World over, building eco-friendly and environment friendly homes is not a new thing. Eco-friendly homes are a synonym of care and concern for our environment which is being humped with tons & tons of non-biodegradable waste every day. The impacts of eco degradation has gone so deep down our system that the food we eat, the air we breathe and the clothes we wear are all full of insecure particles and toxic elements which are not safe for a healthy living.

It is commonly believed that it is only developed countries like UK, US and Europe that are more concerned towards environment and thus focus more at building environment friendly houses however this is not true. The system of building eco friendly homes in India is as old as human civilization in India. In fact homes constructed out of mud and soft bricks are still prevalent across the Indian subcontinents and villages. Even the Indian metropolitan cities like Mumbai have adapted eco friendly home construction techniques to reduce the impacts of human actions on the environment.

Mumbai realty is full of housing projects that have adopted unprecedented environment friendly measures to build properties in Mumbai Thane. The landmark green housing society – Sahakar Nagar Society in Chembur, Mumbai realty is world famous and quite a landmark in city's adoption to eco friendly techniques in building homes and apartments. A lot of new coming properties in Mumbai Thane have adapted eco friendly techniques in building housing and residential societies in Mumbai.

Using the Eco-friendly Home Construction Material – This implies maximum utilization of material that directly comes from earth. Using recycled material and materials that help in retaining internal temperature is preferred under this technique. Also, it is very important to use construction material that is not toxic in nature. Different kinds of wall paints such as low VOC paints, warmish and furniture polishes are toxic in nature. Go for their substitutes that adhere with environment friendliness.

Generate Energy From Within – Hosing societies can be constructed like a whole power-house within. As we observe there are enough energy resources available within our houses which can be recycled and modulated to answer as much as 40 per cent of the energy needs. By rain water harvesting, bore-well creation, utilizing solar energy to produce electricity and supply hot water in bathrooms, and using toilet waste to generate electricity are some of the significant steps that one can take in order to reduce power bills by great margins. Many hosing societies in Mumbai realty have installed sewage treatment plants to use sewage and drainage water to maintain gardens.

Reduce Energy Consumption with Energy Efficient Layouts – A lot of energy is utilized in heating and cooling the home to make it comfortable for indoors. Homes can be designed to consume less energy. Herein you can adapt to energy conservation techniques of planting a lot of trees around the houses, they help in keeping the temperatures low and give a lot of cool and fresh air. For homes based in low environmental temperature regions must have windows facing south to get maximum thermal energy from the environment to make them hot.