Mecon designs its first green building for HPCL
Chennai got a green building with Mecon, a public sector undertaking under the steel ministry, lending its expertise in engineering to design it. Known for extending consultancy services to metallurgical processes, steel manufacturing companies and industries engaged in value addition to mineral wealth, the company has broadened its scope of work to keep abreast of the changing times. Since the concept is yet to pick up pace in Ranchi where Mecon is headquartered, the project has been completed at Ennore in Chennai where Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd showed its eagerness to go 'green' and contributed to environment protection in whatever form it could. The two-storeyed administrative building of HPCL has received a gold rating with 48 points by the Indian Green Building Council , a non-profit research institution formed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.