Building Sustainable and Green Innovations

April 2018

Pre-engineered steel buildings (PEB) is one of the first choices when it comes to sustainable and green buildings. Kirby Building Systems India (Kirb...

Tags: Pre-engineered steel buildings, Kirby India, Green construction, AISC, AISI, MBMA, IGBC, Zahoransky Moulds, Machines-Coimbatore, ITC, Danfoss Industries-Chennai, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, SKF Technologies-Mysore, LEED, USGBC

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

Four stations of Chennai Metro achieve IGBC Platinum rating. Here's how!

April 2018

Meet the fab four! These underground stations of the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) operational in Phase 1 -Thirumangalam, Annanagar East, Annanagar Tower...

Tags: CMRL, IGBC, Afcons Infrastructure, D Murugadasan, Construction, CPCB, HVAC, HVAC, Lighting, Power backup systems, Elevators, PSD, Waste management

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

IGBC Platinum for Schindler-India's manufacturing facility in Pune

February 2018

Solar energy, reuse of packaging pallets, recycling of TPU and maintaining water and energy conservation measures... these are just some of the initi...

Tags: Solar energy, TPU, Water, Energy, Schindler India, IGBC Green Factory Buildings, Uday Kulkarni

Godrej Garden City: The largest township in India to be GRS Platinum-certified

December 2017

Located in the heart of Ahmedabad, Godrej Garden City (GGC) is currently home to over 1,500 families and has a fully functional school, a city square...

Tags: Godrej Garden City, Clinton Climate Initiative, Anubhav Gupta, Godrej Properties, IGBC-GRS Platinum certification, GGC, STP

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