Building green: Trends in building blocks, glazing, insulation, HVAC, elevators, lighting, and BMS

April 2018

In 2001, India had just one building conforming to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) green building rating, spanning 20,000 sq ft. Today, the ...

Tags: IGBC, LEED, Egis India Consulting Engineers, GRIHA, Srinivas S, LED lighting, Waterless urinals, HVAC technologies, photovoltaic cells, TERI, Monnanda Appaiah, Wienerberger India, Rajiv Balaggan, Pilkington Glass India, Façade

Construction work starts at Guwahati Airport terminal

March 2018

Construction works have started at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport’s new integrated terminal building in Guwahati, Assam. ...

Tags: Construction works, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Escalators, Elevators, GRIHA, Photovoltaic panels

11 experts discuss the future of the workplace in terms of planning and design. Find out what they have to say!

March 2018

Workplaces today are becoming more collaborative and open, fertile ground for interaction and ideation, and increasingly connected through Internet o...

Tags: Falguni Padode, RoI, HCL, Technology, Mahindra Tower, Jaimin Desai, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Genpact, MNC, Interiors, Building façade, lighting, Materials, ASHRAE, GRIHA

Smart Plaster for Smart Cities

March 2018

Today, the entire construction industry is suffering from non-availability of quality river bed sand for plastering interior and exterior surfaces. S...

Tags: Construction industry, BHOOSHAN DIXIT, IGBC LEED, GRIHA, Alu-form concrete wall, AAC block, Technology, ECO RENDER Plus, Smart Cities

New terminal at Guwahati airport by 2021

January 2018

The Guwahati Airport, better known as the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, will have a new terminal building by March 2021. The term...

Tags: Guwahati Airport, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, GRIHA, Sustainable urban drainage system, Aero-bridges, Travelator, Elevators

Fast-tracking Construction

November 2017

The construction industry contributes to 7.7 per cent of India's GDP - the Q2 performance of Rs 2,339.19 billion reaching an all time high since 2011...

Tags: Construction industry, KNK Construction, Ashish Krishnaswamy, National Institute of Engineering, Ready mix concrete, Tower cranes, IGBC, CAGR YoY, SAKRA World Hospital, R&D Centre, Geological Survey of India, GRIHA, Titan Corporate

Godrej Properties ties up with GRIHA for Green Rating of projects

April 2017

Key real estate player Godrej Properties has recently signed an MoU with GRIHA Council for implementation of Green Building concepts and GRIHA Ratin...

Tags: Godrej Properties, GRIHA

Godrej Properties ties up with GRIHA for green rating of projects

April 2017

Together with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, TERI developed GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assess...

Tags: GRIHA, system developed in India