Cleaner Construction Practices
a) GRIHA
- GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is a green building design evaluation system, and LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) is a rating system for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. CPWD has included green buildings to its mandate.
b) ZigZag Technology
- The government has completed the implementation of “Zigzag” technology for brick kilns. Now, more than 3,000 brick kilns are using the Zigzag technology in NCR
- The Zigzag kilns are an improvement over traditional chimney kilns. The zigzag air flow considerably improves the combustion of fuel and heat transfer.
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