Green Living
Karnataka houses 41 green buildings, which is the fourth largest figure in the country, out of which 39 is in Bangalore. The concept “Green Building” is attracting people’s imagination. Though the concept could attract only 5 percent of the population, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is happy that the residential sector is coming up [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- ‘GRIHA LD’, a new rating system for green large building complexes, has been launched by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Association for Development and Research of Sustainable Habitats (ADARSH). GRIHA LD would provide planning practices and guidelines that can be followed to reduce the negative environmental impact of large-scale [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- With the recent relaxation of the FAR (floor area ratio) by the Delhi government in the city, the green buildings in Delhi are expected to have a higher FAR when compared to the conventional buildings. Green buildings, which are quite economical, help in reducing the electricity bill, save water and create a comfortable living [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has recently passed a new garbage collection scheme to keep the city’s slum clean. This new scheme has been introduced to keep a check and break the monopoly of present contractors who are appointed under the old scheme and to ensure better garbage collection services in slums. The new scheme called [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra government’s offer of fast-track construction projects by 18 months has got poor response. This offer is a failure if builders go for a green building certification process. Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) guidelines has made it clear that every project that involves construction of 20,000 sq mt and investment of Rs.5 crore [...] Continue Reading »
The development plan (DP) in draft mode which has been approved recently is likely to provide floor space index (FSI) benefits to eco-friendly buildings in Pune. The properties in Pune which promote use of wind and solar energy in their schemes are likely to get the advantage. Now, two additional FSI or 50% discount has [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Buyers promoting green living seems to have influenced the real estate market of Bangalore. Standard facilities like indoor/outdoor games, club houses, swimming pools, etc are no more luring prospective buyers. Consequently this trend has aimed towards increasing demand for townships in Bangalore with more greenery and open spaces. Manjunath, the MD of Soukyam, said [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- As the movement of garbage-laden trucks to various landfills had slowed down in Bangalore on Monday, collection of waste was interrupted. Around 360 trucks had lifted 3,800 tonnes of garbage in the city on Sunday, but most of them failed to reach the landfills till Monday afternoon due to issues like narrow roads, a [...] Continue Reading »
In a creative initiative, the Gujarat government has come up with two pilot projects in the state capital Gandhinagar, in which solar power will be generated using terraces of residential and commercial buildings. Each one of these projects will generate 5 MW of solar power and will further work towards extending this concept to five [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala were taken for surprise for what they did for their own good would hit them back! Recently, the residents of this locality had demonstrated a peaceful protest against BDA for illegally cutting trees. But they were instead held as defaulters and FIRs were filed against them for creating ruckus outside the police [...] Continue Reading »
