New infrastructure projects, as also government buildings in Karnataka would have to adopt green building code henceforth, State Energy Department Additional Chief Secretary Ms Shameem Banu, said. She said under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, the State has proposed to make it mandatory for all for all public buildings to be energy efficient. Addressing the two-day Energy Symposium & Vendors Conclave 2011, she said, the state government has undertaken to turn all state offices and buildings into energy efficient, adding the government was collating data on such buildings and appliances to be replaced with energy-efficient lights in consultation with Public Works Department..

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