The first commercial green building with international standards in Kolkata — Infinity Benchmark— tailor-made for the needs of IT and ITES industry, is ready to house national and multinational biggies with high saving on energy front.
Infinity Benchmark, inaugurated on Friday in Salt Lake Sector V, the hub of Bengal’s IT sector, has about 5,60,000 sq feet of space spread over 20 floors.
It is the second green building outside the US and the seventh in the world to get a platinum rating by the renowned US Green Building Council under the LEED Core and Sheel Version 2.0.
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Source: ExpressIndia, 2009-08-29, Link
2009-08-22
Bajaj Electricals Forays into Green Building Solutions
"A green building uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people living inside compared to a standard building" as defined by Indian Green Building Council.
Bajaj Electricals, through its Luminaires division, has introduced Green Building Solutions, a conscious effort to minimize the adverse effects of modernization on the global environment. The diversified and distinct green building solutions come from the use of modern lighting systems, both interior and exterior. These lighting systems act not only as energy savers, but also keep a watchful eye on environment pollution.
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Source: MyNews.in, 2009-08-20, Link
Bajaj Electricals, through its Luminaires division, has introduced Green Building Solutions, a conscious effort to minimize the adverse effects of modernization on the global environment. The diversified and distinct green building solutions come from the use of modern lighting systems, both interior and exterior. These lighting systems act not only as energy savers, but also keep a watchful eye on environment pollution.
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Source: MyNews.in, 2009-08-20, Link
2009-08-15
Indian Green Building to be Tripled in 2014
Environment-friendly and energy-efficient buildings are increasingly becoming popular and may grow over three times in the next five years, thereby offering new opportunities to the beleaguered construction industry, a government official said on Friday.
"Today, India has close to 30 million square ft of green buildings; an amazing achievement given the fact that we had only about 20,000 square ft in 2003 when the movement started here," Ajay Mathur, Director General for Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Ministry of Power, said in a release here.
"Market estimates take the figure to over 100 million square ft in the next five years, opening big opportunities for the industry," Mr. Mathur said.
A green building uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people compared to a standard building, according to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is adopting various mechanisms for reducing power consumption substantially in a bid to combat climate change.
BEE, which introduced star rating for determining the energy efficiency of electronic home appliances, has started a similar rating system for commercial buildings.
Source: The Hindu, 2009-08-14, Link
Hong Kong Lagging Behind in Green Building
Hong Kong is lagging the world in enforcing green building codes as arguments continue over whether developers should get incentives to adopt sustainable building practices, or do so out of social and corporate responsibility.
'We tend to talk the talk but we have very few true green buildings in Hong Kong at present,' said Nicholas Brooke, the chairman at Professional Property Services Group.
However, until market demand persuaded reluctant developers to "go green", a stick rather than a carrot in the form of incentives might be what was needed to force change, Mr Brooke said.
Source: PropertWeek, 2009-08-12, Link
'We tend to talk the talk but we have very few true green buildings in Hong Kong at present,' said Nicholas Brooke, the chairman at Professional Property Services Group.
However, until market demand persuaded reluctant developers to "go green", a stick rather than a carrot in the form of incentives might be what was needed to force change, Mr Brooke said.
Source: PropertWeek, 2009-08-12, Link
2009-08-08
High-Performance Green Buildings Conference Held in Malaysia
A Green Building Conference will be held this October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Please find the details in this link.
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