Strawcture Eco

To fight against climate change, builders, planners, designers, and architects urgently need to shift gears and implement sustainable designs and practices. Buildings, be it residential or commercial, are an alarmingly dominant source of almost 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), according to Architecture 2030, a prominent non-profit research organization in the US. The solution – design and build Green! In light of the grave threat to the environment and subsequently to all forms of life on this planet, building green then becomes critical to our very existence, health, and well-being. Green buildings are about straddling the structure’s entire ecosystem – planning, design, construction, operations, and its end-of-life impact on the environment. This entails looking at options that save energy and water, do not emit harmful GHGs, and are recyclable or sustainable. When a structure does all of this while also retaining the creation of vegetated land areas, it reduces GHGs a...

The effective use of every square foot of space defines the efficiency of a warehouse. Typically, the floor space in any warehouse is limited, limiting the stacking space, so the real win comes in effectively using the vertical space. How? The answer lies with Mezzanine Flooring. A well-designed mezzanine floor adds to storage space enabling a higher return per square foot. Mezzanine floors are intermediary levels built between two main floors or between a building’s ceiling and floor. These are suspended floors constructed into a structure to provide additional floor levels. A cost-effective solution in a warehouse that offers several advantages, such as safe and efficient creation of space for job separation, specialized storage and racking options, quiet office space, etc. The real win is it helps create more functionality for an area without the need for planning approval as would be required if one was adding a floor to the space. Planning permit applications are notoriou...