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carbon-negative cements, low subsidising the poor. Similar dust and GH gases. The
carbon steel, fibre, gypsum, bundling strategies have been simulation of construction
basalt, fibre composite bars, adopted for financing the process enables better control
bamboo, etc. Prefabricated large infrastructure projects of time, machine, expenditure
and pre-engineered systems like airports, railway stations, and the manpower, and could
contribute to lower the carbon bus terminals, highways, etc. reduce carbon emissions,
emissions, dust, time and Such approaches can be the costs and time by half to one-
costs in construction (Fig. 4). models for G-20 countries. third.

The Technology Sub-Mission Building Information After the corona pandemic,
under the Pradhan Mantri Modelling (BIM) can simulate the trend is shifting towards
Awas Yojana (PMAY), one of the entire construction healthy spaces and work
the world’s largest housing sequence beforehand from home (WFH). This
program, has pioneered new addressing sustainability emphasises upon open office,
technologies for housing issues and reducing carbon biophilic design with natural
and slum rehabilitation by a emissions. Computer-Aided light, greenery, atrium and
partnership approach. Up to Manufacturing (CAM) courtyards, which help in
40% of bonus built-up area and Computer Integrated better indoor air quality. The
for market sale makes the Manufacturing (CIM) are building must conform to
projects self-financing, cross useful in reducing emissions, accessibility standards for
people with disabilities.
Fig. 4: End-to-end control of building design, manufacturing, construction,
and operations achieve targets at lower cost and time Form based codes have
been recommended by the
MoHUA (2019) and IRSDC
(2021), which are based on
urban design approach that
addresses the specific location
of the site, such as Transit
Oriented Development
Zone or heritage zone,
infrastructure potential and
the volumetric development
of the properties. Accordingly,
a regulatory plan comprising
the building envelope, public
space, building services and
environmental norms is
developed.

URBAN HEAT
MITIGATION AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Source: Kattera, Key Assemblies, and Curtis, Craig (2020) Architecture at In a dense built-up area, the
Scale: Reimagining One‐Off Projects as Building Platforms, Architectural hot air dome, i.e. heat island,
Design
affects the microclimate.

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