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  2. Green building in India - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Green Movement in India - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank has launched Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies a program to provide a solution for the EDGE green building program and certification system. [ citation needed ] The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) plays an active role in promoting sustainability in the Indian construction sector.

  4. Green building - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Sustainability in construction - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development overlaps with the idea of sustainability which is a normative concept. [5] UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." [6]

  8. Anil Laul - Wikipedia

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    Author of Green is Red; Cost effective low-energy sustainable green buildings; Earthquake resistant structures Anil Laul (6 August 1944 – 5 July 2016) was an Indian architect and author of Green is Red , who worked on systems designs, primarily in development of Appropriate Building materials and technologies facilitating usage of locally ...

  9. Green home - Wikipedia

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    Green Star: Green Star is an Australian sustainability rating system for buildings and communities, developed by the Green Building Council of Australia. It evaluates the environmental attributes of buildings across categories such as energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, transport, and innovation.