R&D Areas: – To provide holistic solutions for the nation’s needs related to Building Architecture, Planning & Energy Efficiency, and Building Services. Followings are the current & Future R & D areas: –
Architecture & Planning
- Green & Smart Buildings
- Cost-effective and Affordable Housing
- Urban and Rural Planning
- Vernacular, Sustainable & Landscape Architecture
- Life cycle, Distress Diagnosis Assessment & Rehabilitation of Buildings
- Pre-fabrication of Building Components
- Radio Frequency Permeability through different construction materials/components Exergy and thermo-economic of building
Energy Efficiency
- Air Quality in Buildings
- Building Energy Efficiency
- Climate Responsive Buildings
- Active & Passive Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
- Exergy & Thermo-Economics of Buildings
- Electrical engineering for building science
R & D projects (Ongoing): –
- S&T Interventions for the Construction of appropriate PMAY-G demonstration units and technical guidance to willing beneficiaries for the construction of houses in the states of UP & Assam
- S&T Interventions for the Construction of appropriate PMAY-G demonstration units and technical guidance to willing beneficiaries for the construction of houses in the state of Bihar
- S&T interventions for buildings, area development, and landscaping work at NTPC-Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project
- Development of Master Plan for Shri Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula
- Third Party Quality Assurance for Construction of NIT Building, Goa
- Health Assessment of Lifeline buildings in Himachal Pradesh
- Structural Safety assessment & suggestions of rehabilitation measures for Paharganj Police Station, New Delhi. (Sponsored by Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, SSP 0661)
- Experimental Investigation on applying GGBS and activating GGBS in AAC blocks and its real-time thermal performance. (Sponsored by Tata Steel Limited, Kolkata, SSP0150)
- Archaeological and settlement study for Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) of proposed Regional Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) Delhi-Panipat corridor in GNCT of Delhi (Sponsored by NCRTC, New Delhi, SSP 0201)
- Thermo-physical evaluation of traditional and contemporary building envelope constructions for developing an adaptive model for thermal comfort of naturally ventilated and mixed-mode residential buildings. (Sponsored by DST, New Delhi, GAP 0860)
- Zero Peak Energy Building Design for India (Zed-I) (Sponsored by DST New Delhi, GAP-0657)
- Study on Rates and Ratios used in the Construction Sector and Capital Formation/ Improvements in Rates and Ratios used in Estimation of Gross Value Added (GVA) of Construction Sector and Capital Formation (Sponsored by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation New Delhi, SSP 0719)
- Rejuvenation & exhortation of traditional construction technologies & techniques in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand
R & D Projects (Recently completed): –
- MLP 112002 project on ‘Pan CSIR Clean Air devices’ sponsored by CSIR with a budget of Rs. 22.0 Lakhs
- FBR project (MLP-082002) on ‘Development of Innovative cool roof with improved thermal & energy performance’ sponsored by CSIR with budget of Rs. 60.0 Lakhs
- Mission Mode Project on IoT Enabled Real Time Thermal Monitoring System for Buildings (Sponsored by CSIR, HCP-0015)
- Mission Mode Project on Development of Dry-construction Technology in Building (Sponsored by CSIR, HCP-0015)