The Green Movementin India is an emerging movement that stresses practices and initiatives in transport, construction, law and more.
Green buildings
India has rich and authentic history of bioclimatic architecture. From courtyard Haveli in Rajasthan that store 'coolth' of the night before to Charles Correa contemporary examples of high rise courtyard in the Kanchanjunga apartments, Mumbai. These responded wonderful to environment.
Today, Indian cities offer a more dense lifestyle with homes and work places surrounded by urban heat islands with dust, noise, and pollution. The design of simple, low-energy bioclimatic strategies and better building materials can shelter from the outside world, creating havens of comfort for occupants of all income levels. This defies assumptions that green design belongs to the affluent. The World Bank has launched Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies a program to provide a solution for EDGE green building program and certification system .
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) plays an active role in promoting sustainability in the Indian construction sector. The CII is the central pillar of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The IGBC has licensed the LEED Green Building Standard from the U.S. Green Building Council and currently is responsible for certifying LEED-New Construction and LEED-Core and Shell buildings in India.