Green Drinks - December meet-up: Green Buildings and Innovative Technology

Dear all,

We are excited to invite you to the December meet-up of the Green Drinks Mumbai chapter - where green business, progressive ideas and entrepreneurship meet in an informal setting.

This session, we will start with a short introduction to Green Buildings, followed by the opening talk by Mr. Balasubramanian Viswanathan (Associate Vice President – Technology and Strategic Partnerships at GIBSS - Green India Building Systems and Services). He will introduce innovative technologies to us, like Geothermal cooling systems used by GIBSS, to reduce energy use in buildings. He will also talk about what this type of technology means to residential communities and smart cities.

EVENT DETAILS

Date _____Wednesday, 2nd December, 2015

Time _____8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Agenda ___>> 10 minute introduction to Green Buildings

_________>> 20 minute opening talk (by Mr. Balasubramanian Viswanathan)

_________>> Debate on a question posed by Mr. Viswanathan to the audience

_________>> Q&A

_________>> Networking time

_________>> Post 10 pm, optional drinks@ ‘The White Owl’

___________ Ground floor, Tower 2, One IndiaBulls Centre

Venue____Training Room @ Aditya Birla Finance Limited

_________14th floor

_________One IndiaBulls Centre, Tower 1

_________841, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road,

_________Mumbai - 4000 13

Contact___Pavithra @ + 91 981 9494 182

_________Carolien @ + 91 9619 233 429

_________(Coordinators, Green Drinks Mumbai)

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

Pavithra Mohanraj

Carolien Klep

Coordinators, Green Drinks Mumbai

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>>About the Talk and the Speaker

GREEN BUILDINGS & INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

The session will begin with an introduction to Green Buildings by Pavithra Mohanraj / Carolien Klep. We will discuss what green buildings do and how they are shaping up in India.

Mr.Balasubramanian Viswanathan from GIBSS will then go on to discuss some of the innovative technology being used in green buildings, with a focus on geothermal systems (which have been recognised by bodies such as WWF, MNRE and FICCI). He will share with the group the work done by GIBSS in reducing carbon and water footprint in over 300 buildings across India.

Mr. Viswanathan will also share case studies of this technology in action and discuss the benefits of deploying this technology in large residential communities and smart cities.

BALASUBRAMANIAN VISWANATHAN

Mr. Balasubramanian Viswanathan is Associate Vice President – Technology and Strategic Partnerships at GIBSS.

Mr. Viswanathan has over 10+ years of experience in high performance building technologies. He has held senior positions in organisations such as Siemens, Trane and Ingersoll Rand in both India and United States and has managed several projects involving Green buildings and renewable technologies like Geothermal systems. He is also one of the thirteen IGSHPA (International Ground Source Heat Pump Association) accredited professionals in all of South East Asia. Mr. Viswanathan holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from Mumbai University and is a member of ASHRAE.

>>About Green Drinks Mumbai

Green Drinks is a network for everyone in Mumbai who wants to stay in touch with fellow sustainability professionals and enthusiasts across industries - including corporates, entrepreneurs, academics, government representatives and students.

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