India well poised to lead the global Green Building Movement

Adding a major impetus to the Green Building Movement in India, which is being spearheaded by CII’s Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan of the Ministry of External Affairs became the first government office building in New Delhi to be awarded with IGBC’s LEED India – New Construction (NC) Gold Rating.
Dr Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, presented the CII-IGBC Green Building plaque and certificate to Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India at a special programme organised at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan.Dr Jain, while appreciating the commendable work done by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for the design and execution of Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, said CPWD has an catalytic role in constructing all upcoming government buildings in the country go the green way.Highlighting the steady growth of green buildings in country, Dr Jain said, “Today India has over 2,110 IGBC registered green building projects amounting to over 1.54 billion sq. feet of green building footprint with projects spread across the five climatic zones of the country, which has put India on the top 3 countries in world green building map.”

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