Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
SANGEETHA CHENGAPPA BENGALURU As the spectre of global warming threatens to shake up the ecological balance, the race to reverse it is picking up pace around the world. Closer home,
Some offices and institutions have managed to cut temperature purely by architechtural feat Paul John | TNN The city may feel like insides of a furnace these days, baking denizens ruthlessly as the mercury continues on its relentless climb, but then there are some cool spaces too. Mostly unnoticed, these
New Delhi: With a view to reduce carbon emissions, the government will soon rope in major real estate developers for voluntary adoption of a set of new guidelines on building low energy consuming green housing complexes. The move is part of the government's national action plan on climate change. The …
Business meets that tread gently on the environment? A few hotels step up to the challenge.. Pooja Jalan Environmental concerns have sensitised many in the hotel industry to the need to curb greenhouse gases. This, in turn, has led to the concept of green conferences, meetings, and conventions. An established …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Its called the green building syndrome and builders here are realising that a green idea is what would save the day. For instance for a 12 storey apartment complex coming up on the Bhat-Motera road, its builder Naiphal Shah and Sanjay Jain have planned a …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued environmental clearance for the phase-III expansion project of Technopark. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the MoEF, in its 86th meeting held in New Delhi, recommended granting Environmental Clearance to the project, presented by a team led by K V …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued environmental clearance for the phase-III expansion project of Technopark here. The expert appraisal committee of the MoEF at its 86th meeting held at Van Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, recommended granting of environmental clearance to this prestigious project, a spokesman for …
Multipurpose stadium boasts of world-class infrastructure NEW DELHI: Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M. S. Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday jointly inaugurated the newly refurbished Thyagaraj Stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the city. Boasting world-class infrastructure, the multipurpose air-conditioned stadium has a total …
It is time to build truly green structures rather than erecting huge ones and sugarcoating them with a little green Building green is not about building structures that use lots of materials and energy, and then fixing them so that they become a little more efficient. Building green is about …
Atanu Kumar Das / New Delhi February 18, 2010, 0:51 IST In two years, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, which comes under the Ministry of Environment and Forests and being constructed over a 9,000-sq mt plot at Aliganj in Delhi, will be showcased as the government
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: Here is how builders in Surat plan to ensure that your building lasts at least a 100 years. A local builder has set the ball rolling by using water treated through reverse osmosis (RO) for construction. He claims this will take care of the damaging …
Kavitha Venkatraman : Construction of green buildings is getting popular by the day. Though green buildings have been associated with higher costs due to the use of latest green products, materials and technologies, things are changing now. Seven years ago, the increase in cost of a green building (new project) …
Sept. 10: India is witnessing a huge demand of green buildings due to the cost cutting measures being taken up by the corporate houses and builders across India. Speaking at the Green Building Congress (GBC) 2009, here, on Thursday, Mr S. Raghupathy, senior-director and head, GBC said, "The market size …
Hyderabad, Sept. 1 An Australian green buildings trade delegation consisting of 29 firms will participate in the Indian Green Building Congress, 2009, in Hyderabad during the second week of September. India visit The delegation, which is the largest Australian contingent in the building and construction sector, is visiting India between …
The ITC Green Center that Hillary Clinton visited last month is an early adopter of sustainable construction. If it were not for its bright red brick-work facade, passersby would find it difficult to spot the ITC Green Center among the soaring glass and concrete blocks that are burgeoning around it. …
Raju William The experts at the awareness session organised here today by the CII Uttarakhand State Council for creating awareness about the green buildings concept termed the construction sector as the major contributor to global warming. Attended by over 70 representatives from the Uttarakhand Chapter of CII, architects, builders, engineers, …
