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The Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) is a non-profit organization specializing in the research, development, promotion and transfer of earth-based building technologies, among the most cost effective, low carbon, low embodied energy solutions for sustainable development.
Presently established for 34.5 years, Auroville Earth Institute has educated and empowered people to build their own dwellings using earthen techniques. Founded in 31st August 1989 by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Government of India, AVEI has, till date, won 15 awards: 4 international and 11 national.
For years, the Auroville Earth Institute has educated and empowered people to build their own dwellings using earthen techniques. This website provides information, images, and videos about the many earthen construction techniques, particularly Compressed Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB).
Since 1996, the Auroville Earth Institute, which is now representative for Asia of the UNESCO Chair “Earthen Architecture”, has been developing an earthquake-resistant technology with hollow, interlocking CSEBs.
The Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) is a non-profit organization specializing in the research, development, promotion and transfer of earth-based building technologies, among the most cost effective, low carbon, low embodied energy solutions for sustainable development.
An Intro to Earthen Architecture. For millennia men proved that they could live in a sustainable way. They lived in harmony with nature. They made use of it, yet respected it. People used earth as a raw material with sensitivity.
Since 1990, the Auroville Earth Institute has educated over 10,600 people from 79 countries in sustainable building technologies and land management practices, focusing on the use of earth as a building material.
