The Green Office Building Takes off in India

Greening brown office spaces has been a key initiative for the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) for some time now. With inefficient office spaces producing some of the largest amounts of greenhouse gas emitted anywhere in the built sector, it only makes sense for Australia’s green building authority to make reducing this priority number one.

The GBCA’s greenhouse gas reduction initiative is proving so effective at both reducing carbon emissions and boosting the quality and standards of the modern office that workplace productivity is increasing and the green office model is spreading.

According to the Economic Times in India, LEED office buildings are now becoming increasingly common, particularly in the areas of Andheri East, Marol, MIDC and Sankinaka, with more than 25 LEED and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) certified building in Mumbai alone.

While the creation of cutting edge green office space is certainly a move in the right direction for the national green building industry, it may very well be alienating the Indian public at large. According to green building consultant Neha Singhani, there is a common misconception that...

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