NATURE’S ALLY

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE

NATURE HELPING NATURE

BIO-DIESEL: JATROPHA

•When the seeds of Jatropha are crushed the resulting oil from them can be processed to produce high quality diesel oil with less carbon content than fossil fuels.•It can be grown in non-arable and fallow lands , it has a property of transforming alkaline land into cultivable soil.•This has made realise the energy independence.•Jatropha is also planted in fertile land as a shield against heat for the banana plantation.•It is estimated that each hectare under Jatropha plantation can yield 25,000 plants and offset 20 tons of CO2 per year for 40 years.

HOUSEPLANTS THAT PURIFY THE AIR AND ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL

•GARDEN MUM was founded by NASA to be a real air purifying beast , it removes ammonia, benzene, formaldehyde, xylene from your house and the best part is this they needs less maintenance and are capable of propagating themselves.•Not only does this PEACE LILY send up beautiful flowers but also they are impossible to kill and have great air cleaning capabilities.•SNAKE PLANT are pretty much impossible to kill , they need water only occasionally and prefer drier conditions. They don’t need direct sunlight either and capable of removing toxic gases from indoor air.

MAN HELPING NATURE

• Setting up building material standards such as using paints that have

low VOC • Designing eco-friendly buildings by using recycled

products, HIGH PERFORMANCE E WINDOWS with low emissivity glazing are among the best known ways to save a energy for heating and cooling , STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS, USING PHOTOVOLTIC PANELS.• Using BAMBOOS for making windows, doors, cabinet instead of endangered tropical hardwoods.

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NATURE’S ALLY

BHATNAGAR

SRASHTI

21

Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology

srashtibhatnagar94@gmail.com

+919808668099

Persuing Bachelor of Technology

(Information Technology)

SINGHAL

SONAKSHI

21

Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology

yogitassinghal@gmail.com

+918266832544

Persuing Bachelor of Technology

(Information Technology