First Meeting of IGBC Mumbai Chapter held in Mumbai T he Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the sup- port of all the stakeholders is making rapid strides in Greening the construction industry Till date, there are over 1,500 registered Green Buildings coming up in the country with a green building foot print of over 1 09 Billion sq ft. To further spearhead the Green building movement in the country, IGBC has formed 12 Chapters all across the Country (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Goa, Hyder- abad, Kolkata, Kochi, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune & Vadodra) with 3 more to be launched later this year at Jaipur, Chandi- garh & Bhubaneswar The chapters work with an agenda : • To have faster penetration & reach • To reach out to wider section of stakeholders • Reach out to Non corporate & individuals • Involve local agencies and Institutions in the Green Build- ing Movement The IGBC Mumbai Chapter under the able leadership of Mr Ravi Raheja, Chairman – IGBC Mumbai Chapter & Managing Director – K Raheja Corp and Mr Gurmeet Singh Arora, Vice Chair – IGBC Mumbai Chapter, Managing Director – Rajco Metals is one of the most active & vibrant Chapters of IGBC with 300 + members who are committed to contribute to reach out IGBC’s vision at City level As a part of the Chapter activity the Mumbai Chapter met at CII – Naoroji Godrej Centre of Excellence on 29th February 2012 with the following agenda: • Update on IGBC Green Movement (Scorecard) in Mum- bai by Mr Gurmeet Singh Arora, Vice Chairman, IGBC Mumbai Chapter • Future Course of Action & Update on IGBC Mumbai Chapter activities by Mr Gurmit Singh Arora, Vice Chair- man, IGBC MC along with Membership Drive by Mr Jah- angir Yar Khan, Senior VP (Projects), Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd , Training & Seminars by Mr Shabbir Kanchwala, VP, K Raheja Corp , Student Chapters by Architect Sandeep Shikre, Sandeep Shikre & Associa- tion, Green Governance by Ms Mala Singh, CEO, PEC Solutions and Media & Publicity by Mr V Suresh, Prin- ciple Executive Officer, Hirco Development Pvt Ltd • Deliberation of ‘Oath’ for Core Committee Member of the IGBC Mumbai Chapter Apart from the above set of activities the Chapter also had very interesting & interactive Case study presentation on the following a. Case Study : Hospital Going Green : Kohinoor Hospital by Architect Sandeep Shikre, Managing Director, M/s Sandeep Shikre & Associates b. Case Study : Green Homes / Buildings – A Real Need for Sustainable Development by Ms Mala Singh, CEO, M/s PEC Solutions c. Case Study: On Green Township at Panvel by HIRCO by Mr S Deodhar, Associate Vice President - Projects, Hirco Development Pvt Ltd d. Glass for Green Buildings by Mr Vijay Bhan Singh, Se- nior Manager, Saint Gobain Glass India e. Light weight construction technologies - Helping to build a sustainable future by Mr Ashutosh Puranik, Sr Product Manager, Saint Gobain Gyproc India Ltd All the presentations were well perceived & the meeting was well attended by almost a Hundred people from various sectors of industry. EVENT REPORT 50 Construction Infrastructure Architect World April 2012