• Shweta Choudhary
• Dr. Nand Kumar
• Dr. Satish Piralia

Current national and international imperatives to curb energy consumption in buildings and to further reduce greenhouse-gas emissions across the world have triggered intensive efforts to formulate guidelines for energy efficient buildings. Concerning achieving energy efficiency goals, the contribution of historic buildings cannot be overlooked owing to their significant share in the architectural fabric of India and especially for states like Rajasthan. Buildings built during the last 100-200 years hold a critical position among the stock of historic buildings considering their extensive use as public buildings for varied purposes even today. Various studies acknowledge the climatically adapted and thermally comfortable design strategies of historic buildings all across the world. The paper advocates a parametric analysis for energy efficiency assessment of Indo-Saracenic buildings under public use in Jaipur city as a pilot project. The investigation is aimed to understand the influence of building design parameters on the energy consumption patterns taking into consideration the present use of these buildings. The study further aims to add value to the existent heritage built stock suggest adaptive reuse or improve usage of the buildings and also formulate design guidelines as learning from history towards achieving energy efficiency for existing and new public buildings in Rajasthan.

energy efficiency assessment, historic buildings, Rajasthan, design parameters

"OLD BUILDINGS, NEW ASPIRATIONS: THE FUTURE OF HERITAGE IN THE ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY-THE SCENARIO IN RAJASTHAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.40-47, MAY-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCL06007.pdf

"OLD BUILDINGS, NEW ASPIRATIONS: THE FUTURE OF HERITAGE IN THE ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY-THE SCENARIO IN RAJASTHAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp40-47, MAY-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCL06007.pdf