Relating between Sustainable Heritage Conservation and Domestic Energy use of Historic city of Jaipur

Abstract

Concerns regarding energy efficiency and energy conservation have been made world over. Sustainable use of our resources will define whether our future is comfortable or a struggle for survival. One of the important sectors for energy consumption is household electrical consumption. This consumption is primarily based on architectural construction of the house. This paper is a review of literature available on the historic section of Jaipur – the walled city of Jaipur and its energy consumption. The paper focuses on the importance of historic residential buildings regarding energy consumption.