Sustainability

McKinsey and Company on India’s Urbanization

By arZan ⋅ May 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

McKinsey & Company recently came up with a comprehensive report titled “India’s Urban Awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth”. The executive summary of the report is below. The entire report in PDF format can be read here. India’s urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth India has a young and rapidly growing [...]

India’s Urban Awakening

By arZan ⋅ May 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Warren Karlenzig at Green Flow makes some very valid points for India cities as they grow both in number and size. Some of the comparisons with China are pretty interesting, especially the one about planned phases of growth in national cities. Making the Cities of India More Sustainable Article by Warren Karlenzig at Green Flow [...]

The Green Bandwagon

By arZan ⋅ April 27, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The word green these days is associated more with buildings than with plants and trees. It is the new mantra in everything from homes and buildings to the furnishings within it. In this editorial below, Sunita Narain takes a very simplistic view of a rather complex issue. However its a good primer for the non [...]

GRIHA: India’s Answer to LEED

By arZan ⋅ October 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Evaluation is necessary to ascertain how green a building is. Apart from verifying claims, such systems ensure that best practices are followed and the gains made are quantified. GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), the green rating system developed by The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), is promoted by the Ministry of New and Renewable [...]

Goa to get Green Infrastructure.

By arZan ⋅ October 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Architects, planners and others with green caps and fingers are unveiling a plan to promote use of green principles for eco-friendly infrastructure, necessitated by climate change. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII, Goa) and Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) Goa chapter have initiated a joint effort towards creating a cell in Goa to promote green buildings [...]

Sustainable Styles: Indian Architecture ?

By arZan ⋅ October 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

How sustainable is your style? Can you look at a building and tell if it’s green? Sometimes, appearances can be deceptive. We clue you in on what really makes a building environment-friendly By Himanshu Burte / LiveMint Sustainability is the buzzword. Every manner of building makes a claim to “greenness” today. While there are various [...]