Green Buildings

India has 4% green buildings, lack of tech expertise a major barrier: Survey

NEW DELHI: About four per cent of buildings in India are "green" but a lack of technical expertise to execute projects and funding to pay for improvements remain the biggest barriers to investment,

Publication Date:

11/03/2019

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Green House Gases, Environment

Climate Change

Green growth to achieve the Paris Agreement

The Global Green Growth Institute’s G20 Background Paper: Green Growth to achieve the Paris Agreement outlines the necessity of an accelerated transition to a green and circular economy that will eradicate poverty, provide decent jobs, and hit climate action targets.

Publication Date:

01/01/2019

Source: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Tags:

Climate Change, Economic Development, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Green Buildings, Finance, Unemployment

Habitat And Urbanisation

2018 global status report: towards a zero-emission, efficient and resilient buildings and construction sector

This Global Status Report documents the status and trends of key indicators for energy use, emissions, technologies, policies, and investments to track the buildings and construction sector, globally and in key regions. Central findings of this report include: Buildings play a dominant role in the clean energy transition.

Publication Date:

01/12/2018

Source: UNEP

Tags:

Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Construction Industry, India, Global, Carbon Dioxide

Environment

India needs green, prefab buildings

Elias George seeks Nilgris model in ecologically-fragile areas

Publication Date:

26/11/2018

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, India, Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Environment

Habitat And Urbanisation

World green building trends 2018

The international market for green construction projects has grown significantly in the last 10 years and demand for green building activity is poised to grow in the next three years, according to a new report and industry survey published by Dodge Data & Analytics.

Publication Date:

13/11/2018

Source: World Green Building Council

Tags:

Green Buildings, India, Global, Construction Industry

Environment

Cell to train govt. officials in eco-protection practices

Joint initiative of pollution board, HR institute and CSE

Publication Date:

01/11/2018

Source: Hindu (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Green Buildings, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), UNICEF, Water Harvesting, Water Management, Environment

Environment

Now, ULBs will oversee green norm compliance

Draft notification of Central rules on environment impact assessment is ready: expert

Publication Date:

31/10/2018

Author(s): G.V. Prasada Sarma

Source: Hindu (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Green Buildings, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment

Environment

India’s green footprint will grow to 1,000 crore sq ft by 2022: IGBC

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is planning to increase the green footprint in the country from current 5 per cent to 15 per cent in the next 4-5 years, a top IGBC official has said.

Publication Date:

22/10/2018

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Delhi, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Security, Environment

Environment

TCP approves Green Building concept

PANJIM: Making a pitch for compulsory ‘Green Building’ Concept for government, commercial and hotel projects with built up area of 2000 sq mtrs and above, the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minist

Publication Date:

16/10/2018

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Goa, Green Buildings, Air Transport, Energy Efficiency, Environment

Environment