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India ranks 3rd in US Green Building Council’s 2021 global list for sustainable spaces

  • IBEF
  • February 10, 2022

India is placed third in the globe on the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) annual ranking of the top 10 nations and areas outside of the United States for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in 2021. The country has seen a 10% rise in LEED certified space since 2020. These are 146 buildings that have a total of 2.8 million gross area square meters (GSM) of space. 

India has 1,649 LEED certified buildings with a total area of 46.2 million gross square metres. The Indian government has taken the lead in putting the health of its residents first, asking businesses to start with the required safety standards in place said Mr.Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, Managing Director – Southeast Asia & Middle East, GBCI.      
 

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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