siliconindia | | August 20188SUSTAINABILITY IN INDIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY By Amol Prabhu, Partner, Shashi Prabhu & AssociatesHeadquartered in Mumbai, Shashi Prabhu & Associates is a full service Architectural design firm offering a wide range of services such as Master Planning, Architectural Design, Interior Design, MEP & Structural Design, Value Engineering, Estimating, Quantity Survey and many others.I n the coming few years, India is probably going to see unprece-dented growth in infrastructure and building construction sector ­ probably more than any other nation in the world. Therefore, rightfully so, in June 2018, when the Indian Prime Minister while speaking at an event to mark The World Environment Day em-phasised India's commitment to raising the living standards in a green and sustainable manner, we sensed, for the first time, a par-adigm shift in high level strategic thinking in India. Nevertheless, we believe that a lot of ground work needs to happen in the area of sustainability, which starts with aware-ness and education of people.Indian designers and developers work very hard to create high quality sustainable assets which meet their strategic business and financial objectives. However, the sustainable solutions usually take a back seat due to budget constraints. It is fasci-nating to see the focus of associations such as LEED and BREEAM who have, over the past years, put a solid effort in devel-oping sustainable standards that have not IN MY OPINIONAmol Prabhu
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