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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more
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 Read more
AHMEDABAD: The Indian Green Building Council (IGBG) today said that 100 cities under the Centre’s ambitious ‘Smart City’ programme will be developed as green cities. According to IGBC chairman Prem C Jain, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as well as Read more
The India chapter of the Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI) released the list of top 10 states for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in India today. The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building certification system is a Read more
At the Paris Climate Conference, India pledged to reduce the greenhouse emission (GHE) intensity of its gross domestic product by 33-35% over 2005 levels by 2030. One of the key sectors that need to be factored in to meet this Read more
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