Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What can we do to build houses without harming the environment?
Solution
The following things can be done to build houses without harming the environment :
- Deciding the numbers of houses and the area of each house as per the requirement.
- Constructing spacious doors and windows for houses and reducing the use of fans. air conditioners. lamps. etc.
- Reducing use of artificial colours and chemicals and using organic colours for houses.
- Using minimum machines and using only the required amount of natural resources while constructing houses.
- Practising recycling of water and garbage.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Which of the following houses would be suitable in a mountainous region? Choose the correct option. Give reasons for selecting that house.
What materials will you mainly use for building a multi-storeyed house? Choose the correct option.
Arrange the following considerations from the most to least important in house-building.
- Luxury
- Structure
- Climate
Compare any two types of houses that you saw and note down the differences.
What are the different things from which a house gives us protection?
In what way are the houses ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ different ? Which of them appears to be the safest ?
Which of the above houses are mainly seen in cities? Which are seen mainly in the rural areas?
Think about your own environment and the climate there and choose the most suitable house for yourself by putting a ‘√’ in the box near the picture.
Construction work is going on opposite Ajit’s house. That means constant loud noise and a lot of dust in the air. Ajit and his family have to suffer this all the time. What can Ajit do to find a way out of this problem?
For what purpose do birds use their nests?
