Green Buildings

India should help reach meaningful climate change pact, UN Secretary General says

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday asked India to take a leadership role in reaching a "meaningful" climate change pact in Paris later this year.

Publication Date:

14/01/2015

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Global, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy

Environment

All green buildings will get special logo in 2015

All green (environment friendly) buildings - identified on the basis of use of water\energy conservation methods, recycled materials, solar power, natural lighting and energy self-sufficiency - acr

Publication Date:

02/01/2015

Author(s): Vishwa Mohan

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Water Conservation, Renewable Energy, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife Act 1972, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment

Habitat And Urbanisation

The evolution of national urban policies: a global overview

A National Urban Policy is a coherent set of decisions derived through a deliberate government-led process of coordinating and rallying various actors for a common vision and goal that will promote more trans-formative, productive, inclusive and resilient urban development for the long term.

Publication Date:

01/12/2014

Source: UN HABITAT

Tags:

Urban Development, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, India, Global, Public Transport, Slums, Green Buildings

Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban efficiency: a global survey of building energy efficiency policies in cities

Urban Efficiency: A Global Survey of Building Energy Efficiency Policies in Cities is a resource for city officials around the world as they design new policies for building energy efficiency, or review existing ones.

Publication Date:

19/11/2014

Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Tags:

Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Urbanisation, Global, Emissions Trading, Finance

Environment

CSE warns against green buildings becoming 'green wash'

PUNE: India is locked in a frenzy of construction to meet the demand for homes, offices, and shops. A staggering two-third of buildings that will stand in India in 2030 are yet to be built.

Publication Date:

06/11/2014

Author(s): Manjiri Damle

Source: Times Of India (Pune)

Tags:

India, Green Buildings, Housing Construction, Energy Efficiency, CSE, LEDs, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Environment

Environment

DDA mulls policy to promote green buildings

The Delhi Development Authority is drafting a policy on financial and non-financial initiatives to promote green buildings in the national capital.

Publication Date:

31/10/2014

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Green Buildings, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), CNG, Housing Construction, Waste To Energy, Environment

Environment

Green buildings aren't that green

So are green buildings really green? I want to follow up on our discussions on this critical issue. The building sector is set to grow exponentially.

Publication Date:

27/10/2014

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, CSE Study, Sunita Narain, Energy Efficiency, Environment

Environment

Architects question CSE report on green buildings

Architects question interpretation of data by CSE

Publication Date:

16/10/2014

Author(s): Meena Menon

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE), CSE Study, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Hotels, 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

Source: Delhi Development Authority

Tags:

Green Buildings, Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Building Byelaws, Buildings

Habitat And Urbanisation

Reflective 'cool' roofs under aerosol-burdened skies: radiative benefits across selected Indian cities

The use of reflective surfaces offers one low-cost solution for reducing solar loading to urban environments and the Earth that should be considered as part of sustainable urban design. Here, we characterize the radiative benefits, i.e. the additional shortwave radiation leaving the atmosphere, from the installation of highly reflective 'cool' roofs in urban areas in India that face relatively large local aerosol burdens.

Publication Date:

14/10/2014

Author(s): D E Millstein, M L Fischer

Source: Environmental Research Letters

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