Landbase has been into promoting the Classic Golf Resort, which has been built by turning several acres of arid Aravalli terrain into lush, green meadows and Laburnum housing project, which is a totally eco-friendly neighbourhood. But as Khatri says, not all of these practices could be put into practical use at their South Delhi office. ``We moved into a readymade office and could not do much about using eco-friendly decor but are trying to incorporate other practices, which are eco-friendly,'' he says.

The company recycles all the paper that comes into the office. The letters, inter-office memos and all other communications are collected, and the backsidesare reused as rough paper or scribble pads. Then they are collected and sent to a paper recycling unit and the stationery that is produced from here is used by the office.

Landbase is the company which is also promoting cheap, cardboard-made solar cookers for construction labourers and is always on the look out for such innovative technology to use in the office, too. ``We tried to reduce toilet paper by making an innovative towel roll. Only a small length of towel would come out when pulled and could be rolled off after used. But somehow the mechanics of the towel roll did not function too well and we had to put aside that idea for now. But if someone is able to make a better roll, we will definitely use it,'' Khatri says.

The company has changed all its computer terminals to ones which have the sleep mode when not in use for more than five minutes. And a solar panel has been installed to power the computers when the mains fail. ``We are the first company to experiment with such a system and it hashelped us save a lot of man hours from wasting due to power failures,'' says Khatri.

``Most offices are put off by the cost factor of installing such a system. It cost us around Rs 4 lakh but we are reaping the benefits now,'' he says. Most offices do not take into account the number of man hours lost during power cuts and when this is adjusted against the cost of installing the system, it does not work out to be so expensive, he argues.

Khatri has also tried to develop green attitude in the business houses around the Landbase office. He is the secretary of the Basant Lok Jagriti Association which has installed solar powered lights in the main square of Basant Lok. ``We also have a lot of hoardings with eco-friendly messages all around Vasant Vihar to make people conscious of the need to change,'' says Khatri. Landbase employs a lot of environment-friendly practices in its projects and is slowly incorporating these at its own work-place, too.