The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
This book is designed for those seeking a better understanding of current design and building performance issues. Coverage includes straightforward explanations of how buildings and ecosystems can work together, as well as the sustainability concerns inspiring current regulations.
The UNDP as the implementing agency for the project entitled: India: IND Energy Efficiency Improvements in Commercial Buildings - under the Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency in India. The project aims at promoting the construction of new energy efficient buildings or use of EE technologies and equipment in existing buildings. …
The EIA deals with the high impact buildings. It gives a cities a chance to decide if the proposed buildings are needed and if at all how must they be designed to mitigate their impacts.
This new publication presents the low carbon development path for Asia and the Pacific. It shows that this region must overcome several challenges to secure the growing energy requirements needed to maintain strong development trend while at the same time pursue a low carbon development path. This publication presents the …
The objective of this publication is to highlight the global and regional trends in urban development, identify key issues, projected risks, impacts and opportunities in the light of climate change through case study examples from cities in India and throughout the world. The six chapters include the following: introduction; integrated …
MUMBAI: Even as more and more developers are marketing their upcoming projects as green structures to citizens, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which had decided to offer tax rebate to residents of such buildings, finds itself in a piquant situation-the civic body can not offer any tax concession to residents …
Driven by the responsibility of minimising the environmental hazards, especially emitted by the construction sector, Shine Realtors Private Limited, a city-based real estate developers, today laid the foundation for the first-ever green housing complex in the North East region in city's Gotanagar area. "This would be the first such complex …
Greater Noida: The closing session of Pan IIT 2010 Conclave on 'Building a sustainable future: The Green Society' saw global leaders speak on the way forward to build a green global society that could further sustain the transformational growth, at Expo Mart in Greater Noida on Sunday. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, …
This new Green Townships Rating System by IGBC addresses large developments like integrated townships and satellite cities says that at least 25% of the total built-up area in a township should be earmarked for residential use to qualify for certification. IGBC Green Townships Rating System is a tool which enables …
This report has been prepared by Friends of the Earth as part of its campaign for a fair, strong and binding international agreement to tackle climate change. The report is being distributed to decision makers, negotiators, the media and campaigners in advance of the 16th Conference of the Parties of …
Building bylaws amended, green belt areas increased The Noida Authority in its 170th Board Meeting today approved a number of proposals, including its Master Plan for 2031, aimed at speeding up all-round development of Noida. According to Noida Authority chairman Mohinder Singh, broader roads with 18 underpasses and flyovers crisscrossing …
CHENNAI, 25 OCT: In line with the concept of green buildings (in photo) here is a novel attempt to declare a temple situated in North Tamil Nadu as a standing example of a green architecture. The Sri Narayani Peedam, also known as the Golden Temple, situated at Sripuram near Vellore, …
MUMBAI: Green buildings or environment-friendly buildings do not find a mention in BMC's draft property tax rules. In 2007, the BMC had appointed the United States Agency for International Aid ( USAID), the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) and the Science and Technology Park, Pune, to formulate the technical …
Tapasya Mohan, a 29-year-old executive in a telecom company, recently purchased a refrigerator. She did not go by looks but the five-star label on the fridge for energy efficiency. She did not mind paying more; the salesman convinced her she would save more in the long run on her electricity …
CHENNAI: National, State and local governments should adopt a building code to promote ecologically sustainable business growth models and pave way for India to become a global leader in Green Businesses, said Jamshyd N. Godrej, chairman, CII- Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre on Thursday. Delivering his address at the three-day …
This paper attempts to formulate Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) coefficients for Composite, Hot-Dry and Warm-Humid climates, the three main tropical climates in India. Four existing air-conditioned office buildings – two mid-rise and two high-rise were modeled as case studies using eQuest v.3.6, which is a DoE2.2, based building energy …
The Indian Green Building Council along with Ministry of Commerce & Industry has prepared the Green SEZ guidelines. The feedback and suggestions of several stakeholders were sought during interactions held at various major cities - New Delhi, Cochin, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Noida. The IGBC Green SEZ Rating System is an …
