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“CII’s IGBC Green Building Congress 2020 starts on a strong note with the Chief Guest M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, inaugurating the conclave and gracing the event. The session witnessed the launch and release of four important documents by the Vice President.”
“IGBC’s Coffee Table Book Vol IV (Includes a message from Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India); IGBC’s Green Healthcare Facilities Rating System (version 1); IGBC’s Rating System for Green Logistics Parks and Warehouses and IGBC Net Zero Water Rating System.”
“Jamshyd N Godrej, Past President CII & Chairman, in his speech emphasised on the importance of respecting nature and how the on-going pandemic is a reminder to create greener, environmentally conscious and healthier developments. He suggested that India should aim at achieving a “ Net Zero Energy” status by 2050.”
“Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, highlighted that Naidu has always been a great inspiration and supporter of CII in terms of his vision and his diversified initiatives towards Rural Development, Affordable Housing, Smart Cities, Environment, Infrastructure, Skill development, and Manufacturing.”
“V Suresh, Chairman, delivered the theme address, in which he highlighted on the various green initiatives taken by CII’s IGBC during recent times. He shared IGBC’s goal to reach 10 billion sq ft of green building foot print by the year 2022 which marks India’s 75th year of Independence. He also registered that IGBC is reaching out to Tier 2 and rural areas with the help of 27 chapters nationwide.”
“Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) highlighted the precautions taken by DMRC to address the challenges in public transportation due to the current pandemic. He also emphasized the role of public transportation to beat pollution in the national capital.”
“Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, President, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) mentioned the remarkable changes that will take place post-Covid in all the segments of Real Estate to help us adapt to the new normal.”
“Unnikrishnan AR, Managing Director, Saint Gobain India Pvt Ltd – Glass Business, spoke about the economic revival in the country. He suggested that a relevant part of the stimulus package from the government should be linked to Sustainability.”
“Baljit Singh, Vice President, Operations, Brookfield Properties, suggested the need to further incentivise the green buildings, especially the huge potential to optimise resources by renovating and retro-fitting existing buildings as per IGBC Ratings.”
“Ar. Tia Lee Siang, Executive Director, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore & Past Chair, World Green Building Council, spoke passionately on a subject close to his heart – a Roadmap for Sustaining Future Cities.”
“Cristina Gamboa highlighted the various leadership initiatives in spearheading World Green Building Movement. She also officially pre- launched the WorldGBC’s Health and Wellbeing Framework (a Better Places for People Initiative). WorldGBC is proactively working towards providing sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere and addressing #Climate Action, #Health and Wellbeing and #Resources & Circularity.”
“S Raghupathy , Deputy Director General & COO, CII and In-charge, IndiaGBC, Chair, WorldGBC Asia Pacific Network, spoke on CII Indian Green Building Councils (IGBC) commitment and vision “”To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India t`o be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025″”.”
“Catriona Brady introduced WorldGBC’s Health and Wellbeing Framework (a #Better Places for People Initiative), which was pre- launched earlier by Cristina Gamboa. Brady spoke passionately on the Six Broad Principles for a Healthy, Sustainable Built Environment and explained how they can be used with a country specific approach.”
“Alvin Ng, Vice President, Digital Solutions Asia Pacific, Johnson Controls, educated the gathering on Elevating Wellness through a Self-Configuring Environment. He elaborated and provided solutions on Creating Human Centric, Connected & Dynamic Spaces that Elevate Wellness in occupants.”
“Dr. C Hariharan, Co – Chair, IGBC Bangalore Chapter and Ar. Jayesh Hariyani, Co – Chair, IGBC Ahmedabad Chapter, moderated the session on Increasing Spotlight on Health, Wellness & Wellbeing and informed the audience on IGBC’s Health and Well-being Rating, which has the solutions to create a safer, comfortable and more resilient built environments.”
“Mr V. Suresh, Chairman, CII’s Indian Green Building Council launched the IGBC Annual Report – 2019-20 at the Green Building Congress 2020. This report represents the phenomenal activities and initiatives of IGBC and showcases the commitment of the stakeholders towards Sustainability.”
“Sister Shivani, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University highlighted in her powerful and inspirational speech, the importance of emotional and spiritual wellbeing for a healthy environment. She strongly believes that the concept of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform’ works in areas of emotional wellbeing.”
“Mala Singh, Cochair, IGBC Mumbai Chapter well summarized the key takeaways of being emotionally strong and proposed the vote of thanks.”
“Gurmit Singh Arora, Vice Chairman, IGBC moderated the session, addressed the members & stakeholders and motivated them to work with renewed energy in order to realise the vision of the council.”
“Dr Joseph Allen, Director of Healthy Buildings, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health presented on how people can work to transform design and construction of indoor spaces for a healthier environment. “Ventilation, temperature, lighting and even the noise in a building can drastically affect health”, he added.”
“Chirag Baijal, Managing Director, Carrier Corporation highlighted on the need for safer commercial, healthcare, hospitality, education and retail spaces and the various technologies available with Carrier. He also stressed upon the need for an efficient and effective HVAC system for every building across the world including the need for enough fresh air ventilation.”
“Farokh Madan, Director, Marketing and Strategy (South Asia Pacific) moderated the session and kept the audience engaged throughout.”
