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| January 4, 2010 | | India to promote environment friendly buildings | | New Delhi: Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here today that it would be made mandatory for all buildings of state-run offices to pass the energy requirement levels. Speaking at a conference organised by Green Rating
for Integrated Habitat Assessment, Environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, underlined
the need for making necessary changes in the building sector to strike a balance
between development and environment preservation. "We now really have to act as
missionaries and make sure that the entire building sector reaches a level of
efficiency that not only serves the purpose of this country but stands out as
a shining example for rest of the world," said Pachauri. Farooq Abdullah, who
also attended the conference, said that this would make an impact upon the State
governments to raise their standards. "It is mandatory for almost all government
building that are going to come up, they will have to come 4-5 star rating that
has to be done. We are now impressing on state governments also to get onto the
same and we will assist them in that," Abdullah added.
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