CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

CONCLAVE OF GREEN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING SENSE:

BEYOND THE GREEN FAADE OF SUSTAINABLE HABITAT
Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
as of September 18, 2014

Day 1 September 22, 2014

9.00 AM 10.00 AM
Registration and tea
Session 1: 10.00 AM 10.15 PM
Welcome address: Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Session 2: 10.15 AM 1.00 PM
Thermal comfort and building design
CSE thematic presentation: Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, CSE
Panel:
Ashok B Lall, Principal, Ashok B Lall Architects, Delhi
Parul Zaveri and Nimish Patel, Principals, Abhikram, Ahmedabad
Deepandra Prashad, Principal, Deepandra Prashad Architects and Planners, Delhi
Tanmay Tathagat, Director, Environmental Design Solutions, Delhi
Manit Rastogi, Director, Morphogensis, Delhi
LUNCH - 1.00 PM 1.45 PM
Session 3: 1.45 PM 4.15 PM
Thermal comfort and building design continued
Panel:
Chitra Vishwanath, Principal Architect and Managing Director, Biome Environmental
Solutions Private Limited, Bengaluru
Suhasini Ayer, Principal Architect, Auroville Design Consultants, Auroville
Laurent Fournier, Independent Architect and Planner, Kolkata
Pradeep Sachdeva, Principal, Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates, Delhi
Yash Shukla, Senior member, Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy,
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Policy discussion
CSE thematic presentation: Avikal Somvanshi, Senior Research Associate, CSE
Panel:
Sanjay Pant, Member secretary, Bureau of Indian Standards, Delhi
Sanjay Seth, Energy Economist, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Delhi
TEA BREAK - 4.15 PM 4.30 PM
Session 4: 4.30 PM 6.00 PM
Building material and technology innovation:
Chairperson: Shailesh Kumar Agrawal, Executive Director, Building Materials and
Technology Promotion Council, Delhi
CSE thematic presentation: Avikal Somvanshi, Senior Research Associate, CSE
Panel:
Surya Kakani, Principal Architect, Kakani Associates, Ahmedabad
Deepak Gahlowt, Director, Xebec Design and Facilities Pvt. Ltd., Delhi
Ghani Zaman, Team Leader, Foto-n-man Associates, Bhubaneswar

CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

CONCLAVE OF GREEN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING SENSE:

BEYOND THE GREEN FAADE OF SUSTAINABLE HABITAT
Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
as of September 18, 2014

Day 2 - September 23, 2014

9.00 AM 9.30 AM
Registration and tea
Session 5: 9.30 AM 12.30 PM
Environment, building campuses and townships
CSE thematic presentation: Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, CSE
Panel:
Yatin Pandya, Principal, Footprints E.A.R.T.H. (Environment Architecture
Research Technology Housing), Ahmedabad
Jaigopal Govinda Rao, Managing Director & Principal Designer, Inspiration, Kochi
Vinod Gupta, Principal, Space Design Consultants, Delhi
Sean Macintosh, Senior Architect, ARUP Associates, London
Sanjay Prakash, Principal Architect, SHiFt Architects, Delhi
Session 6: 12.30 PM 1.30 PM
Book release: Building sense: Beyond the green faade of sustainable habitat
Lunch - 1.30 PM 2.30 PM
Session 7: 2.30 PM 4.30 PM
Challenge of affordable housing
CSE thematic presentation: Anumita Roychowdhury and Avikal Somvanshi
Panel:
Sandeep Virmani, Managing Director, Hunnarshala: Foundation for Building Technology & Innovations, Bhuj
Durganand Balsavar, Director, Artes - Human Settlements Development Center, Chennai
Rahul Srivastava, Founder, Institute of Urbanology, Mumbai
Renu Khosla, Director, Centre For Urban And Regional Excellence, Delhi
Swati Janu, Architect, Micro Home Solutions, Delhi
Session 8: 4.30 PM 5.30 PM
Way ahead: Open discussion
Panel:
Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Delhi
Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE

High Tea - 5.30 PM onwards