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Your office building may be killing mother earth
Published on Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:58, Updated on Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 00:45 in Sci-Tech section
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New Delhi/Mumbai: Ever wondered, while you are sitting in your office, slogging at your desk, you are possibly contributing to climate change? If not directly, your office building could be doing the damage.
The American Centre in Delhi and the Bombay Stock Exchange have got the dubious honour of being among the most energy inefficient buildings in India's two biggest metros.
Environment NGO Greenpeace has made a list of similar buildings across Mumbai and Delhi on the basis of thermographic images.
Ina first of its kind attempt, Greenpeace activists armed with an infrared camera, clicked buildings in Delhi and Mumbai and measured the surface temperature difference of some prominent buildings.
The thermographic images point to the worst defaulters in the capital. Apart from the American Centre, the Intercontinental Hotel in Delhi and the Errickson office, the Infinity Towers, and the Convergys building in Gurgaon have raised the bar.
Also featuring in the list of culprits is the Delhi government's swanky address.
The financial capital Mumbai has its share of climate change offenders too. According to Greenpeace, the inefficiency radar features the Bombay Stock Exchange building, the Hilton Hotel, the Taj Mahal hotel and the Air India building.
And it's not just about climate change. "Because India is suffering from huge power cuts, this is one of the quickest, cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions,” says Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Soumyabrata Rahut.
Buildings being major consumers of energy make the need for energy-conscious architecture important.
Environment experts say energy efficient buildings alone can help cut India's carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
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