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20 projects to come up in PMC, PCMC under ‘GRIHA’: Dr. Pachauri
11th Jan 2012-Pune : As many as 20 residential projects will come up in Pune & Pimpri- Chinchwad areas developed on Green Buildings Concept under GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), informed Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI);The Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); President, Association for Development and Research on Sustainable Habitats (ADaRSH).
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He was speaking at the interaction seminar organized by CREDAI Pune Metro on subject –the science of climate change, the impacts of continued greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions & mitigation technologies from the perspective of green buildings. Present on the occasion were PMC Commissioner Mahesh Pathak, PCMC Mayor Yogesh Behl, Priyanka Kochar-Program Manager of GRIHA, Director of Sustainability Initiatives- Purva Keskar, Satish Magar- President CREDAI Pune- Maharashtra, Vice President Hemant Naiknavre, Head of CREDAI Enviro Cell Sanjay Deshpande along with host of CREDAI official & members.
Dr Pachauri informed that “GRIHA” is India’s national rating system for sustainable habitats designed and developed by the MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy), Government of India, in collaboration with TERI. At present, under ‘GRIHA’ 160 projects, both residential & commercial, are going on nationally, out of which 20 projects are in Pune. Within a year’s time, TERI will prepare a detailed report on their research on effect of climate change on Maharashtra, and the report will be presented to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. It will also include various measures to stem global warming. Along with Maharashtra we are also working on the report of Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan & Himachal Pradesh”, he added.
"To comply with Green building concept it is important for a project to utilize minimum water, install a solar system for saving at least 30 % electricity, treatment & re-usage of waste water, planting as many saplings/ trees. While contributing to India’s growth through this sector, one should not ignore the environment," said the TERI Chief.
Dr. Pachauri appreciated the work done by Pune and PCMC which has set an example by announcing mandatory compliance of their future government projects with GRIHA and expressed hope that soon other municipal bodies will join the movement. Those builders who have adopted Green Building concepts were honoured at the hands of Dr Pachauri.
It is noteworthy to mention that the CREDAI-National has entered in to a MoU with GRIHA for wide campaigning on the Green Building Concept amongst the Member Developer throughout India.
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