L&TMRHL’s TOD Project Hyderabad Next at Raidurg gets IGBC gold rating

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Next - Business Park Tower 1, Raidurg, developed under the Transit Oriented Development (ToD) project of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (L&TMRHL) received IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Green New Buildings Gold Rating.

C Shekar Reddy, Chairman, IGBC’s Hyderabad Chapter, presented the plaque and certificate to KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&TMRHL, during a formal plaque ceremony organized on Wednesday.

K S Venkatagiri, Executive Director, CII GBC, Sudhir Chiplunkar, COO, L&TMRHL and other senior officials from L&TMRHL and IGBC were present on the occasion.

As part of the green concepts and techniques in the building sector, the recently-commissioned, Hyderabad Next - Business Park Tower 1, Raidurg has followed best practices in developing a sustainable architecture and design with apt site selection and planning enabling water conservation and energy efficiency measures, while utilizing the right building materials and resources keeping innovative techniques in the focus, aiding best-in-class indoor environmental quality to enhance occupant health, happiness, and well-being.

KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&TMRHL, said, “It is a proud moment to have the recently commissioned Hyderabad Next - Business Park Tower 1 at Raidurg certified with IGBC Green New Buildings Gold Rating. We have followed the best green infrastructural tools and innovative technologies to ensure occupant health and well-being in this building. This achievement resonates with our green commitment to the City of Hyderabad, which was recently accorded the World Green City Award.”

Congratulating L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited for its green initiatives, Shekar Reddy said that the exemplary benchmarks set by L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited in its efforts to go green across all forms of built environment would nudge other Metro Rail projects in the country to follow. In the process, a greener and healthier India would emerge, he said.

Some of the salient green features of Hyderabad Next - Business Park Tower 1 at Raidurg include

• High Solar Reflective Index paint on Terrace (Cool Roof)
• EV Charging points
• Superior U value façade
• All around green space
• Low Flow Plumbing fixtures
• Energy efficient equipment’s – AHU’s, Chillers, Fans & Pumps
• Heat Recovery Wheel

As a leader of green and clean Urban Mass Rapid Transit Systems in Hyderabad, the World's Greenest City, L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail has 23 metro stations certified with the IGBC Platinum rating.