Hyderabad goes green: IGBC-rated buildings feature aluminium structures

<p>Hyderabad, India's IT hub has many firsts to its credit. The city, headquarter to some of the biggest multinational companies of the world, once again brought home the bacon recently by becoming India's first 'green' city. Today, a majority of all construction projects here are filled with appealing buildings featuring energy-efficient structural components made of aluminium. <br /><br />Ever since India joined the global green building movement, Hyderabad has pioneered to come up with infrastructure and housing development projects that conform to the regulations set by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). <br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: NaNpx; margin-right: NaNpx;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/hyderabad-hitech-city.jpg" alt="News" width="750" height="639" /><br /><br />Presently, there are about 63 registered buildings among 250 IGBC-rated green building projects in Hyderabad, according to data retrieved from IGBC. Most of these skyscrapers are completed with sustainable features such as vertical gardens and &lsquo;sunpipe&rsquo; installations, made of aluminium structural components used to transfer sunlight into unlit areas of rooms.<br /><br />This has to some extent helped in reducing the dependence of housing structures on artificial energy sources for lighting. <br /><br />Experts say that there is rapid growth in India&rsquo;s green building construction compared to five years ago. According to S Srinivas, deputy executive director at CII Godrej GBC, buildings in Hyderabad are now installed with the combination of wind-solar Hybrid Technology. <br /><br />Several companies in the adjacent HITEC city are also upgrading their campuses in this line. They are also making use of waste-recycling materials for furniture and other amenities. Sewage and waste treatment plants are installed in these campuses as well, which will facilitate recycling of materials including aluminium packaging wastes. &nbsp;<br /><br /></p>