Real Changes, Real Homes: A partnership with Reall

BillionBricks is delighted to announce a new partnership with Reall – an innovator of and investor in climate-smart, affordable housing – to further the vision of solar home affordable communities.

The partnership will see the launch of the first homes in India that are carbon-negative and affordable for the bottom 40% of income earners – a scalable solution that has the power to unlock unimaginable potential in communities across Asia.

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“If we really want to make a big impact on the world, we have to think of ourselves as at scale, and not at the individual level.”

— Prasoon Kumar, BillionBricks CEO

Revolutionary housing design

  • Solar power harnessing forms a utility-scale solar rooftop farm, generating renewable energy for the grid and revenue through local and national energy sales. Proof of concept is supported by an established partnership with French energy supplier, ENGIE

  • Affordability is locked in with surplus solar energy sales generating between 20 – 60% cash back on mortgages

  • Modular design ensures homes can be quickly shipped and assembled, reducing costs and time by 20% compared to conventionally built housing. Prefabricated construction provides resilience to harsh weather and earthquake conditions, with a lifespan of 60 years

  • Scalable technology that can operate in any context, for future application worldwide. BillionBricks already have a successful track record of project delivery in India, Philippines and Malaysia

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“This is great news. BillionBricks are breaking ground in the affordable housing sector, with a revolutionary, self-financing, solar homes model. They have successfully delivered the world’s first net positive home that generates revenue and is affordable for low-income markets. Their approach is truly innovative in the affordable housing space and proves homes that are both affordable and climate-smart can also be a financially viable business proposition.”

— Emma Ahmed, Head of Operations Asia at Reall

We are confident that Reall’s global partner network coupled with BillionBricks’ work in building net-zero homes will drive wider market change and achieve greater financial and environmental viability. BillionBricks and Reall are planning to build the first net-zero homes in India in 2022 and are currently looking for partners and/or suitable land. Are you a landowner or real estate developer? Please find below what we are looking for and get in touch with us.


For residential use

BillionBricks provides the financial model, design team, project management, technology, capital and energy management. If you are a land owner or real estate developer in India, we are looking for:

Land type: Ready for residential development

Land size: 1.5 to 12.0 acres

Timeline: 2022 Kick off

Send us an email to prasoon@billionbricks.org and we’ll get in touch shortly.

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