Concept of Green Buildings
The new government’s intent to develop 100 “Smart Cities” has created quite a buzz in the realty sector. The government allocated Rs 7,060 crore for these in the Budget last month. The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in most of the smart cities will have to adhere to green building norms and reduce [...] Continue Reading »
India was ranked third among a list of the top 10 countries in the world by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) outside the US. Canada and China occupy the top two slots in the report. It is believed that the “green” initiatives of building construction industry are largely weighed by USGBC and India has been [...] Continue Reading »
There is some good news for the environmentalists and eco-friendly people. Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) today said over 2 billion square feet area of green building projects has been registered so far and is targeting to have 10 billion square feet by 2022. In the last few years the green building movement has taken momentum [...] Continue Reading »
As the concept of green buildings is gaining ground among developers, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) expects nearly 2 billion square feet of sustained building footprint to come up by 2015. At present, there are 1,745 eco-friendly building projects with over 1.21 billion sq ft of green footprint are registered with the IGBC. IGBC [...] Continue Reading »
Emphasis on energy efficiency seems to be shifted to smaller buildings of late. In order to help smaller buildings in Delhi to reduce their carbon footprint, a special programme has been devised. An offshoot of GRIHA – the green rating for integrated habitat assessment – SVAGRIHA has been conceptualised especially for buildings that are less [...] Continue Reading »
The concept of Green Buildings envision is a new approach to save water, energy and material resources in the construction and maintenance of the buildings and can reduce or eliminate the adverse impact of buildings on the environment and occupants. Getting conscious about the environment after feeling the environmental responsibilities, the way people try to [...] Continue Reading »
