Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center
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| Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center | |
| Designer | Karan Grover and Associates |
| Location | Hyderabad, India |
| Date | 2004 |
| Building Type | office building |
| Climate | hot |
| Green Certification | LEED Platinum Certified |
| Green Certification Score | 56 |
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| Area | 20,000 square-feet |
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[edit] Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center at Wikipedia
CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII – Godrej GBC), a division of CII, is India’s premier developmental institution, offering advisory services to the industry on environmental aspects and works in the areas of green buildings, energy efficiency, water management, renewable energy, Green Business Incubation and climate change activities. The centre sensitises key stakeholders to embrace green practices and facilitates market transformation, paving way for India to become one of the global leaders in green businesses by 2015.
The centre is housed in a green building which received the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating in 2003. This was the first platinum rated Green Building outside of the U.S. and also the first in India. The Centre was inaugurated by H.E Shri A P J Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, on July 14, 2004.
CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is a unique and successful model of public-private partnership between the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Ltd and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the technical support of USAID.
External links
- Official site
- USGBC official website
- Feature on the Architect, Karan Grover
- US Embassy, New Delhi feature
- Indian Green Building Council
[edit] References
LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=424
[edit] External Links
LEEDing Green in India at ArchitectureWeek
