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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

India: Green schemes are the order of the day




India’s green building footprint has grown considerably over the last six years. Occupiers and developers as well as state and central governments have been responsible for this progress.
India currently has two major rating systems: LEED India, run by the Indian Green Building Council; and Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA), a system developed by TERI and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The GRIHA rating system is slowly strengthening its impact alongside LEED India.
India’s LEED certified green building footprint in office, residential, retail, hotel, educational, hospital and airport buildings has increased significantly:
• 20,000 sq ft in 2004
• 15 milllion sq ft in 2008
• 23 million sq ft in 2009
This upward trend is expected to continue as 45 million sq ft of additional green building space is projected to be completed by 2012. Currently there are only two GRIHA rated completed projects and about 40 registered projects. ..................................
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