It is now a well-established fact that our resources are limited; however, our demands are not. The architectural industry, one of the biggest contributors towards GHG emissions and waste, is taking adequate steps to face the challenge and is deploying passive strategies to address these issues. In this article, Sonali Read more
Buildings which are intended to require LEED certification need to assess many things relating to energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality and related materials and resource selection. But we should know that choosing the right air filter also can be an essential part of a building’s environment approach. There Read more
MUMBAI: The Western Railway bagged three National Energy Conservation awards for contribution towards providing a clean and green transportation to its commuters. WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that WR was awarded with the first prize in the ‘Transportation Category’ along with second and third in ‘Institution Category’ for energy Read more
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is the first state in the country to achieve the milestone of notifying State Energy Conservation Building Code 2018 to reduce energy consumption demand in commercial buildings that aims to reduce the energy consumption demand of commercial buildings by 30%. This policy will be implemented in its true sense after the Read more
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) celebrated National Energy Conservation Day on Saturday by organising a host of activities including an inter-school painting exhibition. Social welfare and transport minister Yashpal Arya, who was the chief guest at the event, also unveiled the official UREDA 2020 calendar which showcases Read more
CHANDIGARH: Aryans College of Engineering, Rajpura near Chandigarh celebrated Engineers Day on Sunday at its campus. A Seminar on Energy Conservation through Green Buildings was organized in which Er Gurbakshish Singh, Associate Professor, Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Patiala was the Guest Speaker on the occasion. Students of Civil, Mechanical, Read more
All new launches will be pushed to take GRIHA compliance says Credai NEW DELHI/ NOIDA: All new residential and commercial project launches in NCR cities will henceforth be pushed towards GRIHA certification, stated Credai. Claiming this to be a ‘need of the hour’ both Credai Western UP and Credai Gurugram claimed that increasingly builders Read more
The Thal Sena Bhawan will come up near the army’s sprawling Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment. Spread over 39 acres, the multi-storeyed complex, which will have a constructed area of 7.5 lakh square metre, will house 6,014 offices and is expected to be built by 2024-25. Defence minister Rajnath Singh, Read more
Vidhan Bhavan, Mantralaya’s annex building and new administrative building at Nariman Point, and the Traffic Police’s headquarters at Worli are now among 11 state-owned green buildings in Mumbai. The government owns 45,000 buildings across the state and of these, 300 have been converted into green structures, The Maharashtra Sadan in Read more
After green homes, it’s now green office spaces. Amid rising concerns over climate change, real-estate players such as K Raheja Corp, Godrej, Tata Realty, Mahindra and Kalpataru are expanding their green footprints with sustainable office complex designs. K Raheja Corp already has millions of sq ft of green commercial space Read more