According to the Alliance To Save Energy (ASE), buildings account for about 40% of all energy consumption and a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions  and estimates that by 2030 emissions from commercial buildings will grow by 1.8 per cent. Reducing their energy use will not only ensure long-term cost savings for homeowners and businesses, but also must be a central component of any meaningful climate strategy. Additionally, retrofitting existing buildings and upgrading new construction has the potential to create millions of good-paying jobs.   We NB&BC set a high bar – to achieve best-in-class performance in three major green building categories:  Design to maximize safety and occupant well-being while enhancing opportunities for innovation and interaction within the campus community. Provide for a high degree of flexibility and resilience, including additional load capacity, to help ensure a long, useful life for the building. Advance state-of-the-art practices for e

  A splash of green and gold foliage Sports giant Decathlon extended its stores into Ireland in June 2020 with the new opening of its impressive Sports Hub in Dublin at Ballymun. Not only does this flagship store make an impressive statement in terms of the company’s expansion programme, but it also strides forward in sustainability and biodiversity. Making heads turn on the north and west facing walls at the store’s entrance is a living wall.  The green wall was installed and planted to a specific pattern, using numbered pre-planted cassettes to create the vertical display of around 4500 plants.  The plant choice was deliberate, as suggested by Mobilane and agreed with client and contractor prior to supply; a combination of Carex oshimensis Evergold and JS Greenwell for a contrasting flash of gold and green extending out from the store’s branded signage. The living wall was assembled and installed along with its automatic irrigation system by Avara Landscapes on behalf of Mannings, th

                            EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURE   The concrete block units show a new concept design in terms of geometry, it was designed with the hollow cells and interlocking ends. This geometry aims to provide two main purposes: a versatile , inter-connected and efficient construction.                         ENVIRONMENTAL  FRIENDLY     Brick kilns are primarily known to be major air-polluters. And apart from this, scientific reports says, that top soil is severely being damaged which affects crop farming and eventually economy.  However, referring to the cost, and ease of placements, and less-time requirements,  concrete blocks are preferable and more eco-friendly w.r.t. brick.  There is no release of harmful chemicals as cement concrete blocks are Machine-made  and thus they provide an eco friendly solution for a cleaner and greener city.                             ENERGY  EFFICIENT Concrete act as insulation ,  keeping your home at a certain temp when it's eith