Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment Newsletter | July 2016 Rajasthan villagers convert 52 hectares of barren land into lake, setting example in self-reliance The residents of Ramsar village worked very hard for five months and converted a barren land in their village into a lake to conserve water. Read more Registration date for GRIHA Version 3 extended The projects can still register for Version 3 until further notice. Read more Pavna Residence, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh awarded 3 Star SVAGRIHA rating It’s a SVAGRIHA 3 star rated project in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The project has demonstrated 36.21% reduction in building water consumption and 64.22% reduction in landscape water consumption below the GRIHA base case. Over 83% of the total living area is day lit. Read more Gujarat’s new green airport, almost ready for liftoff! From the month of August, citizens of Vadodara will be able to fly to international destinations from their very own green airport. Read more What’s all that din? How noise pollution is slowly killing you! The Awaaz Foundation, in 2007, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting that the measures taken by authorities on curbing noise pollution from sources such as traffic and construction, has been inadequate so far. Read more Environment Ministry proposes green cess to make people more 'ecologically responsible' The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has proposed a green tax to promote “ecologically responsible behaviour”, reported The Hindu. The ministry has drawn up a draft policy that includes the new cess as well as suggestions to spread awareness and encourage the sustainable utilisation of wood. Read more Students programme on green building and GRIHA rating at Sunder Deep group of institutions, Ghaziabad Conducted by GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Council, A joint initiative by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI)  Read more Spotty harvest: India's mangoes are being hurt by climate blight There’s no one better than Vivek Bhide for information and lore about the famed Alphonso mango of Ratnagiri. Known for the excellent quality of his Alphonso mangoes, which Bhide sells under the Fruit King brand, he constantly fields calls from customers far and wide in the mango season. Read more Carbon dioxide levels breach 400 ppm mark again – and are likely to stay above it for our lifetimes CO2 concentration levels in the atmosphere have risen above 400 parts per million for the second year in succession and are likely to stay above this limit for our lifetimes, according to scientists at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, global record-keeper of carbon emissions since the 1950s. Read more 7th Annual Sustainability in Design & Construction India 2016 By the year 2050 sixty percent of the population will be living in cities, the role of buildings in providing climate change adaptation options is fundamental to sustaining prosperity and well-being. Read more Awareness programme on 'Green buildings and habitat - the GRIHA way' in Ahmedabad GRIHA Council, an independent Society created by TERI and Ministry of New and renewable Energy (MNRE),Government of India to administer, implement and promote GRIHA(Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), India's own rating system, is conducting a one day workshop on 'Green buildings and habitat - the GRIHA way' for professionals associated with the building industry from both public and private sectors.  Read more Awareness programme on 'Green buildings and habitat - the GRIHA way' in Bhubaneswar GRIHA Council, an independent Society created by TERI and Ministry of New and renewable Energy (MNRE),Government of India to administer, implement and promote GRIHA(Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), India's own rating system, in partnership with Bhubaneswar Development Authority(BDA), and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University) is conducting a one day workshop on 'Green buildings and habitat - the GRIHA way' for professionals associated with the building industry from both public and private sectors at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.  Read more Upcoming GRIHA 3 day training programmes at Ahmedabad and Kolkata : Register now for availing the benefits of early bird discount. Read more Register your interest for training on GRIHA Register your products and projects Copyright © 2014 TERI GRIHA Council The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 1st Floor, A - 260, Defence colony, New Delhi, 110024 (Ph : 011 4644 4500) If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, click on the Unsubscribe link below