1)GREEN BUILDING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Authored by Devi T. PGDM, Mats Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship,

Bangalore
Co-Authored by S. Lakshmi PGDM, Mats Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship,
Bangalore
Infrastructure Industry is experiencing a rapid growth in India. India is a country where
infrastructure is main hurdle for the growth of Indian businesses. In 2010 budget, the total
allocation for infrastructure is 1,73,552 crores, which is 46% of total allocation. In todays
scenario, Buildings which are present already are contributing 45% of worldwide energy use.
The green house gas emissions from these buildings are contributing mainly for Global
Warming, Acid Rain and Etc Our demand on natural and finite resources such as energy, water
and building materials can be reduced and our contribution to environmental quality can also be
enhanced by incorporating green building principle into the design, construction and renovation.
Green buildings are designed and constructed to maximize the whole lifecycle performance,
conserve resources and enhance the comfort of occupants. This is achieved by the use of
technology such as fuel cells and solar heated water tanks and by attention to natural elements
such as maximizing natural lights and building orientation. This research paper is going to
analyze the market opportunities available for green buildings and barriers in accepting green
buildings.

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ENERGY CONSERVATION : INDIAN SCENARIO AND

GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT
Author : Jay Prakash, Scientist C, CCE(R&D)North, New Delhi
ABSTRACT
The Energy conservation concepts can be traced back in the history of ancient Greek
built cities where they used passive solar design so that all the homes recovered solar heat in the
winter. In the recent times, the oil prices increase in 1970s combined with environmental
movement led to the earliest experiments with contemporary green building concept.
In India construction industry being the second largest sector after agriculture,
contributing around 7% of Indias GDP growth, is forecast to grow at a rate of around 9.2%, as
compared to Global average of 5.5%. This industry consumes 40% of total energy and about
one half of the worlds major resources. Thus, the issue of energy security and green building
initiatives is required to be taken up seriously.
This paper discusses the concerns over energy security measures and energy
conservation in Indian context with a brief idea of different policies made and effected to
construct new and renovate existing buildings in a direction towards Green Building concept.
The potential for energy savings is 40-50% in new buildings designed based on Green Buildings
where as for existing buildings it can go upto 20-25% based on retro fitting measures. The
incremental cost vis--vis conventional building is around 5-8% with a pay back period of 2-4
years. The importance and benefits of Green Buildings have been highlighted in the paper in a
view to save our planet and sustain life.

3)Green Buildings in India

S Srinivas, Senior Counsellor, CII Godrej GBC 2013

A Green building should create delight when entered, serenity

and health when occupied and regret when departed Perhaps
this is one of the most inspiringdefinitions of a Green building,
articulated in the book Natural Capitalism.The concept of green
buildings is not as nascent as we think it is. For example, ourown
ancestors worshipped the five elements of nature - Earth as
Prithvi, Water asJal, Agni as Energy, Air as Vayu, and Sky as
Akash.Today through the LEED (Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Leadership) greenbuilding rating system, we are
rediscovering the Indian ethos.The Green building movement has
gained tremendous momentum during the past3-4 years, since
the CII- Godrej GBC embarked on achieving the prestigious
LEEDrating for its own centre at Hyderabad. The Platinum rating
awarded for this buildingsparked off considerable enthusiasm in
the country.From a humble beginning of 20,000 sq.ft of green
footprint in the country in the year2003, to a staggering 10
million sq.ft expected by end 2008, green buildings are wellpoised
to reach scalar heights. Today a variety of green building projects
are comingup in the country
residential complexes, exhibition centers, hospitals,educational
institutions, laboratories, IT parks, airports, government
buildingsand corporate office

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by Harsh

Published
Kanani july

2007

Green Building, also known as green construction or sustainable building, is the

practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally
responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle
To begin with the green concept the first and foremost thing to know is that the
design and the architecture should be such that maximum of the gift of nature is
utilized and minimum energy consumption and maintenance is required which is
the basic requirement of a particular structure to be economical.