Actress Ms Gul Panag will throw open the doors of her eco weekend home, one of the first two in India to await a TERI GRIHA certification, to anyone keen on building one of their own. The first green home to register with GRIHA is New Delhi-based media professional Prasanto Roy's. The champa tree that stood outside his family home in CR Park had held special memories; his sister was named after it. When the sprawling mansion was being torn down last year to make way for the new building, Mr Roy's Green One project ensured that not just the champa, but every tree on the premises was saved, or professionally transplanted; a key pre-requisite of the TERI GRIHA programme.

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