China and India Leapfrog to the Front of the International Green Building Movement
By Kevin Sullivan
Standing in the hazy shadow of the Taj Mahal on the banks of the fetid Yamuna River, Bill Clinton challenged India during his visit in 2000 to become a global leader in environmental development. He pledged millions of dollars of U.S. aid to help India usher in a greener future.
Just four years and $20 million later, India surpassed Clinton’s challenge by completing the first platinum rated LEED building outside the U.S., and only the third of its kind in the world. The CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad, a 2000-square-meter complex, is a hybrid mix of high-tech features like photovoltaic panels and daylight sensors and traditional Indian methods of climate control like wind towers. The upstart Indian Green Building Council, launched in 1997 and housed at the GBC, is already creating waves in the global green building movement.
For Kevin Sullivan's complete story...
Standing in the hazy shadow of the Taj Mahal on the banks of the fetid Yamuna River, Bill Clinton challenged India during his visit in 2000 to become a global leader in environmental development. He pledged millions of dollars of U.S. aid to help India usher in a greener future.
Just four years and $20 million later, India surpassed Clinton’s challenge by completing the first platinum rated LEED building outside the U.S., and only the third of its kind in the world. The CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad, a 2000-square-meter complex, is a hybrid mix of high-tech features like photovoltaic panels and daylight sensors and traditional Indian methods of climate control like wind towers. The upstart Indian Green Building Council, launched in 1997 and housed at the GBC, is already creating waves in the global green building movement.
For Kevin Sullivan's complete story...
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