MUMBAI: Over three billion sq ft area of green building projects has been registered so far by Indian Green Building Council, which aims to rope in 10 billion sq ft by 2022. IGBC is a part of the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which is involved in promoting Read more
MUMBAI: Bombay House, the Tata group’s headquarters in Mumbai, has become the first and only heritage building in the country to receive ‘Platinum Rating’ by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), under their Existing Building rating system, the diversified group said in a release. Built in 1923, Bombay House was Read more
CHENNAI: Mahindra Lifespace Developers, the infrastructure division of the $16.5 billion Mahindra Group, said its Mahindra World City township has bagged Stage I certfication under the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Green Townships. Mahindra World City, the Special Economic Zone of Mahindra Lifespace Developers, is situated at nearby Singaperumal Koil. Read more
With LEED’s focus on sustainability and environmental performance, water efficiency has always been important in LEED rating systems. A primary goal of LEED v4 is to “Protect and Restore Water Resources.” The credit for outdoor water use reduction weighs about 1-3 points This credit is applicable for New Construction (1–2 Read more
Astronomers have discovered 139 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)—minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, also describes a new approach for finding similar types of objects, and could aid future searches for the hypothetical Planet Nine and other Read more
SHIMLA: A solar capture power station of 50 kV costing Rs 1.3 crore will soon be installed with liberal funding from the Ministry of Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy at Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). A solar capture power station of 50 kV costing Rs 1.3 crore will soon be installed with Read more
CHANDIGARH:The UT Administration is going ahead with its ambitious plan of making Chandigarh a solar city, setting June 30 as the deadline for mandatory installations of solar rooftop systems. The UT Administration is going ahead with its ambitious plan of making Chandigarh a solar city, setting June 30 as the Read more
Upkar Singh Sandhu, chairman, PEDA, said the state would produce 500 MW of power through solar projects by the end of the year. Fatehgarh Sahib: Upkar Singh Sandhu, chairman, PEDA, said the state would produce 500 MW of power through solar projects by the end of the year. He introduced Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The UN is very appreciative of India’s gift of solar panels to it, a spokesperson for the Secretary General has said, amid suggestions that their energy can be used to run escalators in the world body’s headquarters. The UN is very appreciative of India’s gift of solar panels Read more
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has signed a pact with Raftaar Professional Engineering Company, Ludhiana, for the licensing of evacuated tube collector solar dryer technology. The technology has been jointly developed by VS Hans, head, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering (DREE), PAU, and experts RS Gill and Manpreet Singh from the Read more