Sanjana Sanjay Chaturvedi

AR3596

Potentials and challenges in using water dependent cooling systems in commercial buildings, to overcome urban heat island effect in Ahmedabad. 
What is sustainability? This is a very controversial question which has a very pluralist answer. Does it have to be different from architecture? Can one be different from the other? These were some larger questions I was grappling with before I sat to narrow down the topic of this research. 
There exist a lot of systems that reduce energy consumption, are environmentally better while being used or reuse or recycle wastage produced by dwelling. The main goal of this research was to identify and form a framework which deals with the limitations and challenges that occur in using a sustainable system as a common practice. This adds to the already known factors that affect this practice such as economical, efficiency and practicality of a system. Once the gap between these systems and common practice in the construction industry is identified, the next step towards resolving these challenges can come in.