Vascon Engineers Ltd has more than 25 years of experience in conceiving, developing, constructing and managing varied projects. It is active in multiple sectors including residential, industrial, IT parks, malls and multiplexes, hospitality and community.R Vasudevan, Managing Director - Vascon Engineers Ltd talks about the green initiatives by his company in real-estate development and their efforts towards developing green construction technologies. Interview by Renu Rajaram.
Briefly tell us about Vascon Engineers and the Green initiatives by the company? Vascon is a developer cum contracting company having its headquarters in Pune, Maharashtra. Vascon is considered a top player in the Pune market and has its established presence in 16 cities across India. The company is committed to delivering green projects. Apart from the usual activities such as plantation of saplings, training on sustainable and green buildings etc, The company has constructed the greenest building on earth (at Hadapsar, Pune) and has two IGBC platinum pre-certified buildings under construction- one in Pune and one in Nagpur
Your comments on Indian Green construction market and the potential for The Indian intelligent building management systems (IBMS) market? Indian green construction market and the IBMS are markets that are growing leaps and bounds in India. With more and more developers and clients realizing the importance as well as the advantages of the green products - it makes this a market with an enormous potential.
How do you define a sustainable building? What are the measures for sustainable construction? A sustainable building can be defined as a building which optimizes the use of natural resources such as light, ventilation etc by designing the building keeping these criteria in mind as well as use of eco-friendly materials and methods during construction.
What are your plans and strategies for promoting Green construction in India?
Vascon requires that all its development projects are certified by at least one of the agencies - either LEEDS, GRIHA or IGBC. Vascon also promotes the use of eco friendly materials for its projects.
Tell us about Vascon's approach to help buildings reduce consumption of energy, making them more environmentally friendly? Since Vascon is committed to delivering green buildings, this aspect plays a vital role right from the conceptualization stage. A well planned building can have a lot of advantages such as reduction in electricity bills, efficient water utilization and recycling of water, sewage treatment etc
Tell us about your R&D efforts towards developing Green construction technologies? Vascon has a team that is constantly exploring the use of green materials as well green technologies that can be used for the construction of our projects.
The governance is geared to reduce India’s carbon footprint by 20- 25% by 2020. How can momentum for action be created? The first step towards reducing carbon footprint will be to create awareness amongst people. Educating people about the important aspects of a sustainable building as well as busting myths about green buildings is the correct way to start. Also if the government wants companies to reduce their footprints, there must be some concessions provided to them to change over from conventional systems to green systems.
Your comments on factors promoting Indian real-estate going Green?
The government needs to play a proactive role in promoting the Indian real estate sector going green. Green initiatives taken up by the developers must be appreciated and rewarded. Easy access to green material will be another factor that will drive this industry to go green
What are your company’s efforts & approach to promote the ‘Vision of Green’to consumers and help them in using energy efficient products? Vascon is educating its clients about the various advantages of using sustainable and energy efficient products like LED lighting, sensor controlled lighting etc. We also encourage clients to use and promote these products.
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Briefly tell us about Vascon Engineers and the Green initiatives by the company? Vascon is a developer cum contracting company having its headquarters in Pune, Maharashtra. Vascon is considered a top player in the Pune market and has its established presence in 16 cities across India. The company is committed to delivering green projects. Apart from the usual activities such as plantation of saplings, training on sustainable and green buildings etc, The company has constructed the greenest building on earth (at Hadapsar, Pune) and has two IGBC platinum pre-certified buildings under construction- one in Pune and one in Nagpur
Your comments on Indian Green construction market and the potential for The Indian intelligent building management systems (IBMS) market? Indian green construction market and the IBMS are markets that are growing leaps and bounds in India. With more and more developers and clients realizing the importance as well as the advantages of the green products - it makes this a market with an enormous potential.
How do you define a sustainable building? What are the measures for sustainable construction? A sustainable building can be defined as a building which optimizes the use of natural resources such as light, ventilation etc by designing the building keeping these criteria in mind as well as use of eco-friendly materials and methods during construction.
What are your plans and strategies for promoting Green construction in India?
Vascon requires that all its development projects are certified by at least one of the agencies - either LEEDS, GRIHA or IGBC. Vascon also promotes the use of eco friendly materials for its projects.
Tell us about Vascon's approach to help buildings reduce consumption of energy, making them more environmentally friendly? Since Vascon is committed to delivering green buildings, this aspect plays a vital role right from the conceptualization stage. A well planned building can have a lot of advantages such as reduction in electricity bills, efficient water utilization and recycling of water, sewage treatment etcTell us about your R&D efforts towards developing Green construction technologies? Vascon has a team that is constantly exploring the use of green materials as well green technologies that can be used for the construction of our projects.
The governance is geared to reduce India’s carbon footprint by 20- 25% by 2020. How can momentum for action be created? The first step towards reducing carbon footprint will be to create awareness amongst people. Educating people about the important aspects of a sustainable building as well as busting myths about green buildings is the correct way to start. Also if the government wants companies to reduce their footprints, there must be some concessions provided to them to change over from conventional systems to green systems.
Your comments on factors promoting Indian real-estate going Green?
The government needs to play a proactive role in promoting the Indian real estate sector going green. Green initiatives taken up by the developers must be appreciated and rewarded. Easy access to green material will be another factor that will drive this industry to go green
What are your company’s efforts & approach to promote the ‘Vision of Green’to consumers and help them in using energy efficient products? Vascon is educating its clients about the various advantages of using sustainable and energy efficient products like LED lighting, sensor controlled lighting etc. We also encourage clients to use and promote these products.
source: http://www.projectvendor.com/ArticleDetailsByCategory.aspx?aid=834
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