Interior design consultant in Chennai – Learning from nature
The rise in environmental concerns have forced interior design consultants in Chennai to embrace green designing to make your home and office ecofriendly. The concept of green interior design is to use eco-friendly materials to curtail environmental impacts. The green interior design results in safe indoor air quality, reduced maintenance cost, energy efficiency, contained toxic exposure and efficient waste management. Modern designers are taking all the initiatives to develop cutting edge design innovations to make creative and sustainable products. Electricity from microorganisms Imagine a light source from microorganisms. Bacteria battery is a project of Ghent University, where a small amount of electric current is derived from geobacters from soil collected from lakes and rivers. These emit electric current as their metabolic waste. The current is produced with a shot of vinegar and water shot every week. Current window Marjan van Aubel is the creator of the innovative current window. Partnered with Marine Duroselle, a graphic designers who made solar cells for converts sun ‘s energy into electricity. The window panels are made from stained glass and organically dyed solar cells wrapped with titanium dioxide particle used to convert solar energy into electrical current. Within the frame the cells are placed within the glass panes and a battery is connected within the frame. USB charging points are created for charging laptops and cellphones.
Fungi furniture Fungi produce a thread like constructed called Mycellium and this is used to make eco-friendly furniture. Sebastian Cox and NinelaIvanova from London use mushroom mycelium to make lamps and stools. These furniture are handmade from waste willow cut into frames and later woven together to make moulds. Once the mould is ready the fungus is bred inside to form lampshades. Industrial waste to tableware Toxic red sand derived from aluminum production is recycled to form ceramic tableware. The industrial waste is used to make plates, cups, teapots, vessels and more. It is an effort to create awareness on the valuable reuse of secondary waste materials. Other eco-friendly design materials Bamboo: Bamboo has excellent re-growth potential. It can be cut without causing any damage to the roots, facilitatingregrowth. Bamboo is used to make roof, flooring and furniture. Cork: Oak tree is used to make corks and it has excellent anit-microbial properties. Cork is water resistant and it has no harmful ingredients like formaldehyde or PVC, hence can be safely used to make flooring and other decorative pieces. Woven bamboo: The bamboo strips are used to created strand woven flooring that is highly durable in comparison with oak and is 2.5 times harder than the latter. Coconut shells: These have immense value and come handy for various decoration use. In combination with wooden frames, coconut shells are used to make hard flooring. Beware not to use it in place that is in constant contact with water and food. Eco-paint: You can paint your home using eco-friendly products like wheat, rice, potato and rye flour. This can be mixed with mica powder, fine clay and cut straw for best results.
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