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Energy efficiency in building can be achieved through cutting down both consumption and embodied energy. Embodied energy can be reduced by the use of renewable and locally available materials. Consumption can be reduced through the redesign of appliances such as water heaters and lighting sources. The project focuses on the reduction of room temperature and for saving of the energy in the buildings. The proposed solution consist of adding paraffin wax in the form of liquid with the concrete and placing the mix in the form of encapsulation or cenospheres in the wall panels. The addition of phase change materials like paraffin wax or bees wax and polyethylene glycol (PEG) along with the titanium dioxide powder concrete mix and making the building an energy efficient building. The effect of each thermal behavior modification on the properties of concrete on addition of titanium dioxide powder to the partial replacement of cement the PCM reduces the heat transfer in the structure. This controls the temperature interval and gives the required result during addition of PCM materials. This project literally aims to achieve an efficient green building which reduces the heat transfer from external environment to internal structure. They provide an impact over the hollow blocks and it is found that CenoPCM capsules have great potential to be added into construction materials for reducing energy consumptions in buildings. The construction industry is striving to develop energy efficient buildings and materials, as economic and environmental constraints are bound to increase in the coming years.