I never thought I’d actually like a software that has a full black screen with yellow text. Reminds me too much of the bad old DOS days. And yet, there’s something about Q10 that makes me want to use it more and more. Maybe it’s the simplicity, maybe there is less strain on my [...]

It’s been ages since I started making changes to this site and finally, there is visible progress. Almost nothing of the old site remains apart from the Vastu Book and the now-slightly-outdated workshops.  The design area has been revamped and a new section has been added on sustainability. Both still need a little fleshing out [...]

UCLA has recently released a new version of a free software called HEED that helps architects in designing energy efficient homes. This supersedes “Solar” which I had tried a few years ago and been totally befuddled by. I’ve just given HEED a spin after downloading the climate data for Bombay (Mumbai) from the EnergyPlus site [...]