{"id":269874,"date":"2023-11-18T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269874"},"modified":"2023-11-18T19:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T13:49:37","slug":"nest-initiative-igbc-launches-certification-initiative-nest-to-promote-eco-friendly-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nest-initiative-igbc-launches-certification-initiative-nest-to-promote-eco-friendly-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"NEST Initiative: IGBC launches certification initiative \u2018Nest\u2019 to promote eco-friendly housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cNEST Initiative: IGBC launches certification initiative \u2018Nest\u2019 to promote eco-friendly housing\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 15th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched Nest Initiative. It will also be organizing the annual Green Building Congress 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Nest Initiative?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launched by<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Green Building Council (IGBC)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purpose<\/b><\/td>\nIt is a rating and certification initiative <\/span>developed for residential units to build green homes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aim<\/b><\/td>\nTo encourage individual house owners and the residential sector to adopt green building measures in a big way.<\/span><\/p>\n

It emphasizes on bringing down electricity consumption, water usage and creating a healthy living space.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is Green Building Congress 2023?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organized by<\/b><\/td>\nIndian Green Building Council (IGBC)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aim<\/b><\/td>\nTo provide a platform for the construction industry stakeholders in the country to create a sustainable building environment for achieving net zero carbon emission goals.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner State<\/b><\/td>\nTamil Nadu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supporting Partner<\/b><\/td>\nWorld Green Building Council<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theme<\/b><\/td>\nAdvancing Net Zero through decarbonization<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Formed in<\/b><\/td>\n2001<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part of\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nConfederation of Indian Industry (CII)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aim<\/b><\/td>\nTo enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Services offered<\/b><\/td>\nIt offers a variety of services like developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nIt is India’s premier body for green building certification and related services.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Headquarters<\/b><\/td>\nHyderabad<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Environment\/Policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cNEST Initiative: IGBC launches certification initiative \u2018Nest\u2019 to promote eco-friendly housing\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 15th November 2023 Why in the News? Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched Nest Initiative. It will also be organizing the annual Green Building Congress 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.… Continue reading NEST Initiative: IGBC launches certification initiative \u2018Nest\u2019 to promote eco-friendly housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-269874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":5,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700392180},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}