Navi Mumbai: Punjab
& Sind Bank, a major public sector bank in northern India has chosen
Surmount Energy for Green Consultancy Services towards achieving GRIHA
certification for one of its branches in Fort, Mumbai.
The bank has more than 1100 branches and offices spread
throughout India and almost 450 are in Punjab though the bank's corporate
headquarters is in New Delhi. Surmount Energy will be facilitating the GRIHA
certification for the bank project which is a commercial building of about 300
sq.m.
Balbir Khera, CEO of Surmount Energy said, “We are glad to
be a part of Punjab & Sind Bank’s green initiatives. We will be involved
extensively in attaining the GRIHA certification for the branch near the Bombay
Stock Exchange. It is a matter of pride for us that the bank has chosen us for
its expertise after having evaluated several companies.”
GRIHA is a green building evaluation system that has been
conceived by TERI and developed jointly with the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy. In accordance with the Office Memorandum by Ministry of Environment and
Forest (MoEF), Association for Development and Research for Sustainable
Habitats (ADaRSH) has proposed a procedure that will enable fast track
environmental clearance through GRIHA pre-certification.
ADaRSH promotes GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat
Assessment) as a design & evaluation tool for Green Buildings and Habitats.
Surmount will be handling all aspects of the project certification including
the facilitation, documentation and building performance analytics needed for
the targeted green certifications.
Surmount Energy is a leader in Green Building Consultancy
Services; Automation Solutions for Home, Township & Offices; and CCTV &
Surveillance Systems. Its services and solutions currently serve 2.2 million
sq. meters of space in India across 100’s of new and existing buildings. The
automation solutions offered under the BuildTrack brand are designed to meet
the safety, security, comfort or convenience needs in a broad range of
residential, commercial or retail facilities and buildings.
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