Hyderabad to host meet on green building concepts

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 9. Hyderabad is to shortly host an international event on promoting green and eco-friendly concepts in the area of construction.

Prominent personalities in the field of environment, industry, trade, business, construction, architecture and related subjects from the US, the UK, Singapore, Japan and all over the country are expected to participate in the conference beginning August 31. The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, will inaugurate the `Green Building Congress 2001', organised jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the State Government.

Announcing this here on Thursday, the Minister for Major Industries, Mr. K. Vidyadhar Rao, said as part of the initiatives to promote the green concept, it was proposed to set up a 400- hectare `green industrial park' near Jadcherla in Mahbubnagar district.

He said the idea of the Green Building Congress 2001 was to create awareness of the emerging eco-friendly and pollution-free technologies in the field of construction as also on the use of recycled products. A decision to set up a Green Business Centre in Hyderabad, conforming to highest international standards, was taken during the Partnership Summit held here in January.

The Government, the CII, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Energy Association (USEA) are the partners in the enterprise. A four-day exhibition would also be held from August 30 to September 2.

The Minister said the Green Building Congress was significant for being the first such meet in Asia. The US was a world leader in green buildings, Washington boasting of the only platinum rated building in the world. `The second is going to come up here in Hyderabad', he said.

Mr. Vidyadhar Rao said a number of Government agencies would participate in the congress-cum-exhibition which he hoped would provide excellent opportunities for the State to garner investment in the building sector.

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