• Ar. Riya Bhatia
• Ar. Mayank Kaushik

Building activity in the world is moving increasingly towards new construction and causing environmental exploitations in forms of land use, use of non-renewable resources, materials etc. India is the 2nd most popular country in the world with a population of 136.64 Crores, where 1/3 of the construction is already been done, and residential buildings are a considerate amount of built structure in it. With the already available constructed residential buildings which sometimes fail to meet housing needs, retrofitting of these already constructed (and in use) buildings will lead to not only the sustainable development but also cure the problem of negative impact these mismanaged buildings are creating on economy and environment of the country. The paper states about the need and importance of retrofitting residential buildings in India and the beneficial strategies in order to improve the living conditions and making it more habitable considering the site, the materials used, services, energy required, climate changes and architecture of the structure. The study focuses on the strategies, measures and the process of retrofitting.

retrofitting, residential, India, changes.

"RETROFITTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.e467-e471, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203460.pdf

"RETROFITTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppe467-e471, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203460.pdf