The CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad is the first LEED Platinum rated building in India. It offers advisory services to the industry in the areas of : green buildings, energy efficiency, water management, environmental management, renewable energy, green business incubation, and climate change activities.

This guidebook covers a range of building technologies, design principles and practices which can significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, while improving living and working conditions. All the mitigation technologies and practices are dealt with in simple language and approaches for implementing these technologies are also provided.

For cities to confront the challenges of fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy costs and rapid climate change, it is inevitable to develop and implement urban energy management solutions for their sustainable future.

To check illegal use of underground water by builders in Gurgaon, and take immediate action against them, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the Haryana government to constitute

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday gave a last chance'' to the Ministry of Environment and Forests to file an affidavit stating whether it has kept in abeyance an office memorandum which seeks to

July 25: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is trying to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in its new building bylaws for the city, a source said.

An ambitious project involving construction of swanky sea-view high-rises on prime Mumbai land after razing Mahatma Phule Colony, a slum sprawl at Nariman Point, is under scanner for violation of b

Collector can order closure of buildings not conforming with safety parameters

The district administration is gearing up to crack down on high rise buildings in the city functioning with scant regard for fire safety measures. District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed told The Hindu that suo motu inspections will be carried out randomly in high rise buildings to verify whether they conformed to the mandatory fire safety parameters. The District Collector can order the closure of buildings not confirming with safety parameters invoking his authority as Executive Magistrate.

Power, Water Elude New Market As Master Plan Called It Green Zone & MCD Didn’t Know. By habit, 60-year-old Vijay Kumar reaches his shop by 11am.

Says CSE Report Based On Review Of 900 Haryana Projects.

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