodium Vapour lamp is that of a discharge tube,
Like the fluorescent tube light and the CFLs, Metal Halide Lamps are also discharge tubes in which an electric arc
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), also known as a compact fluorescent light bulb or energy saving light bulb, is a type
A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube light is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited
Halogens are Incandescent Lamps where the filament envelope is filled with a gas from the Halogen Family (Chlorine, Bromine, Fluorine, Iodine)
The Incandescent lamp also known as electric lamp or Filament lamp, but better known as the Electric BULB is a