Griha
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 »
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 »
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 Kerala State Housing Board is set to launch commercial ventures to build 60 green apartments in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. The apartments will be set up on land it owns in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi and Ambala Nagar in Thiruvananthapuram. The Board has applied for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (Griha), the national rating [...] Continue Reading »
