{"id":1543,"date":"2005-08-14T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-14T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/08\/14\/more-green-india\/"},"modified":"2005-08-14T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-14T20:14:00","slug":"more-green-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/more-green-india\/","title":{"rendered":"More Green India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like every time I check my feeds in the last month or so, there&#8217;s another story about sustainable development and green building in India. Today, I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/fe_full_story.php?content_id=99272\">this article<\/a> from India&#8217;s Financial Express gives an overview of green business development in the country, with a detailed overview of the Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd new manufacturing plant. Among the plant&#8217;s features:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 Energy and atmosphere: Double skin brick wall with 25 mm air cavity, double-glazed low U glass to minimise the heat ingress into the building. HFC (hydrofluorocarbon)-based chillers of high COP thermal storage system to minimise energy consumption of the building and support electricity demand thereby enabling reducing the energy consumption by 25% as compared to conventional buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Indoor environmental quality: Continuous monitoring and maintaining fresh air in all occupied areas \u2014 around 15 to 20 CFM (chloro- fluoro methane) per person. Sensors have been placed at various locations inside the building to monitor the carbondioxide level. Low emitting materials such as VOC sealant\/ carpets\/ composite woods\/ paints have been used to maintain the indoor environmental quality. Smoking is not allowed in the entire building complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Built in a manner that 95% daylight penetrates through windows for at least 95% regularly occupied areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Under the material and resource feature, more than 10% of the building materials are refurbished\/salvaged from old offices to minimise the use of virgin materials and more than 60% of the materials used in the building have got high percentage recycled content \u2014 acoustic ceiling, steel, glass, ceramic tile and MDF wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 On the water efficiency, the company has enabled zero discharge building (100% water recycling and irrigating native plants) to minimise the water requirement. By installing sprinkler and drip irrigation system and dual flush toilets, sensor-based and waterless urinals, low-flow fixtures, the company has been able to save up to 43% of water consumption. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One fact I found particularly encouraging:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to [Chief Executive officer N.K.] Ranganath, following these dramatic changes at the manufacturing plant, Grundfos was not only able to provide a clean and green atmosphere to its workers, but also was able to generate 15% to 20% more productivity at its factory in Chennai. \u201cAt Grundfos, we understand the significance of responsibility to the environment and to the people we live, work and deal with,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, it&#8217;s &#8220;people-friendly,&#8221; a feature of green building that we often overlook.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/green+building\" rel=\"tag\">green building<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/business\" rel=\"tag\">business<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/India\" rel=\"tag\">India<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like every time I check my feeds in the last month or so, there&#8217;s another story about sustainable development and green building in India. 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