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Green-Rating System Was Launched In The City , Three Green Buildings To Come Soon

By akansha, Section Infrastructure
Posted on Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 02:40:42 AM EST

Three commercial establishments in the city have expressed desire to build `green buildings' and get green energy certification. This spells good news as a year after the green-rating system was launched in the city for evaluation of energy savings practices observed in commercial buildings, more and more private and government agencies are opting for green buildings.

Officials of the real estate group that would set up the international convention centre in New Town met West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation ( W B G E D C ) authorities on Tuesday to apply for green rating norms. "They want to set up their entire complex as a green building. We would help them to do so," said WBGEDC managing director S P Gon Choudhuri.

The convention centre will also have a hotel that would follow green norms. "The hotel authorities would be able to generate energy from food waste. Besides, the building's walls would be constructed using a method to keep the heat at bay and so the rooms will be much cooler ," Gon Choudhuri said.

Apart from this complex, the government's science and technology department and a private company would construct their buildings in Salt Lake according to green energy norms. Eco-friendly materials and renewable energy sources will be used to minimise electric consumption and keep the interiors cooler than any normal building complex.

Source: Times Of India Three green buildings to come up in city

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WBGEDC is urging the government to make green energy norms mandatory for all commercial and IT buildings. "With many commercial and IT buildings coming up at Rajarhat and Salt Lake, we want green rating to be made mandatory," Gon Choudhuri said. The state government also wants all residential and commercial buildings to use solar energy. "It is encouraging that more and more real estate developers are showing interest in using green technologies," Gon Choudhuri said.

On Tuesday, the CPM set an example by making all lights on the ground floor of its Alimuddin Street party headquarters solar-powered. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had earlier said that he wanted government agencies like the environment department, disaster management authority and science and technology department to work together and formulate a strategy to combat global warming and climate change.

The state's Expert Appraisal Committee has already made rainwater harvesting mandatory for all new multistoried real estate projects to prevent an imbalance in the ground water level.

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