Eco-friendly green buildings come with their own rainwater harvesting, solar panel system, and water recycling system. Last year, Maharshtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan announced that the government would soon announce a "green code" to encourage eco-friendly buildings. He had said it would have mandatory as well as optional aspects such as creation garden and green spaces on roofs, rainwater harvesting, soil preservation, water efficient fixtures, etc.
With the alarming environmental state today, environment- friendly construction is a necessity. Currently there are 315 green buildings in India (they would be registered with Indian Green Building Council), including 250 commercial. They include IT parks, hospitals, airports and educational institutions.
Vikas Gupta, the director of Earth Infrastructure Ltd, which is building some green commercial projects in Noida and Greater Noida, says, "As consumers have now started demanding 'greener' projects, the industry has also begun planning and developing eco-friendly and green buildings, While commercial real estate has always been the frontrunner in developing green buildings, residential real estate is also catching up fast with the increased demand."
Sunil Mantri of Mantri Realty admitted that getting the certification was a challenge. Pointing out that lack of awareness about the government sop could be the reason for the poor response, he said, "I did not know about the incentive even though I have three ongoing green-certified projects in Mumbai. Even green projects have to go through proper channel."
Mr. Navin Raheja, CM of another premier group in northern India is a staunch environmentalist. He made it a point to embark on environmental friendly construction from the very first project. The Raheja Group has incorporated many practices, which make their constructions conducive to the environment. All projects follow Eco-friendly construction techniques to save the environment.
Focusing on the Green Wave brought about in Mumbai, Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani who own several projects in Powai area of Mumbai is of the view that using resources judiously is the first step into bringing about the green wave. He said, “The energy used to heat and power our buildings leads to the consumption of large amounts of energy, mainly from burning fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal - which generate significant amounts of carbon dioxide, the most widespread greenhouse gas. Reducing the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions produced by buildings is therefore fundamental to the effort to slow the pace of global climate change. Something as simple and considered as insignificant as the demolition/construction debris also put in to the release of greenhouse gases in more than one ways.”
India is seeing the new revolution and if this wave is adopted all over India, it will become easier for the country to cope up with the problems being faced on the environmental front.
With the alarming environmental state today, environment- friendly construction is a necessity. Currently there are 315 green buildings in India (they would be registered with Indian Green Building Council), including 250 commercial. They include IT parks, hospitals, airports and educational institutions.
Sunil Mantri of Mantri Realty admitted that getting the certification was a challenge. Pointing out that lack of awareness about the government sop could be the reason for the poor response, he said, "I did not know about the incentive even though I have three ongoing green-certified projects in Mumbai. Even green projects have to go through proper channel."
Mr. Navin Raheja, CM of another premier group in northern India is a staunch environmentalist. He made it a point to embark on environmental friendly construction from the very first project. The Raheja Group has incorporated many practices, which make their constructions conducive to the environment. All projects follow Eco-friendly construction techniques to save the environment.
Focusing on the Green Wave brought about in Mumbai, Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani who own several projects in Powai area of Mumbai is of the view that using resources judiously is the first step into bringing about the green wave. He said, “The energy used to heat and power our buildings leads to the consumption of large amounts of energy, mainly from burning fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal - which generate significant amounts of carbon dioxide, the most widespread greenhouse gas. Reducing the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions produced by buildings is therefore fundamental to the effort to slow the pace of global climate change. Something as simple and considered as insignificant as the demolition/construction debris also put in to the release of greenhouse gases in more than one ways.”
India is seeing the new revolution and if this wave is adopted all over India, it will become easier for the country to cope up with the problems being faced on the environmental front.
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