Bamboo Housing - A Sustainable Housing with Low Energy and Cost Effective Solution in India

A major problem in our society is lack of affordable, economical and sustainable housing due to the rapidly increasing population in both urban as well as rural areas and the solution for this is bamboo housing. Since it is grown all over the world in both tropical as well as non tropical areas thus its easily available. Bamboo is very durable, highly sustainable, earthquake resistant material with high strength. It is naturally available and very versatile material, which is going to become a great alternative material for construction of buildings in upcoming future. Not just for building construction but it can also be used in various other products such as chair, tables, bookshelves, bedpost etc. The structural properties of bamboo like its axial tensile and axial compressive strength, hygroscopic nature, fire resistance, flexibility in design makes it ideal for construction. Bamboo is becoming most economical, renewable and fast growing construction material in future replacing other materials like bricks, concrete, steel, aluminum etc. Bamboo housing is the future of construction.