a)       Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, urged the delegates from all over India and abroad to work together and develop new technologies and materials at lower prices so that green homes become accessible for the common man. “The MNRE will be glad to cooperate with CII in further accelerating the green building movement in India,” he added.

b)       Dr. Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC, stressed “Projected build for the year 2030 is 100 Billion sq.ft, up from 20 Billion sq. ft in 2005. We must do it the green way right from start.”

c)       Mr. George Sandy Diehl, Chairman, American Architectural Foundation, said that new solutions were coming out every day but energy consumption in buildings could be reduced by 50% by simply using known technologies.

d)       Mr. Jamshyd N Godrej, Past President, CII and Chairman, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, said the green building movement needs to be seen in the context of the overall response to climate change and the challenges in energy security. Advocating the need for the co-existence of different Rating Systems, he said “the aim should be to enhance building efficiency and make every building a Green Building”.

e)       Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director-General, CII, asserted that the Green Building movement was a very important mission for CII.

The construction industry is one of the largest economic activities tremendous growths in building and construction sector for the past 5 years. With the increase in income levels, there are also changesin the life styles of various sections of the society. While this is a healthy trend, it is putting enormous pressure on the resource demand - like energy, water, materials etc.,   The stakeholders of the industry have a vital role to play in preserving the environment. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was formed in the year 2001 to address many of these aspects.

IGBC is represented by all stakeholders of construction industry comprising of Architects, Builders & Developers, Corporate, Designers, Facility managers, Government, Institutions, Nodal agencies, Product   manufacturers   &   suppliers,   Service, Consultants etc

The vision of the council is `To usher in a green building movement in the contributing to India’s development. India has been witnessing country and to facilitate India to become one of the world leaders in green buildings by 2015'.

With a modest beginning of 20,000 sq.ft of green footprint in the country in         the year 2001, today over 1086 green buildings with a footprint of over 695million sq.ft are being  constructed all over India. The Council’s activities have enabled a market   transformation with regard to green building concepts, materials and technologies. The projected market potential for green building material and technologies is estimated to be 100 billion USD by the year 2012.

The Objective of the Conference was to:

a)     Create awareness on green building concepts

b)    Expose the participants to the latest global trends in green buildings

c)     Exhibit green building products and technologies

d)    Provide a platform for networking

e)     Facilitate exploring new business opportunities

f)     Enable market transformation of green products and equipment

The event had following sessions covering:

a)     Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environment Quality

b)    Green Buildings

c)     International Session

d)    Technologies and Equipment

e)     Green Building Materials

f)     Futuristic Buildings, Environment Biodiversity & Landscape

g)    Futuristic Buildings

h)     Water Efficiency & Rain Water Harvesting