Climate-friendly, zero carbon buildings are possible with technology

NewsBharati    14-Jan-2019
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New Delhi, Dec 14: “The need for smart innovation is because we face a set of challenges, the solutions to which are at times conflicting with one another and a balance needs to be achieved." said Union Urban Affairs and housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. He was speaking on Global Housing Technology challenge.


Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana which was launched in June 2015, and its goal of providing affordable and quality houses to over 12 million families by 2022. one of the key strategies would be to employ innovative technologies that could allow for speedier and cost-effective construction of homes while ensuring safety, sustainability, liveability, and scalability.



The Global Housing Technology Challenge has 3 main components.

Data Innovation Bazar, City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) Challenge

AMRUT Technology Challenge, The Global Housing Technology Challenge

The third component includes the showcase and incubation of new technologies for affordable housing. Making #climate friendly, #zerocarbon buildings are the need of the hour. Buildings have to be climate neutral. #GHTCIndia has to assess the climate concerns in this sector.


We will invite global entities in the future expo. The invitation is on the basis of goods and services that you have on offer. Global housing technology will also have an impact on our other flagship program.

We have 13 integrated command and control centers utilizing the best modern technology operational. we have another 28 command and control centers in the pipeline ready to be inaugurated. In December 2019 we will have 50 of them completed.

While elaborating about governments programs he said, For Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana government is providing the land. That makes it easier. Once you locate the land. You have various permutations and combinations in the private sector. It's easy to go further. It is also a social equalizer because the title of the land would be the name of the lady of that house. We are continuously accessing the technologies. Technology We are incorporating global technology. Global housing technology challenge he was addressing all the joint secretaries and additional secretaries.

He said its race against time by the first week of March we want to have the expo and the exhibition. Secretaries already provided the timeline for what we have to do to the end of May but I am a firm believer that process once initiated with all the other conditions and institutional support can be placed for being a success.” He added.