Green complex in the pink city
Jaipur now holds the distinction of housing the first government building in the country with a five-star green rating. The campus of the newly-inaugurated International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED) has a number of green features right from the usage of natural lighting to use of solar energy and geothermal cooling to help save energy. The Energy Conservation Building Code 2006' norms have been applied for energy efficient design and construction. It has a host of features in design and construction to ensure reduction of carbon footprint of the building. The campus is spread over 16 acres of land at Achrol. This is the first centre of its kind on environment audit in the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), according to Ms Rebecca Mathai, principal director of iCED. The Comptroller and Auditing Generals all over the world are called supreme audit institutions.