Stream II: Making Sustainable Design and Construction Happen
Tuesday 16 April
10.30: Welcome Address
11.00-12.00: Keynote addess by Architect Karan Grover, Founder Karan Grover & Associates
12:30-13:30: Embracing India’s Heritage in Sustainable Planning and Design
A nostalgic past or rosy future? Do these principles apply to modern times?
- The concept of sustainability is entrenched within our culture
- Modern day urban challenges and lifestyles pose the inevitable question
- Government policies need to recognize the value of traditional knowledge, materials, processes and make them a part of the National Building code and other regulatory codes
- Can lessons learnt from age old methodologies (rainwater harvesting, zero energy settlements, sustainable design and planning) lead us to better sustainable solutions?
Speakers
Yatin Pandya, Founder, Footprints E.A.R.T.H. (Environment Architecture Research Technology Housing)
Ashok Lall, Founder Ashok Lall & Associates
Ashish Rakheja, Regional Director, Building India, AECOM
Chandrashekar Hariharan, CEO, Biodiversity Conservation India (Private) Limited
Durganand Balsavar, Principal Architect, Artes - Human Settlement
14:00-15:00: Improving Urban Planning and Design
Can we achieve international standards in urban planning and design?
How do we design our cities and metropolitan areas to achieve dramatic reduction in carbon emissions while improving liveability?
- By 2040 India will be home to the world’s largest urban population
- Systemic solutions for the city and investing in social infrastructure
- City Planning- The Rio de Janeiro example
Speakers
Architect Vishwanath, Vishwanath & Associates
Aamer Azeemi, Managing Director Emerging Solutions Advisory, CISCO
Rajiv Mishra, Principal, J J School of Architecture
M K. Sunil, Head, Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Riyaz Bhada, Head of Architecture & Design, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd
Orivaldo Barros, Head of BRE , International, BRE
JP Rao, Director - Corporate Marketing Strategy, Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd.
15:15-16:15: Low Carbon Construction and Progress towards Eco-towns
Self Sustainable towns- a mirage or a possible reality?
- Educating the community and professionals in bringing in sustainable communities and cities:
- The Auroville Example:
- How to bring sensitivity into the built environment?
- Sustainability needs to go beyond green/economic considerations and embrace social sustainability.
- Need to move from short term needs to long term needs
Speakers
Rajan Rawal,
Head of UG Program, Faculty of Design, Executive Director, Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy, CEPT University
Mili Majumdar, Director, Sustainable Habitat Division. TERI
Durganand Balsavar, Principal Architect, Artes - Human Settlement
Rahul Pendharkar, Director of Emerging tech & operations, Customised Energy Solutions
16.30-17.30: The Future of House Building: Green Construction and Design
The Business Economics- Economical or Cost efficient ?
- Sustainability in construction and the built environment will become a business imperative
- Shaping the built environment to inform a new vision, turning the strategy into reality
- Solar passive architecture, building physics, climate responsive architecture to lead the way.
Speakers
Dhruv Futnani, Director, Green By Dhruv Futnani, Green Building Solutions
Architect Ashok Lall, Founder Ashok B Lall Architects
Samit Jain, Trustee – Advit Foundation; Director – Pluss Polymers – Energy storage Innovators
Stefano Soriani, Export Area Manager, Emmedue SPA, Italy
Mario Schmidt, Lingel Windows
Sandeep Sonigra, Director, Orange County Foundation
Architect Hrushikesh Kolatkar, Director, Building Environment (India) Pvt. Ltd.