Nobel Laureate Dr R K Pachauri was invited by Sustainability Initiatives to interact with the Developers and Architects of the city on the issue of Green Buildings. The interaction event was conducted in association with CREDAI Pune-Metro. The interactions focused specifically on GRIHA, a rating system that is developed by TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) which is headed by Dr R K Pachauri. Over 45 developers from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad participated in this interaction with Dr R K Pachauri about design and evaluation of green buildings and the GRIHA rating system. Hon commissioner of Pune Mr Mahesh Pathak, Hon Mayor of PCMC Mr Yogesh Behl and Mr Sanjay Deshpande of CREDAI also addressed the audience at this programme