23/03/2020
Refurbishing & Apt repairs - A step forward to retain sustainability
With a useful lifetime of more than 50 years, 75% of the existing buildings in Mumbai Metro cities are expected to still be in use after 2050. However, the vast majority of these would need to be renovated in order to decarbonise the India’s building stock. The present trend is to redevelop the clusters of the building as Government has passed few Acts in favour of redevelopment of old buildings so that occupants, owners and developers finds the redevelopment project lucrative and or encouraging.
Major repairs and refurbishments has the potential to reduce the energy consumption of the building to a large extent. It can reduce fuel poverty and could prove to be compatible to state’s contribution to energy security, while boosting innovation and employment, and improving living conditions. However, while the potential benefits of deep renovation are clear, the decision-making process entails many challenges and is often found to be driven by factors other than a desire to improve energy efficiency. However, the stricter norms to curb carbon dioxide generation the Government has to tap the repairs of the buildings with apt. The repairs are thus in unison with the Government's drive for smart cities.
Our experience for more than thirty years in major repairs of residential buildings, Industrial structures, Marin Structures has observed that the life of the restored structures has been enhanced and the structure they perform though it is exposed to devastating environmental fury say sea, torrential rains and earthquake with economical cost.
