Secunderabad becomes India’s first ‘green’ railway station

October 2017

Secunderabad’s railway station was recently awarded a silver rating certification by the Indian Green Building Council-Confederation of Industry (IGB...

Tags: IGBC, Railway station, Green Railway Stations Rating System, Energy efficiency, Water efficiency, Photovoltaic cells, LED lighting, Central waste collection system, Rainwater harvesting systems

Government of Rajasthan and CII-IGBC partner to accelerate green building growth in India

October 2017

The three-day international conference and exhibition of the 15th edition of the Green Building Congress 2017 was recently inaugurated by Rajpal Sing...

Tags: Green Buildings, CII-IGBC, GBC Green Championship Awards, Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Government of Rajasthan, JDA, Gajendra Singh Khimsar, V Suresh

Schindler India’s manufacturing facility awarded IGBC ‘Platinum’

October 2017

Schindler India has been awarded with the ‘Platinum’ certification for its manufacturing facility at Chakan in Pune by the Indian Green Building Coun...

Tags: Schindler India, IGBC, Uday Kulkarni, Make in India, Schindler, TPU, R&D centre, Elevator, Platinum

IGBC launches green rating system for affordable housing

October 2017

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has recently developed and launched the green rating systems for affordable housing and interior design proj...

Tags: IGBC, Affordable housing, Interior design projects

With India among the world's top five countries in green construction, here are recent trends in green building materials in the country

September 2017

With 4,205 registered green projects and a 4.63-billion-sq-ft green building footprint, India is among the world's top five countries in green constr...

Tags: Green building, Green construction, Vikram Khanna, Asahi India Glass, Ecosense energy, Rajiv Balaggan, NSG Pilkington, Srinivas S, IGBC Accredited Professional, Confederation of Indian Industry, Lighting, HVAC expenses, Havells, Anil Bhasin, SSM Nagar Housing Complex

Embassy TechVillage| India's first IGBC Platinum-certified, multi-tenanted business park

September 2017

For Embassy Tech Village in Bengaluru, sustainability is not just an abstract concept-it is something incorporated into everyday work life, confirmin...

Tags: Embassy Tech Village, Sustainability, LEED Gold, WFIS projects, Platinum Green Campus, IGBC Platinum, VFDs, ASHRAE, LEED Core

How can builders play a key role in making affordable housing a win-win situation with the right technologies?

September 2017

A company largely into the mid-premium range of residential projects, Mahindra Lifespace Developers realised there was an opportunity to address the ...

Tags: Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Sriram S Mahadevan, Happinest, Amit Pal, RCC wall, Affordable housing, Lightweight blocks, CLC, IGBC, Concrete blocks, AAC blocks, Fly-ash bricks, Concrete wall, Living building assessment

Affordable and efficient thermal comfort and water conservation are the way forward

August 2017

The Mumbai Chapter of ISHRAE in association with the Mumbai chapter of Indian Plumbing Association and Mumbai chapter of Indian Green Building Counci...

Tags: Mumbai Chapter, ISHRAE, Harit Jal Vaayu, Vishal Kapur, IGBC, ISCKON