Dive Summary:
- The first government office building in New Delhi, India was awarded IGBC's LEED India New Construction (NC) Gold Rating.
- Over 2,110 buildings in India are registered as green building projects by the Indian Green Building Council.
- India is among the top three countries around the world in the production of green buildings.
From the article:
Dr Jain... said in days to come, CPWD has an important catalytic role in constructing all upcoming Government buildings in the country go the Green way.
The vision of the Council is to 'enable sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in sustainable built environment by 2025', he informed.
...IGBC registered green building projects amounting to over 1.54 Billion sq. ft of green building footprint with projects spread across the five climatic zones of the country...
