Newsletter | November 2017     Join us in our endeavor to make sustainability affordable         Networking Opportunities With The Green Building Fraternity   Inauguration of the Exhibition Praroop – GRIHA Green Mart   2 Keynote Addresses 10 Technical Sessions     H.E. Dr. Andreas Baum Ambassador of Switzerland to India & Bhutan     Prof. Jagan Shah Director National Institute of Urban Affairs     Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of State Independent Charge of Housing and Urban Affairs     Mr. Anders Hall International Business Development, Somfy International     Ar. Chitra Vishwanath Principal Architect, BIOME     Join us       Line up for the 9th GRIHA Summit   Day lighting Modeling Techniques for Sustainable Built Environment - A Workshop on Day lighting Date: 13th December, 2017 Venue: Conference Room, 4th Floor, 6C, TERI, India Habitat Centre The main objective of this workshop is to deliver practical knowledge to access and monitor day lighting via simulation of three-dimensional models. The session will cover fundamentals of lighting and application of software tool for daylight simulation for assessing visual comfort. Spectrum of 'Glass' - A Workshop on Glass Date: 15th December, 2017 Venue: Conference Room, 4th Floor, 6C, TERI, India Habitat Centre The workshop will highlight all the aspects of how glass is a green and sustainable material right from the cradle to grave. The content of the workshop will help stakeholders understand glass as building material and help in selection based on its safety aspects, structural stability, aesthetics, thermal and optical properties etc. Site Visit- See to Believe Date: 16th December, 2017 Venue: New Delhi A site visit can be one of the most important tools, in seeing and believing the real benefits offered by a green building, which might be overlooked from a distance. This visit to a GRIHA rated project will demonstrate the commitment of the client towards sustainable development. Register now, limited seats!!     GRIHA rated projects   GRIHA Five Star Provisional Rating Hostel Block – 1 & 2 for Manipal Integrated Services Private Limited at Manipal County GRIHA Four Star Provisional Rating Power Grid SR-II RHQ Office Building, Bangalore     Exclusive interview with Solar Architect Rolf Disch in "Shashwat - Let Nature Be" annual magazine of GRIHA Council     Rolf Disch Solar Architecture has built with the sun for 40 years. That is how the first homes worldwide were built that flip the energy bill upside-down. The homes sell their surplus energy into the public power grid because they produce more energy in total than they consume. And with that, a new standard is set: homes can become powerplants! Stay tuned for the release of the 4th edition of Shashwat during the 9th GRIHA Summit 2017 themed-' Sustainable is Affordable'.       GRIHA training program organized   3-Day GRIHA V 2015 Training Programme at Mumbai Date: 8th- 10th November, 2017 Stakeholder Workshop on 'GRIHA for Day Schools' Date: 8th November, 2017     Upcoming GRIHA training program   Venue Dates Ahmedabad 17th - 19th January 2018 Hyderabad 21st- 23rd February 2018 Kolkata 14th - 16th March 2018     View Events       Editor’s choice   Italy's pollution-eating cement More than 84,000 people in the country died prematurely owing to bad air quality. Milan remains one of the worst polluted cities, not only in the country but also on the continent. To combat this, scientists have developed a new type of photocatalytic cement that absorbs pollutants and turns them into harmless salts. Opened in 2015, the Palazzo Italia in Milan is one of the first buildings in the world to use pollution-eating cement. Improving urban green spaces increase thermal comfort of citizens Architect from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has assessed the link between urban green spaces and the thermal comfort sensation of people. The results provide significant suggestions to improve thermal comfort of citizens. Can cities get smarter about extreme weather? Discussions around improving resilience and adaptation to extreme events often focus on upgrading infrastructure or building new infrastructure, such as bigger levees or flood walls. But cities also need new ways of knowing, evaluating and anticipating risk by updating their information systems. Register your interest for training on GRIHA Register your products and projects   Copyright © 2017 GRIHA Council GRIHA Council, 1st Floor, A - 260, Defence colony, New Delhi, 110024 (Ph : 011 4644 4500) If you do not wish to receive this newsletter Click here