Green Building

GREEN HOME DEFINED

"A green building or home uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people living inside compared to a standard building or home. It's as simple as that"

IGBC GREEN HOMES RATING SYSTEM

56 registered buildings

75 million sqft Green homes footprint

The concept of green building is growing in India. There is INDIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL which has around 300 members and which certifies a green building. There is GREEN BUILDINF CONGRESS 2008 between 23-27 Sept 2008, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Moreover the IGBC runs Green building training Programs to train individuals. You can check it out on     http://www.igbc.in/igbc/testigbc.jsp?desc=5467&event=5547.

This are some interesting Articles about Green building from IGBC....http://www.igbc.in/igbc/publications.jsp

The importance that green business has in India will directly impact the world and our environment. With a population well over one billion, green business in India could quite literally alter our ecology. India’s economic growth rate has been incredible, and will continue to be incredible for many years to come. The widening middle class will only fan the flame of this growth.

One thing that separates India from most other fast growing economies is the emphasis and importance education has in the culture. Not only is India a country of many people, but it is a country of many highly educated, and highly motivated people. It’s not a secret that numerous companies have been setting up shop there in no small part due the the quality of its work-force. Sure low wages are a valuable reason too, but one shouldn’t undervalue the intelligence of people there.

The significance India will have on the the world in the future will be extraordinary, we’ve only scratched the surface. The thing that remains to be seen is the importance green business has in India. Tackling mass poverty is the first thing that is happening, and it should be the first thing that the country emphasizes. India will be an economic powerhouse, and could be a leader in green business if they choose to be. The direction that business takes in India will have massive impact on the world. If business leaders there recognize the vast potential that green business has, and then decide to invest time, money, and effort, the world would only benefit. India is in a very unique position right now, they could either lead the world, or potentially aid in its destruction.

India, the world is watching. What’s your next move?

http://www.futureofbusiness.info/green-business-india/

SOLVING INDIA'S ENERGY, WATER, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES TO CREATE A GREEN, PROSPEROUS FUTURE

This is really interesting and awakening, 

To ensure India will have adequate energy and water supplies in the future...

The first step is to predict where India's population will level off. Assume India's population is going to peak at around 1.3 billion people. This may be somewhat underestimating reality, but everything that follows can be proportionately increased based on higher population projections.

Next, determine how many units of energy (expressed in millions of BTUs per year), and how many cubic meters of water per year, on average, are required to sustain the lifestyle for a citizen of a fully industrialized nation. Currently, on average, each Indian citizen consumes 25 million BTUs of energy per year and consumes not quite 500 cubic meters of water. In the European Union, which provides a useful comparison, the average energy consumption is well over 150 million BTUs per citizen per year, and just over 500 cubic meters of water.

It would take 3.8 gigawatts of electricity (representing about 2.7% of India's estimated 2005 electrical generating capacity of about 140 gigawatts), running constantly, to pump water 250 meters uphill at a volume of 38 cubic kilometers per year. Put another way, a 250 meter lift will require about 100 megawatt-years for each cubic kilometer pumped. About the Author: Ed "Redwood" Ring is the Editor of EcoWorld, reporting on clean technology and the status of species and ecosystems. This story was originally published in the January-March 2007 issue of "TerraGreen" Magazine, published by the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, India (www.teriin.org). In his spare time, Mr. Ring grows and gives away trees, especially his beloved Redwoods.

WISE

WISE (World Institute Of Sustainable Energy) is located in Pune and is a centre for information developed basically to enlighten our citizen with the knowledge to save the energy sources and use of reneweable energy .It has various books available at cheap rates related to energy conservation and energy options.

http://www.wisein.org/

Vapi "exemplifies a region overwhelmed by industrial estates -- more than 50 poison the local soils and groundwater with pesticides, PCBs (carcinogenic chemicals), chromium, mercury, lead, and cadmium."

About 80 percent of carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the use of fossil fuels are produced by the energy industry and the remaining 20 percent from agriculture, the report said. Coal is the main source of electricity generation.

In China, the use of coal to generate electricity increased from to 79 percent in 2003 from 71 percent in 1990. It rose in India over the same period to 68 percent from 65 percent, Jamal Saghir, director of energy and water for the World Bank, said according to the report on the Bank's Web site.

The publication notes that global carbon dioxide emissions have risen 19 percent since 1990, more than 25 percent behind goals set forth under the Kyoto Protocol, which called for a 5.2 percent reduction from 1990 levels.

The rise has been driven by surging emissions from China (73 percent increase) and India (88 percent increase) as well as the United States (20 percent increase) and Japan (15 percent increase). Europe's emissions, including only European Monetary Union countries, have climbed by only 3 percent over the period.