Chennai Central railway station receives green building certification
- Country:
- India
The Chennai Central railway station, a prominent landmark in the city, has received the Indian Green Building Council certification for adopting green building concepts and features in the station.
The award was given under green railway stations rating system by IGBC' and the council's Chennai chapter Chairman, C N Raghavendran presented a plaque and certificate to Southern Railway general manager, R K Kulshrestha at a function Saturday, a release said.
The rating system facilitates-energy efficiency improvements, use of renewable energy sources, water management and rain water harvesting, health, hygiene and sanitation, green cover.
Some features implemented at the railway station as evaluated by IGBC include well-developed passenger amenities, pre-paid air-conditioned hall, LED lighting, solar panels and use of solar water heaters to meet 90 percent of hot water requirements.
Green railway stations rating is a tool to facilitate the adoption of green concepts, thereby reducing the adverse environmental impacts due to operation and maintenance, the release added.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
People have benefited from Modi's schemes, lotus will bloom in South Chennai: BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan
102 Lok Sabha seats, 16.63 crore voters, 1.87 lakh polling stations in phase 1 elections
Arunachal elections 2024: State ready for Lok Sabha, Assembly polls with women-centric polling stations
Lok Sabha Elections: Actor Dhanush casts vote in Chennai
Lok Sabha polls 2024: Kamal Haasan casts his vote in Chennai