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SUMMIT NEWSLETTER • DAY 2 • Friday, February 19, 2016
KEYNOTE ADDRESS fail in their exams. However, he said that with students, he designed and built solar-heated
the supportive and creative environment at the buildings that are low-cost and are made of
Mr Sonam Wangchuk, Founder, SECMOL (The Students’ school, the so called failures have excelled in earth/mud. However, it maintains 15°C even
Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh) their chosen fields and have even risen to when the outside temperature is – 25°C in
international fame. The vision of the ‘alternative Ladakhi winter.
Mr Sonam Wangchuk talked about university’, which he hopes to achieve some day,
the launch of Operation New is to bring about development in the mountains Those who fail
Hope, a triangular collaboration and also aid in combatting climate change are not
of the Government, village through scientific solutions. necessarily
communities, and civil society to bring failures. They are just
reforms in the government schools system in By introducing educational reforms in different and need to be
1994. The programme involved formation of government-run schools, Mr Wangchuk is taught differently.
Village Education Committees to take ownership encouraging communities to reinforce the
of state schools, training of teachers in child- cultural identity of minority ethnic groups Mr Sonam Wangchuk
friendly ways, and rewriting and publishing that live along the northern border of India.
localized text books for Ladakh. For students
who still failed in their state exams, he founded When he saw people struggling to meet
the SECMOL Alternative School Campus near their basic water requirements in Ladakh, he
Leh, a special school that admits students who came up with a solution of creating vertical
ice stupas to store water for a longer time.
Through these stupas, he hopes to solve
Ladakh’s water problems. Together with the
THE FUTURE OF THE CITIES
PLENARY SESSION If India takes
Chair: Mr Rajat Malhotra, COO, West Asia, JLL lead, it can set
an example to
Panellists: Ms Caroline Stalker, Director, Architectus Brisbane
Mr Al Kably, Senior Urban & Regional Planning Consultant, Jordan other cities of the world
in sustainable
The session was opened by the Chair, urbanization.
Mr Rajat Malhotra, with a discussion
on the level of preparedness in India for Ms Caroline Stalker
cities of the future, given the current
scenario of concentration of the urban population
in the 7–8 major Indian cities and more than a
100 million people expected to move to these
cities. Ms Caroline Stalker commented that India that we have to acknowledge the value of these
indeed has the skills and the ability to lead the communities and not stigmatize them. Some of
way in sustainable urban development. The Chair the highlights of the session are as follows:
then pointed out whether Tier II cities needed • Sustainable reformation of high density
concentration in the process of sustainability.
Mr Al Kably opined that the rich history of India human environment to live in. She also said that of high density dwellings. He said that a lot dwellings has to have an active participation
and traditional knowledge is indeed a great the tropics and subtropics present huge potential of people who live in such areas have lack of from the dwellers of the families living there.
to create urban spaces, which reconnect people access to employment and health services, etc., • The social impact of creating urban living
example of sustainable planning.
Ms Caroline Stalker in her presentation with other people (giving a sense of community) which need to have a bearing on policies, spatial spaces has to be considered. People must be
highlighted the key principles that need to and also reconnect people with nature. She management, and human resource planning of reconnected with other people and with nature
be invested into cities today to make them emphasized the fact that the social impact of ill- these areas. He presented the examples of Amman through urban spaces.
sustainable. She pointed out that one of the planned urban living spaces must also be given and Cairo as cities where high density dwellings • Solution to high density and informal living
were reformed sustainably over a duration of areas in cities such as Mumbai must start
most important factors in sustainable planning consideration.
is better use of land resources. She said we need Mr Al Kably in his presentation sought to time through flexibility in policy framework and with social, formal land solutions with many
to think about how to make dense cities a better highlight current issues faced by cities in terms direct engagement with the families. He also said stakeholders coming together.
EXISTING BUILDINGS construction sector will be booming in future
and can be executed on the sustainability
TRACK 1 aspects. To assess the energy-saving potential,
audits have been conducted as a usual practice
Chair: Mr Sanjay Seth, Energy Economist, BEE but outcome/results of the study have not
been implemented—therefore, nullifying the
Panellists: Ms Gautami Palanki, Building Performance Specialist, scope of audit activity. He also stated that
US Green Building Council we need to have innovative/implementable
Mr Tanmay Tathagat, Director, EDS policies/programmes to promote efficiency
Mr Ashish Jindal, Associate Fellow, TERI in an effective way in the existing
building sector.
The first parallel track, ‘Existing
Buildings’ was chaired by Mr Sanjay Ms Gautami Palanki shared her views in
Seth. He stated that the concept of reference to LEED rating system. She stated
energy efficiency in existing buildings that policy and programmes to promote energy
is in discussion since a long time, and after it was efficiency in existing buildings are already in
put into implementation, remarkable progress place in almost all states of India. She stated
has not been made so far. The area covered that LEED is a market transformation tool
by existing buildings is not very drastic but and is applicable/adopted by 140 countries.
still there are ample opportunities of resource LEED rating system has a lot of variants and
saving in existing infrastructure. The building out of which few rating systems are ensuring
TGS 2016 PARTNERS http://grihaindia.org/grihasummit/index.php
ORGANIZED BY SUPPORTED BY PREMIER PARTNER
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy The Energy and Resources Institute GRIHA
Government of India
KEYNOTE ADDRESS fail in their exams. However, he said that with students, he designed and built solar-heated
the supportive and creative environment at the buildings that are low-cost and are made of
Mr Sonam Wangchuk, Founder, SECMOL (The Students’ school, the so called failures have excelled in earth/mud. However, it maintains 15°C even
Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh) their chosen fields and have even risen to when the outside temperature is – 25°C in
international fame. The vision of the ‘alternative Ladakhi winter.
Mr Sonam Wangchuk talked about university’, which he hopes to achieve some day,
the launch of Operation New is to bring about development in the mountains Those who fail
Hope, a triangular collaboration and also aid in combatting climate change are not
of the Government, village through scientific solutions. necessarily
communities, and civil society to bring failures. They are just
reforms in the government schools system in By introducing educational reforms in different and need to be
1994. The programme involved formation of government-run schools, Mr Wangchuk is taught differently.
Village Education Committees to take ownership encouraging communities to reinforce the
of state schools, training of teachers in child- cultural identity of minority ethnic groups Mr Sonam Wangchuk
friendly ways, and rewriting and publishing that live along the northern border of India.
localized text books for Ladakh. For students
who still failed in their state exams, he founded When he saw people struggling to meet
the SECMOL Alternative School Campus near their basic water requirements in Ladakh, he
Leh, a special school that admits students who came up with a solution of creating vertical
ice stupas to store water for a longer time.
Through these stupas, he hopes to solve
Ladakh’s water problems. Together with the
THE FUTURE OF THE CITIES
PLENARY SESSION If India takes
Chair: Mr Rajat Malhotra, COO, West Asia, JLL lead, it can set
an example to
Panellists: Ms Caroline Stalker, Director, Architectus Brisbane
Mr Al Kably, Senior Urban & Regional Planning Consultant, Jordan other cities of the world
in sustainable
The session was opened by the Chair, urbanization.
Mr Rajat Malhotra, with a discussion
on the level of preparedness in India for Ms Caroline Stalker
cities of the future, given the current
scenario of concentration of the urban population
in the 7–8 major Indian cities and more than a
100 million people expected to move to these
cities. Ms Caroline Stalker commented that India that we have to acknowledge the value of these
indeed has the skills and the ability to lead the communities and not stigmatize them. Some of
way in sustainable urban development. The Chair the highlights of the session are as follows:
then pointed out whether Tier II cities needed • Sustainable reformation of high density
concentration in the process of sustainability.
Mr Al Kably opined that the rich history of India human environment to live in. She also said that of high density dwellings. He said that a lot dwellings has to have an active participation
and traditional knowledge is indeed a great the tropics and subtropics present huge potential of people who live in such areas have lack of from the dwellers of the families living there.
to create urban spaces, which reconnect people access to employment and health services, etc., • The social impact of creating urban living
example of sustainable planning.
Ms Caroline Stalker in her presentation with other people (giving a sense of community) which need to have a bearing on policies, spatial spaces has to be considered. People must be
highlighted the key principles that need to and also reconnect people with nature. She management, and human resource planning of reconnected with other people and with nature
be invested into cities today to make them emphasized the fact that the social impact of ill- these areas. He presented the examples of Amman through urban spaces.
sustainable. She pointed out that one of the planned urban living spaces must also be given and Cairo as cities where high density dwellings • Solution to high density and informal living
were reformed sustainably over a duration of areas in cities such as Mumbai must start
most important factors in sustainable planning consideration.
is better use of land resources. She said we need Mr Al Kably in his presentation sought to time through flexibility in policy framework and with social, formal land solutions with many
to think about how to make dense cities a better highlight current issues faced by cities in terms direct engagement with the families. He also said stakeholders coming together.
EXISTING BUILDINGS construction sector will be booming in future
and can be executed on the sustainability
TRACK 1 aspects. To assess the energy-saving potential,
audits have been conducted as a usual practice
Chair: Mr Sanjay Seth, Energy Economist, BEE but outcome/results of the study have not
been implemented—therefore, nullifying the
Panellists: Ms Gautami Palanki, Building Performance Specialist, scope of audit activity. He also stated that
US Green Building Council we need to have innovative/implementable
Mr Tanmay Tathagat, Director, EDS policies/programmes to promote efficiency
Mr Ashish Jindal, Associate Fellow, TERI in an effective way in the existing
building sector.
The first parallel track, ‘Existing
Buildings’ was chaired by Mr Sanjay Ms Gautami Palanki shared her views in
Seth. He stated that the concept of reference to LEED rating system. She stated
energy efficiency in existing buildings that policy and programmes to promote energy
is in discussion since a long time, and after it was efficiency in existing buildings are already in
put into implementation, remarkable progress place in almost all states of India. She stated
has not been made so far. The area covered that LEED is a market transformation tool
by existing buildings is not very drastic but and is applicable/adopted by 140 countries.
still there are ample opportunities of resource LEED rating system has a lot of variants and
saving in existing infrastructure. The building out of which few rating systems are ensuring
TGS 2016 PARTNERS http://grihaindia.org/grihasummit/index.php
ORGANIZED BY SUPPORTED BY PREMIER PARTNER
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy The Energy and Resources Institute GRIHA
Government of India
