Impact on the energy consumption
Buildings represent a very high energy consumption percentage compared to other economic sectors. Although percentages vary from country to country, buildings are responsible for about 30 to 45 per cent of the global energy demand.
SKF’s office in Pune has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating – Platinum – by the Indian Green Building Council.
The Firth of Forth is an estuary on the east coast of Scotland, and also the mouth of the River Forth to the North Sea. The new bridge, which will be called the Queensferry Crossing and which sits alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge (FRB) built in 1964, is under construction to safeguard the cross-Forth M90 motorway corridor following concerns about the long term viability of the FRB.