Properties for Sale by Bombay

One billion people across the world and more than 20 million in India suffer from some form of disability. Lack of barrier-free accessible environments and suitable infrastructural facilities has put the differently-abled people at the risk of social exclusion and loss of economic opportunities. There is a greater need to upgrade existing infrastructure with disabled-friendly features.

Students of IIT Bombay recently designed a ‘net-positive’ energy house. Unlike ‘net-zero’ energy buildings which consume the same amount of energy they produce, a ‘net-positive’ house generates energy excess of what it consumes. The team built a ground plus one structure with key features like SIP Panels, glass-wool insulation, five kwp grid-connected solar PV system, air-conditioning ducts and hot water pipes.

Since the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014, the Indian government has till now successfully ensured toilets across several rural areas of the country spanning over 1 lakh villages, 450 cities and 77 districts. The government, recently, offered Open-Defecation Free status to three states viz. Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. In an effort to support the government’s sanitation programmes, a group of IIT Madras students have designed an environment-friendly toilet using discarded PET bottles, which would replace bricks and is believed to be a cost effective method.

Till now, only eleven states have enacted the legislation that ensures safe installation of elevators.

Apartments with exclusive rights to the terraces spaces are the most desired feature among home buyers. MakaaniQ shares all you need to know about common terraces in housing societies.