The Rise And Ensuing Developments. Prof. Ian Jacobs, Vice Chancellor and President, UNSW and Dr Ajay Mathur, President, GRIHA Council recently announced that the 10th edition of the GRIHA Summit will be co-hosted by UNSW and GRIHA Council in December, 2018 at New Delhi, India. In this article, Namrata Mahal and Shabnam Bassi discuss the increasing significance of GRIHA Council’s work as the year 2018 marks the 10th edition of the GRIHA Summit. GRIHA has been acknowledged as a national tool to evaluate reduction in emissions intensity through habitats, as part of mitigation strategy for combating climate change in India's NDCs submitted to the UNFCCC. The authors also discuss other instruments that GRIHA uses to further ascend the learning curve.
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Council is an independent, not-for-profit society jointly set up by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, to promote and administer green buildings and habitats in India through GRIHA— the national rating system for green buildings in India.
Whilst working at local and national level, the council also focusses on training, awareness, and capacity building of relevant stakeholders including policymakers, government officials, academicians, developers and so on. An annual trademark gathering of the council is the ‘GRIHA Summit’ which is organized in association with the key patrons in building construction industry to discuss, showcase, and deliberate on furtherance of implementing sustainable practices towards making greener habitats in India. The first conference, held in January 2010, had 400 participants from across the country representing industry leaders, experts, and professionals dedicated to sustainable green building practices. At this forum, the participants are exposed to ‘What’s next’ with respect to new government policies and schemes, market transformation, new technologies and products, and so on. Thus, inspiring the participants to get co-benefitted by aligning with the changing dynamics of the building construction sector. The year 2018 will mark the 10th edition of the GRIHA Summit, which will be co-hosted by University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia and GRIHA Council in December 2018 in New Delhi, India.
The GRIHA Summit
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