Introduction to Green Buildings & Built Environment, Second Edition

The green building movement in India is spearheaded by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) since 2001. Today India is seen as one of the leading countries in embracing green building concepts, trends and technologies. A time has come to dissipate knowledge on green concepts to young minds across the country. This would enable young professionals in contributing to the Nation’s goal of achieving net zero by 2070. IGBC has developed a comprehensive book titled ‘Introduction to Green Buildings & Built Environment’. The objective of this book is to encourage, inspire and provide knowledge to young professionals so that they can include sustainability in any sphere of their careers. This book is a one-of-a-kind publication, not attempted thus far in the country. Universities and colleges of Architecture and Engineering can adopt this book as a reference material to offer the subject of green buildings and built environment as an elective. Students can then take up an examination offered online to get accredited as “IGBC Associate Professionals’ which can open up new employment opportunities. The coverage includes basic principles, trends and techniques spread across five chapters, viz., Sustainable Sites, Water Management, Energy Management, Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality. Contents:1.       Site Selection and Planning2.       Water Management3.       Energy Efficiency4.       Sustainable Building Materials5.       Indoor Environmental Quality About the Author: About CII: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering Industry, Government and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.            CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, with over 9000 members from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from 294 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.  About CII - Godrej GBC: CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-Godrej GBC) was established in the year 2004, as CII’s Developmental Institute on Green Practices & Businesses, aimed at offering world class advisory services on conservation of natural resources. The Green Business Centre in Hyderabad is housed in one of the greenest buildings in the world and through Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is spearheading the Green Building movement in the country.  About IGBC: The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year 2001. The vision of the council is, "To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025".            The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.