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Urban Tree Infrastructures Pvt Ltd, Chennai-based property development company, to build Urban Tree Superb in Urapakkam, neighborhood of Chennai. The project offers 1, 2, 3 BHK and expected to complete the project by December 2016. The location, Urapakkam, a fast appreciating locality of GST Road Chennai with proximity to top schools and colleges, leading hospitals [...] Continue Reading »
According to the new eco-rating system launched by the Indian Green Building Council, it will be rating the schools on the basis of certain norms set by the council. Green buildings are becoming a popular trend and way of construction to be followed for most buildings these days. The Green Building rating decided by the [...] Continue Reading »
In residential as well as commercial segments, the ‘Green’ buildings are becoming popular. More and more developers are showing interest in offering eco-friendly options and they are making the ‘Green’ buildings popular. Although the concept has been around for almost a decade, it is gaining momentum only now. In the US, Europe, Australia and all [...] 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 »
According to a top official, the minimum requirements for energy efficient design and construction set by the central government will be mandatory for all the state governments to be implemented by 2017. This is done to meet the challenges of depleting resources, increased urbanisation and rapid construction. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of the [...] Continue Reading »
The rating system: GreenCo rating system seeks to create a framework to define and assess how Green the company is and highlight plans on how to turn Greener. Out of the total of 37 registered companies, 14 companies have been GreenCo rated. Moreover, around 70 companies are working on this rating system. Tata benefitting from [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi is set to witness more ground covered with greenery as Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has put forward a proposal to allow 1-5% extra floor area ratio (FAR) and ground coverage to green buildings. It is also been decided that builders or developers will be punished if they defy to adopt environment-friendly measures for their [...] Continue Reading »
Indore- The real estate developers in Madhya Pradesh are not bothered to follow Green Building concept, a new concept to rate building on certain factors. The efforts and incentives provided by government are also going in vain. It is found that not even a single building in state is rated “green building”. According to some [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
