Hello and welcome once again to Cooling India.
The government’s commitment of reduction of emissions to 35 per cent by 2030 and enhancement of non-fossil-based power capacity to 40 per cent can plummet carbon footprint by almost three billion tonnes by 2030. This pledge has scaled up the development of green buildings.
Green building concept has gained momentum with political leaders, stakeholders, organisations and businesses touching every sector starting to embrace green building and sustainability as a crucial strategy to meet their sustainability, climate and corporate social responsibility goals and address pressing issues impacting human health and the environment.
This time, we focus on how the right selection of energy efficient HAVC system in green building helps in reduction of energy consumption thus, improving the overall performance of the building as HVAC systems play a key role in green buildings since many of the green building factors are directly or indirectly affected by the performance of the HVAC systems. Notably, HVAC accounts for nearly 50-60 per cent of the energy used in commercial buildings in India.
Net zero energy buildings produce as much energy as a building consumes through the use of innovative and highly efficient materials, technologies and practices. Here, Mili Majumdar, Managing Director of Green Business Certification Institute and Senior Vice President, U.S. Green Building Council explains the concept of net zero buildings and HVAC systems’ role in carbon neutral buildings.
The article ‘Green Buildings: Investment Not Extra Cost’ talks about how conscious passive architectural design strategies enables the projects to not only attain green building certifications but also achieve reasonable operational savings at almost no or negligible cost premium.
In today’s world, the green building concept has emerged as a powerful tool for leveraging lower carbon emissions, conserve resources and reduce operating costs. Thus, this has been a game changer for all the stakeholders.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue as always! Please write to me at pravita@charypublications.in
Pravita Iyer
Publisher & Director
