Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy,
Govt. of India
March 12th, 13th &14th 2015
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The GRIHA Summit 2015
Agenda
Day 1
12th March2015
08:30 – 09:30 Registrations
09:30 - 10:30
Inaugural session
Venue - Stein Auditorium
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Lighting the lamp
Opening remarks
Address
Felicitation of professionals for excellence in promoting and outreach of GRIHA
Vote of thanks
10:30 - 11:00
Tea and inauguration of exhibition
Venue - Char Minar
11:00 - 12:00
Panel discussion - Building India with GRIHA
- at Stein Auditorium
GRIHA has been instrumental in driving design and construction of sustainable habitats
across the country. With policy integration and incentives offered by several states
compliance with GRIHA is quickly becoming the norm.
This session will focus on examples, experiences and performance of projects and
project teams across the country. Varied geographies, scales of projects and resource
specific interventions shall be showcased by each of the speakers.
Introductory presentation by Ms Mili Majumdar
Director TERI & Secretary cum Treasurer, GRIHA Council
Chair - Mr Gaurav Shorey - Team Member, Psi Energy
Speakers:
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12:00 - 01:00
Mr Tanmay Tathagat – Director Environmnetal Design Solution Pvt Ltd
Mr Andrés Prera - Principal, LEED Fellow, 1/2ambiente, Guatemala
Ms Deepa Sathiaram - Executive Director, En3 Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Aditya Javdekar - Owner, Vilas Javdekar & Associates
Mr Ashish Jain - Associate, Sustainability Solutions Group, AECOM
Mr Anurag Bajpai - Director Planning & Sustainable Design, GreenTree Building
Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Suresh Pakhare - Prof.Tr-2, Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering
(IRICEN)
Mr Sameer Divekar – Director, dBHMS
Keynote address - Designed in India!
- at Stein Auditorium
There is fascination towards western style of architecture in the real estate sector. "Made
in India" corroborates the GRIHA school of thought focussing on indigenous strategies,
materials and skills.
This session will focus on local design solutions being propagated across the subcontinent by leading architects of India. The cultural sensitivity incorporated by
international architects for projects in India shall also be showcased.
Chair - Mr Gaurav Shorey - Team Member, PSI Energy
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Keynote address by Mr Pradeep Sachdeva – Principal, Pradeep Sachdeva
Design Associates
Keynote address by Padmashree G. Shankar – Founder and Chief Architect,
Habitat Technology Group, Thiruvananthapuram
Presentation by Saint Gobain*
01:00 - 02:00
Networking Lunch
02:00 - 02:30
Plenary session - Aqua access
- at Stein Auditorium
Water water everywhere, only if we share! This session will focus on the diverse
approaches being adopted to ensure water optimisation and availability of clean
drinking water to all segments of society. While optimisation of water use can be
ensured by appropriate landscape and traditional water conservation strategies,
technology and market based social sector models have also been successfully
implemented to provide water for all.
Speakers:
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02:30 - 03:30
Mr Vasu Padmanabhan – CEO, Piramal Sarvajal
Ms Savita Punde – Partner, Design Cell
Plenary session - Innovating urban futures
- at Stein Auditorium
Cities in India are urbanising like never before. As India embarks on a new urbanisation
initiative with its ‘100 Smart Cities project’, cities present immense opportunities in terms
of developing urban centres into "hubs of innovation" ensuring environmentally
sustainable and smart growth.
The session will deliberate on the linkages between urban governance and our
capacities to transform, innovate and shape the future of our urban centres keeping in
mind the key areas: sustainable growth, public participation, innovative infrastructure
systems and overall inclusive development.
Chair - Mr Jagan Shah – Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
Speakers:
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03:30 - 04:00
Mr Roger Platt, President, U.S. Green Building Council
Mr Prashant Pradhan - Business Head, Service & Asset Management, Global
Technology Services, IBM India/ South
Mr Sandeep Virmani - Managing Director, Hunnarshala : Foundation for Building
Technology & Innovations, Bhuj
Mr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Zonal Operations Manager, Voltas Ltd.
Tea
04:00 - 05:30
Parallel Tracks
Track I - Practice to perfect
- at Silver Oak (Part I)
Pioneering initiatives in the field of designing urban futures have looked at technological
solutions, financial models, institutional mechanisms for implementation and citizen
engagement at multiple levels.
This session shall focus on good and bad experiences and learning of cities in the course
of execution of integrated schemes.
Chair - Mr Jaijit Bhattacharya, Partner - Infrastructure and Government Services, KPMG
Panellists:
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Mr Rajeev Talwar, Group Executive Director, DLF
Mr P Sahel, Vice Chairman, Lotus Greens Developers Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Vincent Kitio, Chief, Urban Energy Unit Urban Basic Services Branch, UNHabitat
Ms Mili Majumdar, Director TERI & Secretary cum Treasurer, GRIHA Council
Track II - Urban Infrastructure
Venue – at Magnolia
Energy and water nexus require a holistic treatment in order to ensure seamless
operation of an urban habitat.
This session shall focus on design and engineering feats in providing infrastructure and
services to existing cities in India.
Chair - Mr Pradeep Kumar, Associate Director, TERI
Speakers:
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Dr Steve Kardinal Jusuf, Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
UTC*
Mr Rajesh Jain, Managing Director, Enhanced Wapp Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Somasundaram Senthilkumar, Business Head, Projects, Asahi India Glass Ltd.
Track III - Climate resilience in built environment
- at Silver Oak (Part II)
Cities and the built environment are key elements in response to climate change. The
extent of risk climate change poses to the cities is determined by the quality of housing,
buildings and infrastructure, urban planning and land use management in place
This session will explore on the prevailing planning mechanisms, governing principles,
initiatives, measures and emerging approaches directed towards improving the
adaptive capacity of the built environment.
Chair – Prof Chetan Vaidya*, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Panellists:
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Mr G Padhmanabhan*, Emergency Analyst and officer in Charge Disaster
Management Unit, UNDP
Dr Divya Sharma, Fellow, Sustainable Habitat Division TERI
Mr Sohan Hathgadi- Environmentalist and member of INTACH,
Vishakhapatanam
Mr Mahesh Rajasekar, Director, TARU Leading Edge Pvt Ltd
Mr Bijay Singh, Coordinator, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)
Mr Kalpit Ashar, Architect and Urban Designer, Founder MAD(E) in
Mr Pawan Gupta*, Institutional Systems Planning Center
DAY 2
13th March 2015
08:30 – 09:00 Registrations
09:00 - 10:30
Plenary session – GRIHA awards
- at Stein Auditorium
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10:30 - 11:30
Felicitation of GRIHA registered projects with exemplary performance
Award of GRIHA rating to certified projects
Plenary session - Eco-innovations
- at Stein Auditorium
Sustainability has emerged as the key driver of innovation in this century. Impending
resource crunch worldwide and the knowledge of our common future has made one
thing very clear, that sustainable development is the only way forward. Every
organization today is moving ahead towards the goal of sustainability, though there is a
lack of clarity on the business case of being environment friendly. This has given fuel to
the need of new ideas like improving efficiency of existing systems, filling gaps in the
supply chain, exploring eco-friendly materials etc.
This session shall showcase some innovative indigenous ideas driven by the need for
sustainable development.
Speakers:
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Hero Garden Factory – Manufacturing happiness
Mr. Pawan Munjal*, Vice Chairman, CEO & Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp
Ltd.
Daily Dump – We help you throw differently
Ms Rozita Singh -Partner, Daily Dump
The Bombay Greenway Project - Make Bombay more liveable, give it LUNGS!
Mr Alan Abraham – Principal, Abraham John Architects
Development of Web-GIS Tool for estimating the Rooftop Solar Power potential
for Indian Solar Cities
Mr Ramit Malhotra, Associate Fellow, Energy Regulation and Practice, TERI
UTC
11:30 - 12:00
Tea
12:00 - 01:00
Keynote Address – Using bamboo for construction
- at Stein Auditorium
Chair - Mr Subhash Chand Mehrotra, Principal Consultant, Mehro Consultants &
President of the Indian Association of Structural Engineers
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01:00 - 02:00
Mr John Hardy, Founder, Green School, Bali Indonesia
Networking Lunch
02:00 - 03:30
Parallel Tracks
Track I - Transform to perform
- at Jacaranda
With decades of focus on the new building stock, India is now poised to unlock the
inefficient performance pattern of existing buildings. TERI and the US Green Building
Council (USGBC) have forged a strategic collaboration to work towards transforming
performance of the existing built environment.
This session shall witness launch of the LEED EB and Alternate Compliance Paths (ACPs)
jointly developed by TERI and USGBC. Experts, consultants and officials of USGBC, TERI
and GBCI shall share their experiences on the tools and platforms developed to address
issues around resource optimization in existing buildings.
Opening remarks - Ms Mili Majumdar, Director TERI and Secretary cum Treasurer, GRIHA
Council
Presentation on regionalised LEED EB by Mr Apoorv Vij, Programme Manager-Technical,
GRIHA Council
Keynote address - Mr Mahesh Ramanujam, Chief Operating Officer, US Green Building
Council and President, Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
Address on adoption of LEED EB and LEED Dynamic Plaque at Paharpur Business Centre
by Mr Kamal Meattle, CEO Paharpur, Business Centre and Software Technology
Incubator Park
Chair - Mr Kamal Meattle, CEO Paharpur, Business Centre and Software Technology
Incubator Park
Panellists:
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Mr Mahesh Ramanujam, Chief Operating Officer, USGBC
Mr Alwyn Noronha*, Executive Vice President – Projects, ITC Ltd
Ms Mili Majumdar, Director TERI and Secretary cum Treasurer, GRIHA Council
Mr Sanjay Seth, Energy Economist, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power,
Government of India
Ms. Deepa Sathiaram, Executive Director En3 Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mr M. Selvarasu, Director, Lead Consultancy & Engineering Services (India) Pvt.
Ltd.
Track II - GRIHA Trophy at NASA: Bridging the gap between Theory & Practice of
architecture for sustainable buildings
- at Magnolia
GRIHA Trophy was launched at NASA (National Association of Students of Architecture)
last year. Considering the recent growth in the residential real estate and their
inclination to get GRIHA rating, the Trophy brief requires the students to design a
sustainable housing complex at a given location in NOIDA.
This session will showcase the winning entries of the competition. Further, there will be a
panel discussion that will deliberate on bridging the gap between Theory & Practice in
Architecture.
Presentation on GRIHA Trophy at NASA by Ms Chitrangada Bisht, Program Officer, GRIHA
Council
Presentation by 4 winning entries of the GRIHA Trophy at 57 th Annual NASA convention in
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Jury’s recommendation – NIT Calicut
Second runner up – AMS Academy of Architecture, Chennai
First runner up – Gateway College of Architecture, Sonipat Winner – Faculty of
Architecture & Ekistics Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Panel discussion on bridging the gap between theory & practice in sustainable
architecture.
Chair – Mr Sanjay Prakash, Principal Consultant SHiFt Studio for Future Habitats
Panellists:
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03:30 - 04:00
Mr P Sahel, Vice Chairman, Lotus Greens Developers Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Mandeep Singh, HOD Architecture, School of Planning & Architecture, New
Delhi
Ms Minni Sastry*, Fellow, Centre for Research on Sustainable Building Science,
TERI - South Regional Centre
Ms Poorva Keskar, Director at VK: e environmental & Principal in Charge of
Masters in Architecture at BRICK School of Architecture Pune
Tea
04:00 - 05:30
Parallel Tracks
Track I - Ideas: Innovative feats to enhance the performance of existing
buildings
- at Jacaranda
Energy consumption of the building forms a substantial part of an organization’s
expense. Very often retrofitting an existing building is financially more feasible than
building something new.
This session will focus on some fresh ideas to enhance the performance of existing
buildings. In addition industry experts will be sharing their experiences of effective
implementation of technologies in existing buildings. The panellists shall share the
challenges faced by them in day to day operations and maintenance and the
approach adopted to mitigate them.
Chair - Mr Pradeep Kumar, Associate Director, TERI
Speakers:
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Mr Rohan Parikh, Director, Terrasol Sustainability Solutions Llp
Prof. Rajan Rawal, Assistant Professor – Faculty of Design, CEPT University
Mr Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Mr Rumi Engineer, Senior General Manager, Godrej and Boyce
Rajat Malhotra, Chief Operating Officer – West Asia, Integrated Facilities
Management, Jones Lang LaSalle
Mr Alwyn Noronha*, Executive Vice President – projects, ITC Ltd
Daikin (speaker to be invited)*
Track II – Experiences on effective implementation of technologies
- at Magnolia
This session will showcase projects that have adopted unconventional approach in their
design or implementation of technology in order to achieve high performance.
Speakers:
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Ms Swati Reddy, Environmental Building Consultants, Terra Viridis
Mr DVS Kiran Kumar, Associate Fellow, TERI
Ms Pooja Shukla, Consultant, TERI
Mr Tarun Garg, Fellow, TERI
Philips (speaker to be invited)*
DAY 3 - 14th March 2015
Site visit to GRIHA registered project - British School, New Delhi
09:00
Pick up of delegates from IHC, New Delhi for British School
09:30
Reach British School
09:30 – 09:40
Registration of delegation at British school as part of their security protocol.
09:40 – 10:00
Project presentation by the Project Team/Architect/Consultant in IB conference room at
1st Floor.
10:00 – 10:20
Refreshments for delegates in British School cafeteria
Dividing the delegation in 2 Groups (A&B)
Group A
Group B
10:25 – 11:10
Proceed for area under construction for
site visit.
Proceed for main operational building
area for site visit.
11:15 – 12:00
Proceed for main operational building
area for site visit.
Proceed for area under construction for
site visit.
12:10
Leave from British School for IHC, New Delhi
12:45
Reach IHC, New Delhi and disperse.
Evaluators & Trainers programme
16th to 18th March 2015
The 3-day workshop will be divided into fourteen sessions including the GRIHA website
demonstration and the GRIHA Evaluator and Trainer qualifying exams. The program will focus
on sustainable site planning, water and waste water management, building design
optimization, energy performance optimization, renewable energy utilization, solid waste
management, sustainable building material and construction technology, health & well-being
and environmental quality.