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Habitat And Urbanisation

Tweak in building bylaws after 33 years

The new building bylaws are set to be notified within the next couple of days.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Buildings, Municipal Corporations, Environment Clearance (EC), Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings
Environment

MSU to offer course on green buildings

Vadodara: In a first, M S University has launched a certificate course on green buildings.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2016
Times Of India (Vadodara)
Tags:
Gujarat, Green Buildings, Environment Education, Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Buildings, Environment
Environment

Going green a solution for environmental problems

Pollution, environment, green house gases, global warming and energy wastage, are some of the issues that one keeps hearing about often

Publication Date: 
07/06/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming, Public Transport, Green House Gases, Air Pollution, Environmental Security
Climate Change

Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: evaluation with a regional climate model

The effects of urban heat islands(UHIs) have a substantial bearing on the sustainability of cities and environs. This paper examines the efficacy of green and cool roofs as potential UHI mitigation strategies to make cities more resilient against UHI.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/06/2016
A Sharma, P Conry, H J S Fernando & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-16
Tags:
Urban Habitat, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Green Spaces, Green Buildings
Environment

Green buildings save energy, water, improve health'

Mysuru: The green building movement is likely to get a boost, and also get a catalyst in young minds, with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) on Sunday launching 12 new student chapters in va

Publication Date: 
16/05/2016
Times Of India (Mysore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Waste Recycling, Environment Management, Environment
Environment

Greens demand eco-friendly buildings

Kozhikode: Environmental groups in the district have demanded for making environment-friendly building plans mandatory for building permits.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2016
Times Of India (Kozhikode)
Tags:
Kerala, Green Buildings, Environmentalists, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Security, Climate Change, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment
Environment

Government issues draft policy to make small buildings eco-compliant

With a majority of buildings coming up being small in size, the government has come out with a draft notification to make eco-compliance mandatory for such projects.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Waste Management, Energy Efficiency, LEDs, Environment Clearance (EC), Construction Industry, Groundwater Recharge, Environment
Environment

Hyderabad to adopt green building code

25 model buildings to be reference points

Publication Date: 
06/05/2016
V Rishi Kumar
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Telangana, Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Andhra Pradesh, Buildings, Hyderabad (T), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Accelerating building efficiency: eight actions for urban leaders

With buildings responsible for 32 percent of global energy consumption and a quarter of CO2 emissions, there is a huge, under-tapped opportunity to create more sustainable cities through building efficiency. More efficient buildings can generate economic benefits, reduce environmental impacts and improve people’s quality of life.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Jennifer Layke, Eric Mackres, Sifan Liu, Nate Aden, & et al
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Buildings, Sustainable Development, Urbanisation, Environment, Energy Efficiency, Governance, Green Buildings, India, Global
Environment

'India's green building footprint can be largest in world by 2022'

With the awareness level increasing about the multifarious benefits of such projects, the demand is on an upswing

Publication Date: 
28/04/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Construction Industry, Gujarat, Environment

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