The aim of VK-nardep is to revive the traditional cost-effective green architectures and bring together the various such architectural pluralism and the engineering as well as ecological knowledge embedded in these technologies. The ultimate aim is to reduce the cost of building as well as arrest green house gas emission in the constructions undertaken in a community with the aim of reduction by 10-12 percent.
The following are the Cost-effective construction technologies promoted by VK-nardep:
- Stabilized Earth blocks
- Hollow & Pavement blocks
- Rat trap bond
- Arches; Domes and vaults
- Ferro cement
- Roofing with different types of filler slab; Jalis; Chettinad tiles and Pre-cast materials.