Efficient and comfortable those two words describe the old Indian dwellings. Those were used to be made with the locally available material using the principles devised by the ancient masters, That was the time when we had the knowledge that best way of living is " live with the nature" and the rest of the world was fighting to conquer the mother nature.
Now in the present when we are fighting again to be developed and forgetting the wast knowledge of our elders, others are finding the delights of natural ways of living and the names like GREEN and ADAPTIVE are surfacing all over the research community in the world.
One such research community has discovered that the lime is in fact a very good building material (Well if I go running to my grand father and tell him about this he would probably say "big deal i have lived almost all my life in lime covered walls, of course its best its already was in practice its only you folks who brought these disasters concrete blocks")
It is a big misconception that lime as a building material is somehow 'out of date', and that modern materials have superseded it. That couldn't be further from the truth, and there are very strong arguments to suggest that in many circumstances lime should be the first choice option - even in the 21st Century.
Lime is vapour permeable air can pass through it in a way that doesn't happen with a denser material like cement, or polymer-based renders and plasters.
Lime is good at absorbing and releasing moisture This means it can act as natural humidity control, when lime is used for building one won't get condensation on the surface of walls that can lead to the growth of mould.
Strength and long lasting adhesion, Lightweight and Long life has disinfectant qualities gets stronger over time.
As lime is a 'flexible' building material that gives a little when a building moves and does not crack
