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SPECIAL FOCUS: GREEN BUILDINGS & SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION in some way to India’s green building space. demolition (C&D) materials found in ”K Raheja Corp has a green building We have worked on Efon India, HCC abundance at any redevelopment site can footprint of nearly 3.5 crores sq. ft., across 24/7 Park, Vikhroli west, a building which also be reused. Most common materials are India and we do extensive work in this contributes in all aspects to the concept of concrete, wood, drywall, asphalt shingles, sphere. We are also working with the Bill green buildings. We used our eco friendly asphalt pavement, metal and cardboard, Clinton Climate Foundation under their 100 per cent Pure Acrylic Solar Refective which typically make up 70 to 95 per cent Building Energy Retrofit Program to further Coating- Sunshiled 100 in this project. of the discarded material at a residential or our commitment to green. We are proud to Also, a lot of R&D efort is involved in commercial site. Tey are ofen discarded be the only Indian real estate firm to have the development of green products which but are actually valuable commodities that won this prestigious global award, which further contributes to the cost factor. We can be recycled into new products or used will now be embedded in the company's at Choksey Chemicals ofer in many new ways. Seen as waste, disposal history books." many products contributing C&D materials is ofen viewed as a part of Shabbir Kanchwala, “Green constructions,” the cost of doing business, and recycling Senior-VP, K Raheja Corp, Anckur Choksey, MD, and reusing these materials are sometimes on occasion of the company Choksey Chemicals Pvt. overlooked as cost saving options. Recycling emerging sole winner from Ltd. (CCPL) can beneft a project’s business bottom line, India at the recently hosted Robust demand at the which also benefts the environment. ‘Sustainable Building Awards 2016,’ in consumer end has pushed the world’s green However the real breakthrough in recyclable the United Kingdom. This award comes building market to a trillion dollar industry, materials will come from nanotechnology. from the very credible BUILD publisher a surge that has led to a corresponding Given enough time nanotech will spawn house, with a stringent process of short increase in the scope and size of the hybrid construction materials of all types listing firms and individuals exclusively on green building materials market, which which will have a longer lifespan and at merit, followed by thorough and dedicated is expected to reach $234 billion by 2019. end of which they can be recyclable. And research and global online voting, to Today, there are nearly 75,000 commercial generically it will be Phase Changing ensure that each win was based solely on projects participating in LEED across the Materials where nanotech will give such the company's achievements. globe, with 1.85 million square feet of game changing breakthroughs. C I I - S o h r a b j i building space LEED certifying every day. Godrej Green In India, there are more than 1,990 projects End of Sustainability? B u s i n e s s comprising more than 822 million square The urban population across the globe Centre building feet of space participating in LEED. is expected to grow from 47 per cent in in Hyderabad Environmental Average Benefits per Benefit from current 3.5 billion —India’s first Benefit Million Sq.ft sq.ft registered with IGBC Platinum rated green building, all of the CO2 reduction 15,500 tons 50 million tons wastewater, including grey and black water generated in the building, is treated Energy savings 15,000 MWH 50,000 GWH biologically through a process called Water savings 45000 KL 150 million KL Phytoremediation. Thereafter, the treated Construction waste 450 tons 1.5 million t ons water is used for landscaping. diverted from landfills Environmental Impact Assessment, or EIA, calculates probable impact that a Recycle, Reuse, Redesign 2000 to 70 per cent in 2050. If current proposed project may have on the natural To practice green sustainable construction trends continue, expansion of the built environment. Generic template of the EIA it is most important to follow the three R’s environment will destroy natural habitats notification stipulated by the Ministry of of resource conservation, mainly Recycle, on over 70 per cent of Earth’s land surface Environment and Forest is as follows; Reuse, Redesign. Best opportunity to by 2032, driven by rampant population Introduction recycle materials are those that change most growth and unplanned urbanization. If Project Description ofen, such as partitions, fnishes, furniture, this trend continues, Earth as an habitat Description of the Environment and supplies, which have best opportunity could be rendered uninhabitable by end of Anticipated Environmental Impacts to be redesigned based on available this 21st century itself. Terefore a critical and Mitigation Measures technology and sources for new materials. paradigm shif is required in the concept of Analysis of Alternatives (Technology Permanent partitions and fxtures should Green Buildings, which needs to be more and site) be assembled in such a fashion that they are holistic and inclusive of the environment Environmental Monitoring Programme easily disassembled for reuse or recycling. it impacts. We are on the brink of disaster Additional Studies Finishes should be minimal, natural and and if humans don't act fast environmental Project Benefits nontoxic. Recycled content will be the only degradation could become irreversible, Environmental Management Plan ingredient in 95 per cent of all replacement making our planet ultimately uninhabitable Summary & Conclusion materials on the site. Construction and in the long run. Disclosure of Consultants engaged u 100 construction opportunities|aPrIL 2017