Team SHUNYA, IIT Bombay

Team SHUNYA, IIT Bombay is an interdisciplinary team comprising of 7+ faculty members and students specializing in building simulations, solar passive architecture, solar thermal and photovoltaics, and modular pre-fabricated construction technologies. Our aim is to build affordable pre-fabricated net-zero solar powered houses making Indias future energy secure. We strive to develop technology to build a solar-powered, sustainable house for the Indian middle class, which could serve as the answer to Indias growing energy and housing problems. Our mission is to bring about a change in the Indian building industry, by demonstrating the affordability of sustainable housing, To formulate and document a design process, which could be replicated to create sustainable homes in a resource efficient way and to raise awareness in the nation about energy efficiency, responsible energy use and the potential of renewable technology with emphasis on solar energy. We took part in Solar Decathlon E...