Environment

Architects question CSE report on green buildings

Architects question interpretation of data by CSE

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Meena Menon
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), CSE Study, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Hotels, Environment
Environment

Flouting CRZ norms costs Vizag heavily

Beaches Failed To Bear Mindless Exploitation To Set Up Plush Establishments

Publication Date: 
15/10/2014
Sudipta Sengupta
Times Of India (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam (D), Coastal Regulations, Hudhud, Cyclones, Environmentalists, Sustainable Development, Mangroves, Buildings, Housing Construction, Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Draft Regulation for Incentivizing Green Building

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 57 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the Delhi Development Authority with the previous approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations in pursuance to Notification No. S.O. 2894(E) dated 23rd September, 2013.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2014
Delhi Development Authority
Tags:
Green Buildings, Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Building Byelaws, Buildings
Environment

Green-rated buildings not keeping their promise, says CSE report

“Many don’t qualify even for one-star label under BEE programme”

Publication Date: 
13/10/2014
Meena Menon
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Regulations, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), CSE, Buildings, Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Unified building Bye-laws 2013 and development control regulation of Master Plan for Delhi – 2021

Unified Building Bye-laws for National Capital Territory of Delhi are applicable since 1983. Since then, a number of amendments/modifications, both in the Development Control Regulations (DCRs) and Building Bye-laws have been made and are in operation.

Publication Date: 
09/10/2014
Delhi Urban Art Commission
Tags:
Building Byelaws, Delhi, Buildings, Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency
Energy

Ed Davey gives Green Deal £100m cash injection

Household energy efficiency has been given a £100m boost with a funding add-on for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2014
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Energy, Energy Efficiency, United Kingdom (UK), Buildings, European Union (EU)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Delhi building bye-laws draft to be out soon

The much-awaited simplified Delhi building bye-laws are to be unveiled soon with the Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu seeking its early notification to replace the current bye-laws w

Publication Date: 
08/10/2014
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Buildings, Ministry Of Urban Development, Energy Efficiency, Housing Construction, Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Concrete Jungle Chokes Kolkata

Kolkata's Urban Sprawl Quadrupled, Vegetation Nosedived In Just 30 Years

Publication Date: 
07/10/2014
Subhro Niyogi
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Buildings, Indian Institute Of Science (IISC), Ecology, Drainage, Construction Industry, Habitat And Urbanisation
Environment

Activist objecting to skyscraper in coastal zone has right to be heard, says green tribunal

MUMBAI: An upscale residential-cum-commercial skyscraper project in Oshiwara by Windsor Realty suffered a setback with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently holding that the activist who quest

Publication Date: 
07/10/2014
Swati Deshpande
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Coastal Regulations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Court, Buildings, Environment
Environment

Three IITs develop cement low on carbon content

New Product As Strong As Regular Cement, Likely To Take Pressure Off Depleting Limestone Reserves

Publication Date: 
29/09/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Limestone, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Cement, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Ash, Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Buildings, Housing Construction, Environment

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