Eco-friendly home can be defined as homes built with concord towards nature and environment for the residents. Eco homes are homes built with recyclable materials, having high durability, use minimum natural resources and consume least artificially produced energy like electricity. The structure of Eco-homes needs to be designed in a fashion where maximum daylight and ventilation is available. This will result in minimum consumption of electricity for lighting, cooling and ventilation. It also involves optimizing of room directions to maximize the use of day time changes of the sun and wind movement. Material for eco-homes should be selected keeping in mind the environmental impact like carbon footprint, water footprint, greenhouse gases, etc.
Construction materials should use minimum natural resources or products made from natural resources. Instead, they can comprise of products generated as by-products of other basic industries, produced and available in nearby areas and should have no harmful effects on the inhabitants. They should possess acoustical, thermal, chemical engineering properties for durability and added comfort for inhabitants and surroundings. Technology adopted for construction of eco-homes should be simple, targeting deskilling of the job and use minimum of consumables in enabling works. Material should be easy to handle and work with.
Some of the material and products use in the construction of eco-homes may be costlier than the regular products but the benefits far surpass the additional costs incurred for sourcing and use of these materials in a period of less than 10 years. Supertech Limited is one such builder in NCR who is constructing the eco-homes as per the definition and norms. Eco homes by Supertech are investment for future and for the sustenance of the globe on the whole. Supertech projects like Ecociti at Sector 137 are best example of eco-friendly building where energy, water and resources are conserved whilst maintaining human comfort and nurturing the spirit.



