Green Green Green...

Whats in the air??? Green building, LEED certification, Eco-building, Environment friendly building...
These are the terms we hear, see, deal now. Is it really making people aware of our Precious Planet???
Still a question mark - huh?
I will say the scenario is not same as it was 10 years or even 5 years back.. things have moved faster.. People are waking up. Some of the friends from the non-architectural background also talks to me these words and my eye-brows do go up...and also bring a smile. :)

For very good reasons, we focus with great efforts on green building, on reducing the energy consumptions of our structures - - and after all its more than 35% of our energy use and carbon dioxide emissions.

With the increasing awareness of eco-building techniques alongside the desire to make our homes healthier, the historical benefits of using natural materials have been rediscovered. So next time lets talk about the natural building materials..