TERI has successfully built this habitat, which integrates various forms of renewable energy sources and is an ideal example for architects, builders, and others for the promotion of renewable energy technologies in the country. This climate-responsive building is intended to serve as a model sustainable habitat, based on new and clean technologies. During construction the following points were kept in mind. The sun is a clean, abundant, and free source of energy. Underground cellars are cooler in summer and warmer in winters.
Deciduous trees shed their leaves in winter.
Micro-organisms can feed on waste water and thus help purify it. The technology employed at the facility, incorporates the following features. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. Well-lit all the year round. Set amidst a lush green landscape.