Imarat Architects - Services

1. Architecture
• Energy Efficiency
• Vaastu
• Aesthetics
• Functionatly
2. 1. Interiors
   2. Landscaping
   3. Adobe Construction
      • Production and Construction in Mud Bricks.
      • Roofing With Thatch and Bamboo
      • Use of Recycled Wood
      • Rain Water Harvesting
      • Recycling of Water
      • Use of Solar Passive Techniques
   4. Green Building Consultancy
      • Solar Passive Building Design
      • Construction in Autoclave Blocks
      • Thermal Insulation
      • Roof Insulation Techniques
      • Energy Saving Techniques as Specified by Teri and Griha
      • Natural Daylighting.
   5. We have a team of dedicated experienced professionals & associate consultants to provide professional services encompassing;
      

      • Structural
      • Electrical
      • HVAC
      • Fire Fighting and Protection
      • A/V Solutions
      • Illumination Design
      • Public Health

Green Building Consultancy

Green Building Consultancy

• Solar Passive Building Design
• Construction in Autoclave Blocks
• Thermal Insulation
• Roof Insulation Techniques
• Energy Saving Techniques as Specified by Teri and Griha
• Natural Daylighting.

“Green building” design and construction is the opportunity to use our resources more efficiently, while creating healthier and more energy-efficient homes. Although there is no magic formula, success comes in the form of leaving a lighter footprint on the environment through conservation of resources, while at the same time balancing energy-efficient, cost-effective, low-maintenance products for our construction needs. In other words, green building design involves finding the delicate balance between homebuilding and the sustainable environment.

What Are the Elements of Green Buildings?

Below is a sampling of green building practices.

Siting

• Start by selecting a site well suited to take advantage of mass transit. 
• Protect and retain existing landscaping and natural features. Select plants that have low water and pesticide needs, and generate minimum plant trimmings. Use compost and mulches. This will save water and time.
• Recycled content paving materials, furnishings, and mulches help close the recycling loop.

Energy Efficiency

Most buildings can reach energy efficiency levels far beyond California Title 24 standards, yet most only strive to meet the standard. It is reasonable to strive for 40 percent less energy than Title 24 standards. The following strategies contribute to this goal.

• Passive design strategies can dramatically affect building energy performance. These measures include building shape and orientation, passive solar design, and the use of natural lighting. 
• Develop strategies to provide natural lighting. Studies have shown that it has a positive impact on productivity and well being.
• Install high-efficiency lighting systems with advanced lighting controls. Include motion sensors tied to dimmable lighting controls. Task lighting reduces general overhead light levels.
• Use a properly sized and energy-efficient heat/cooling system in conjunction with a thermally efficient building shell. Maximize light colors for roofing and wall finish materials; install high R-value wall and ceiling insulation; and use minimal glass on east and west exposures.
• Minimize the electric loads from lighting, equipment, and appliances.
• Consider alternative energy sources such as photovoltaics and fuel cells that are now available in new products and applications. Renewable energy sources provide a great symbol of emerging technologies for the future.
• Computer modeling is an extremely useful tool in optimizing design of electrical and mechanical systems and the building shell.

Green Homes

Imarat has organized seminars on spreading awareness on creating a demand for “Green Homes”. The objective of these seminars and workshops is to educate builders, technicians and home owners on adapting Green Building techniques in construction and to build & LIVE sustainably.

A Green home is a type of house useless area is designed to be environmentally friendly and sustainable, focusing on the efficient use of "energy, water, and building materials."

Green Homes (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This requires close cooperation of the design team, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project stages.The Green Building practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort.

A green home that is eco-friendly and energy efficient should encompass one or all of the five key green principles outlined below and should:

* Conserve natural resources
* Use energy efficiently
* Have improved indoor air quality relative to normal building standards
* Create less waste to build and live relative to normal building standards
* Be part of a livable community

Eco Friendly : How to build a wall?

Firstly you need to make the Mud bricks, for that you put the mud into the brick frame and then allow thw bricks to dry under the sun for 21 days.

Mud Brick frame is available in two sizes:
a) 6” x 1’-0”
b) 6” x 6”

Then over the cill level you start building the wall from the mud bricks and the mortar used for mud bricks is of mud.

Eco-friendly building materials

Mudbrick

Mud bricks are made by mixing clay earth with water and sometimes straw (which helps stop the bricks cracking), then placing the mixture into moulds to dry in the sun. Mud bricks are joined with a mortar, made from a similar clay-water mix as the bricks themselves. They need to be protected from driving rain by paint, linseed oil or turpentine.

Mudbrick is one of the oldest building techniques, and one of the most eco-friendly. The only energy needed is sunshine and all the materials are natural. If you have suitable clay on your property or nearby, little or no transport is needed. With maintenance, it is very durable – mudbrick buildings have stood for centuries. And at the end of the building’s lifetime, the bricks will break down to earth again.

Because mud bricks are simple to make, they are a good choice for owner builders. However, making the bricks, while technically simple, is hard physical work and mudbrick is not a particularly good insulator.