The main objective of Ethos is to be the wind beneath the wings of young minds that are to shape our environment in the years to come. This has been furthe r facilitated by creation of Acedge - an online platform to provide education outside classrooms. T o contribute towards building a harmonious society. There is an effort to equip students to be agents of change, to lead and not just follow. Ethos works towards sensitising students of architecture and civil engineering to the culture and the ethos that their designs would need to respond to. It is an initiative to bridge the gap between students and the professionals by providing more opportunities to the budding professionals and creating a platform for young designers and civil engineers who are to be decision-makers in the years to come. Gita Balakrishnan, as a response to a need in raising awareness about our built environment. IGBC has developed 30 rating systems to cover various building typologies of the built environment, including Green Villages and Green Health Care facilities.Įthos was started in 2002 by Ar.

Today all types of buildings are going the Green way- Government, IT Parks, Offices, Residential, Banks, Airports, Convention Centre, Institutions, Hospitals, Hotels, Factories, SEZs, Townships, Schools, Metros etc. This growth has been possible with the participation of all stakeholders in the green building movement. green built-up area in the country in the year 2003, today (as on 30th April 2022) more than 7,558 Green Buildings projects coming up with a footprint of over 8 Billion sq.ft are registered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), out of which 2,581 Green Building projects are certified and fully functional in India. Since then, the Green Building movement in India has gained tremendous impetus over the years. The Green Building movement in India was triggered off when CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre building in Hyderabad was awarded with the first and the prestigious Platinum rated green building rating in India. The council also closely works with several State Governments, Central Government, World Green Building Council, bilateral multilateral agencies in promoting green building concepts in the country. All the stakeholders of the construction industry comprising architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate, Government, academia and nodal agencies participate in the council activities through local chapters. The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. Today all building typologies viz., commercial, residential, institutional, villages, townships, cities, factories, transit facilities, healthcare and hospitality sectors are going the Green way. The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings. The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The vision of the council is, 'To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025'. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year 2001.

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