Archive for: August, 2007

A carbon negative home?

A carbon negative home?

Thought I’ll list down all the ways in which one can reduce carbon emissions from a home. This is becoming a hot topic these days, especially with regard to companies trading in carbon credits and so forth. For the uninitiated, one carbon credit is equivalent to one ton of carbon emissions and the price I [...]

Pathway Flooring

Pathway Flooring

If your house is under construction, a very valuable tip for saving costs.    Interlocking tiles are better than Eurocon/Ultra kind of concrete designer tiles for the following reasons, 1. Interlocking tiles can be laid on bare earth (no need for preparation using PCC foundation or masonry, which are required for concrete designer tiles) 2. Interlocking [...]

Lighting

Lighting

I would like to introduce another topic for the benefit of our readers – Lighting. Visual appeal is perhaps the strongest of all. One could spend a huge amount of money to buy the house, decorate it and flood it with gadgets, but unless there is a proportional lighting system used at home, most of [...]

Independent home or an Apartment

Independent home or an Apartment

After a series of articles on home appliances (which probably got a little monotonous ), I decided to write a few general articles while retaining the overall theme of “house to home”. Today, I am touching upon the topic, “independent home/Apartment”. I know that given a choice, anybody would go for an independent home, well [...]

Carpets & ceilings

Carpets & ceilings

This one has bugged me for some time and I thought it best to invite comments on it. Why do people use carpets in modern homes? Answer may be obvious to you but to me it has always been bit of a mystery. Is it just for the decorative purpose, or is there some other [...]

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