IGIA First Terminal to Get Platinum Rating From IGBC
Q. Delhi International Airport Limited announced on Oct 6, 2016 that Terminal 3 of the IGIA achieved which rating from Indian Green Building Council?- Published on 10 Oct 16a. Platinum
b. Silver
c. Gold
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Platinum
Delhi International Airport Limited on 6th Oct 2016 announced that Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport attained platinum rating from Indian Green Building Council.
- With this, the Terminal-3 of the IGIA has become the first platinum rating from the Indian Green Building Council
- This is under the Green Existing Building O&M rating system by the IGBC
- This is another significant environmental achievement by IGIA after being accredited as the first Carbon Neutral airport in the Asia Pacific recently by the Airports Council International
- The Indian Green Building Council, part of the Confederation of Indian Industry was formed in 2001
- The vision of the council is to enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025
- Council offers a wide array of services which include development of new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes
- The council also organises Green Building Congress, the annual flagship event on green buildings
- Committee based council is member driven and consensus focused