Indian HVAC industry: Policy tweaks crucial to drive growth

February 2018

The Indian HVAC market is worth around Rs 21,000 crore with products alone contributing Rs 15,000 crore, reckons Guru Raja Rao Gangaprasad, Vice Pres...

Tags: HVAC market, Guru Raja Rao Gangaprasad, Grundfos Pumps India, Chirag Baijal, UTC Climate, Senthil Thangam, KS Vaidyanathan, Thermax, IT, ITES parks, Electricity, Renewable energy, Smart HVAC systems, IoT, Manoj Gaur

Smart building technology contributes to workplace strategy

May 2017

Organisations now understand that smart workspaces can be a powerful tool to support employees to achieve better productivity and performance. 'An of...

Tags: Shabbir Kanchwala, K Raheja Corp, Green buildings, HVAC systems, LEED Core and Shell Gold, IGBC

Fusion of Style

January 2017

Covered with wooded paths and spread over 328 acre, the campus at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, in Rajasthan is self-contained a...

Tags: Birla Institute of Technology, Science, Pilani, New Academic Block, Architect Hafeez Contractor, Performance Auditorium, CSIS, EEE Departments of the Institute, Saraswati Mandir, Karl Wadia, LEED Gold standards, NAB, Wadia, IGBC, HVAC systems

Back to the future

October 2016

Imagine, if you will, a walk back in time to Old Delhi´s halcyon days, the regal splendour of the rich marriage between heritage and history, art and...

Tags: Haveli Dharampura, Chandni Chowk, Kapil Aggarwal, FRP wrap, VRV HVAC systems, Wooden ceiling, Façade, Water conservation, Efficient plumbing fixtures, Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir

K Raheja Corp honored with ‘The Green Apple – Environmental Best Practice Awards, UK’

September 2016

K Raheja Corp has won ‘The Green Apple – Environmental Best Practice Awards, UK’, for its commercial property – Mindspace Building No. 6, Hyderabad. ...

Tags: K Raheja Corp, The Green Apple Environmental Best Practice Awards, Green World Awards, LEED NC Platinum, HVAC systems, Global Green Organization, Green Apple Awards

Platinum Vista

July 2016

A high-rise structure with 11 floors and three basements, Kalyani Vista is built-to-suit for VMware at 100 Feet Ring Road, Bengaluru. Implementing me...

Tags: Kalyani Vista, Water savings, Energy-efficiency, Material selection, IGBC LEED Platinum, Renuka Rajagopal, UPS, PAC, HVAC systems, BMS, ASHRAE, LPD, STP, SERAPHINA DSOUZA

Platinum Vista

July 2016

A high-rise structure with 11 floors and three basements, Kalyani Vista is built-to-suit for VMware at 100 Feet Ring Road, Bengaluru. Implementing me...

Tags: Kalyani Vista, Water savings, Energy-efficiency, Material selection, IGBC LEED Platinum, Renuka Rajagopal, UPS, PAC, HVAC systems, BMS, ASHRAE, LPD, STP, SERAPHINA DSOUZA

The Eco Factory

May 2016

Setting sustainability standards for a pharma factory has its own set of engineering and quality requirements. Overcoming every obstacle, ACG Associa...

Tags: Sustainability, Pharma, ACG Associated Capsules, IGBC, Construction, Mamta Rawat, ASHRAE, HVAC systems, VOC, CRI, LEED India, LED, CFL, STP, ETP