passive cooling

As India faces record-breaking heat, age-old rural practices offer low-cost, sustainable solutions for urban homes. Here's how.

In cities like Bengaluru and regions like Maharashtra, these five homes stay cool without AC, show us how natural cooling methods and smart designs can save both energy and money.

Explore Sathya Prakash Varanashi’s ‘Varanashi House’ in Bengaluru, a sustainable home that stays cool without AC, owing to natural materials, cross ventilation, and water features.

Rahul Kadri's Mumbai-based firm, IMK Architects, which was founded and named after his father, has always been ahead of its time when it comes to using eco-friendly practices in their designs.

Manju Nath and his wife Geeta built their dream eco-friendly home in Bengaluru with solar panels, rainwater harvesting pits while growing their own organic food.

Inspired by William Laurie Baker, Maharashtra-based ABHA Architecture, by Praveen and Vidya, uses eco-conscious material palettes and passive cooling strategies to build cost-effective, durable and disaster-resistant homes.

Delhi-based Sachin Rastogi, director and principal of ZED Lab, built a hostel that is the epitome of an amalgamation of traditional and modern architectural aspects.

Designed with traditional materials and modern techniques, this sustainable home in Kottayam, Kerala shows how you can integrate rainwater harvesting, passive cooling and natural ventilation in your home

Over the past 18 years, Studio Lotus has prevented thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions with their eco-conscious strategies.