Gramavidya Training Programme on alternative and energy efficient building technologies

Gramavidya Training Programme on alternative and energy efficient building technologies

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Dec 11, 2020:     Mangaluru Centre of Gramavidya is organising a two day introductory course on Alternative and Energy Efficient Building Technologies on 12th and 13th December 2020 from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM. The course will be held at Gramavidya, Mangaluru Centre, Kodial Guthu West, Ballal Bagh, Mangaluru. The course will cover various aspects of alternative technologies. The training methodologies include lectures, audio-visual presentation, hands-on training and interactive open house discussions. 

Day One of the course will cover themes like universal heritage of earthen architecture, stabilize mud construction techniques, passive solar architecture and alternatives in foundation. Day Two will include alternatives in roofing systems, filler slabs, composite T-beam roofs, masonry vaults and domes.
Gramavidya is a voluntary organization for research and dissemination of alternative technologies. It is promoted by a group of professionals, academicians, scientists, technologists and sociologists with the dream of creating self-reliant and sustainable livelihoods through appropriate alternative environment friendly technologies. The promoters of Gramavidya are pioneers in developing alternative and energy efficient construction technologies in the country. Over the last three decades, they have popularised these technologies throughout the country.

For further details contact: Subhas Chandra Basu, Co-ordinator, Gramavidya Mangaluru Centre. Mob.: 8762368048 E-mail: subhasbasu1960@gmail.com