The only way is up

August 2017

India is the world's second-largest market for elevators and escalators, behind China, with elevator demand expected to stand at 49,000 units at the ...

Tags: Indian brands, Components, Retrofits marks, Sebi Joseph, Otis India, R Mohamed Finan, Alfa Elevators, Nakul Mehta, Bharat Bijlee, Gearless elevators, Urbanisation, Kohinoor Elevators, IGBC, Logistics, Otis Gen2 equipment

Recycling C&D Waste

August 2017

The numbers say it all. At present, India is among the top 10 countries in the world generating the highest amount of municipal solid waste. And the ...

Tags: Construction industry, Municipal solid waste, Anup Mathew, Godrej Construction, BMTPC, C-FARM, MSW, IGBC, Cement concrete, Bricks, Cement plaster, Steel, TIFAC

Godrej Garden City – Largest township in India to be certified IGBC Platinum rating

July 2017

Godrej Properties’ township project in Ahmedabad – Godrej Garden City (GGC) – has received the Indian Green Building Council Green Residential Societ...

Tags: Godrej Properties, Godrej Garden City, IGBC, GRS, AMC, Health-care, Recreation, Hospitality, Skidmore, Owings, Merrill, Burj Khalifa

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

Akshaya builds 'Levelup' – an uber luxury residential project

April 2017

“With the implementation of RERA round the corner, the fiscal 2017-18 would witness the maximum gains,” says T Chitty Babu, Chairman & CEO, Akshaya...

Tags: CRISIL Star, IGBC pre-certified platinum green home, Akshaya, RERA, NRI, Transparency, Uncompromise, Akshaya Home Facts, Levelup

Demand for green building products to touch Rs 19,80,000 crore by 2022

April 2017

The government is working on the process of effectively procuring green products on the basis of ‘life-cycle costs’, instead of L1 process followed a...

Tags: CII, Government of Maharashtra, Ashish Kumar, IGBC, Gurmit Singh, Rajco Metal Industries, ParasuRaman R, GPSC

Seamless Cover

April 2017

The size of the total Indian roofing market is over 1 billion sq m, with a continuous evolution in the market for cladding. ...

Tags: Cladding, Manish Garg, Everest Industries, Gautam Suri, Interarch Building Products, Dr Prashanth Reddy, FunderMax India, Aluminium colour-coated roofs, Chuck Houk, Tremco, Jawahar Lal Das, Safintra Roofing India, SAFZIP 400, GRC, Façade systems

Eco Archives

February 2017

This is India´s first business archive to bag IGBC´s Platinum rating under the Existing Building Operations and Maintenance Rating System. Indeed, th...

Tags: IGBC, Existing Building Operations, Maintenance Rating System, TCA, Facility management, Water-efficiency, Energy-efficiency, Health, TCA serves, Tata Heritage, Farokh N Subedar, Tata Sons, HVAC system, solar PV system, VRF systems