Biometric security, beam-less rooms, blue tooth technology guiding the use of appliances and rain water harvesting. This is not a top security government establishment or some new mega-corporate head office. No, Pune’s builders are simply re-defining the manner in which Puneites look at their homes.

With the upwardly mobile demography of the city on the increase, construction houses are going the whole hog to give buyers housing options where the latest in technology is by far the USP.

“Outsourcing from abroad, high degree of consumerism and a competitive seller’s market has resulted in this scenario,” feels Rohit Gera of Gera Developments.

Some of Gera’s projects use technological advancements like sensor-based lighting.