Newsletter | February 2018
 
       
  5thGRIHA Trophy at 60thNASA convention, Vagamon
 
 
GRIHA Council withan aim to encourage students to design sustainably presented the coveted GRIHA Trophy to Sinhgad College of Architecture of Pune on the inaugural day of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2018 organised by TERI. The GRIHA Trophy awards were announced earlier at the 60thedition of National Association of Students of Architecture Convention at Vagamon, Kerala. The GRIHA Trophy is awarded by The GRIHA Council in partnership with the National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA). This year’s trophy was organised with support from Experion Developers.
 
 
  GRIHA Three Star Provisional Rating awarded to CISF Group Headquarters, Ahmedabad
 
 
The project has demonstrated compliance with all the mandatory requirements of ECBC 2007 and the EPI of the project was simulated as 48.28 kWh/m2/year, implying 60.93% reduction in EPI from the benchmark. A 5 kWp solar PV plant is installed, which meets 100% indoor lighting requirement, thus reducing the consumption of energy generated from non-renewable sources. The other salient features of the project were 53% reduction in building water consumption by installing low flow fixtures, more than 97% of total living area is day lit, 30% of cement is replaced withfly ash by weight in structural and plaster/masonry work respectively and so on.
 
 
  Four new products enlisted in the GRIHA product catalogue
 
Dulux Professional Weathershield Express

GRIHA V 2/3: 34,5,14
GRIHA V 2015: 3,8,31
SVAGRIHA: 2,5,14

Start date: 
2018-02-22 
End date: 
2020-02-21 
Product Typology: 
High SRI external paints/ tiles
 
Dulux Professional Weathershield Ultraclean

GRIHA V 2/3: 34,5,14
GRIHA V 2015: 3,8,31
SVAGRIHA: 2,5,14

Start date: 
2018-02-22 
End date: 
2020-02-21 
Product Typology: 
High SRI external paints/ tiles
Dulux Professional Weathershield Elastomeric

GRIHA V 2/3: 34,5,14
GRIHA V 2015: 3,8,31
SVAGRIHA: 2,5,14

Start date: 
2018-02-22 
End date: 
2020-02-21 
Product Typology: 
High SRI external paints/ tiles 
Aluminium extruded profiles (withanodizing and powder coating)

GRIHA V 2/3: 17
GRIHA V 2015: 21
SVAGRIHA: 12

Start date: 
2018-02-22 
End date: 
2020-02-21 
Product Typology: 
Doors & window:
panels and frames 
  
 
  GRIHA Three Star Provisional Rating awarded to Saarrthi Sovereign
 
  The project has demonstrated compliance withall the mandatory requirements of ECBC 2007 and the EPI of the project was simulated as 48.23kWh/m2/year, implying 51.77% reduction in EPI from the benchmark. 6.6% and 65% reduction in the embodied energy of the building structure and non-structural system respectively, was achieved by replacing energy intensive materials. The other salient features of the project were 41% reduction in building water consumption by installing low flow fixtures, 92% of total living area is day lit, installation of 6kWp solar PV system, 100% use of low energy materials in interiors and so on.
 
 
  GRIHA training program organized
 
Students Training Progamme
Date: 12th - 13thFebruary, 2018
3 Day Training Programme Hyderabad
Date: 21st - 23rd February, 2018
 
  GRIHA Training Programs in the upcoming quarter
 
Venue Dates
New Delhi 11th - 13th April, 2018
Mangalore 25th - 27th April, 2018
Pune 2nd - 4th May, 2018
Guwahati 20th - 22nd June, 2018
 
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  GRIHA Certified Professional & Evaluator Exams in the upcoming quarter
 
Exam Dates
Certified Professional 23rd March, 2018
Certified Professional 20th April, 2018
Evaluator 21st April, 2018
 
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  Editor's choice
 
Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers
India has seen a string of such judicial rulings involving urban rivers in recent years, as the country comes to grips with the widespread pollution that has fouled waterways and with runaway development that has destroyed or damaged wetlands and floodplains.
LEGO Announces Launch of Sustainable Pieces Made From Sugarcane
LEGO is going green. The Danish company has announced that they have begun production on a range of pieces made from a plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane. As a nod to their plant-based origins, the first sustainable pieces will take the form of LEGO botanical elements such as leaves, bushes and trees.
Global Cities Committed to 100% Renewable Energy More Than Double in Two Years
Renewables are on the rise — according to new data published today by CDP, over 100 cities around the world are now getting at least 70 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as hydro, geothermal, solar and wind.
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