Around the World: Green Building Growth – May 2016
India Leads in Green Buildings
India’s #3 ranking on the US Green Building Council’s top ten LEED list in 2015 is only part of the story, India also has its own green building rating systems for buildings, schools, factories, landscapes, townships, mass rapid transit, and just launched a new system for existing multi-dwelling communities. Not including its LEED projects, India has 3,570 registered and 789 certified green building projects comprising 3.59 billion sf, and is targeting 10 billion sf by 2022. With Hyderabad’s plan to adopt a new Conservation Building Code in 2016 consumer awareness increasing exponentially, India’s green building market is one to watch. Learn more at IGBConline