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The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was formed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2001 [2] The council is based out of the CII-Sohrabji Green Business Centre, Hyderabad which is India's 1st Platinum rated green building and a Net Zero Energy Building. The vision of the council is to enable a ‘Sustainable built environment ...
[citation needed] The CII is the central pillar of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The IGBC has licensed the LEED Green Building Standard from the U.S. Green Building Council and is currently responsible for certifying LEED-New Construction and LEED-Core and Shell buildings in India. [2]
Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. [1]
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan is a set example that impinges on society's consciousness towards environmental awareness for adopting green building concepts in India. [ 4 ] The Union environment ministry is facing a challenge of a garden variety - bird droppings, soiling the courtyard of Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, which houses it, and is amongst the ...
Wood is a primary building material for eco-housing. This is because trees grow using energy from the Sun, do not pollute, produce oxygen, absorb CO 2, provide a wildlife habitat, can be replanted, can be sourced locally, and the timber can be put to some other use after a building is demolished. [2] Lime is a sustainable material for energy ...
Environmentally Sustainable Practices The old structures suffered from a number of infrastructural issues including outdated sanitation, lack of fire & safety measures and crammed spaces. Once completed, each sector will be a model for sustainability, a key element that was central to the redevelopment planning process.
Since 1994, much progress to sustainable construction has been made all over the world. According to a 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study released by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the green building industry contributes more than $134.3 billion in labor income to working Americans. The study also found that green construction's ...
These building methods are more costly and labor-intensive than the more traditional building methods. In India , there is currently a large-scale effort to build pucca houses for people. As of 10th June 2024, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), 83.67 lakh pucca houses have been completed out of the total of 1.18 Crore houses ...