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Monday, February 17, 2014

CII organises green infrastructure seminar in Chennai

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chennai Zone in association with Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Chennai Chapter is organising a seminar on "Green Infrastructure" on 21 February at Hotel ITC Grand Chola in Chennai.

The session, to be attended by eminent personalities and builders, will discuss among other things, “ingredients” necessary for solving urban and climatic challenges by building with nature, storm water management, climate adaptation, less heat stress, more biodiversity, better air quality, sustainable energy production, clean water and healthy soils, as well as the more anthropocentric functions such as increased quality of life through recreation and providing shade and shelter in and around towns and cities.

This session, to begin at 12.30 pm, is also supported by Indian Institute of Architecture, Tamil Nadu Chapter, Chennai.

The objective of the seminar is to create awareness on the need for green buildings and communities – planning, policies and implementation. The half-day session will have panel discussion on regulatory aspects, Case study & experience sharing session.

Eminent speakers at the session are: Dr K Karthikeyan, Joint Chief Environmental Engineer, TN Pollution Control Board, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, IAS., Managing Director, Chennai Metrol Rail Ltd, P Chandramohan, IAS., Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, C N Raghavendran, Chairman, IGBC, Chennai Chapter & Architect, C R Narayana Rao, Architects & Engineers, Sheila Sriprakash, Chief Architect, Shilpa Architects Planners & Designers, Ajit Kumar Chordia, Vice Chairman, IGBC, Chennai Chapter & CEO, Olympia Tech Park Limited, T Chitty Babu, Chairman & CEO, Akshaya Pvt Ltd, R Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, Navin Housing & Properties Pvt Ltd and S Chandru, Chief Operating Officer, Mahindra World City Developers Ltd.

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