sustainable homes

Collaborating with award-winning artist Lakhichand Jain and Geeli Mitti, Kiran Amati built a unique sustainable home near Mumbai using natural materials like wood, mud, cow dung, and straw.

Looking for ways to cut down electricity and water bills? Here is a list of houses across the country that use innovative methods to be energy-efficient and reduce wastage.

Homes across India have been utilising their rooftops to harness the sun. Here are 5 homes saving thousands of rupees in electricity bills.

Leaving the corporate world behind, Mangal Shetty's quest for an eco-friendly lifestyle led him to build a sustainable home in Karnataka’s Aghanashini estuary and establish the Panchabhuta Conservation Foundation, an NGO that works with local communities to develop green enterprises.

Built by architect Vinu Daniel, ‘Chuzi’ is a sustainable home made with mud, old plastic bottles, and many other eco-friendly elements.

Mirai The House of Arches in Bhilwara was designed and conceptualised by architect duo Sanjay Puri and Nina Puri. It is designed to keep the interiors cool even in peak summers using materials like terracotta, bricks, sandstone and lime plaster.

While working on rebuilding a run-down factory into a convention centre in Kochi, Koshy P Koshy came across discarded Mangalore tiles and steel frames. He decided to repurpose and upcycle them to build a sustainable office building, which he named Koshish.

Shipra Singhania (35) and Sunita Sanghi (60) share a common love for nature. Their second home in Alwar, Rajasthan is built using zero cement and even employs edibles like neem, jaggery and methi in the building material used for construction.

The Chittorgarh Bungalow in Rajasthan is a sustainable farmhouse that pays homage to the city’s rich history and culture using local materials and techniques, designed by architect Shreya Srivastava of Studio Shunya.

Chennai resident Vaanmathi is the founder of Container Care, which uses marine containers to build beautiful homes, site offices, hospital rooms and even marriage halls.