Use of traditional passive strategies to reduce the energy use and carbon emissions in modern dwellings

S. Srivastav and P.J. Jones

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 2009, vol. 4, issue 3, 141-149

Abstract: In India, traditional values as well as the timeless way of building compact residential environments is now threatened by new and foreign influences from the Occident. These influences are incompatible with the climate of the country and traditional culture of its people. [Schoenauer N. 6000 Years of Housing. W.W. Norton, New York, 2000] Copyright The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2009
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