As the city of Pune is growing rapidly, it needs to adapt to the extremes of climate change, increased energy consumption, loss of greenery/ biodiversity, amenity space and contribute to healthy living. Energy consumption in buildings is dependent on envelope design. More barren roofs and exposed concrete surfaces leads to more heat gain in buildings resulting in an urban heat Island effecting the micro climate of the place resulting in increased temperatures.
Sustainability Initiatives, VK:a architecture and VK:e environmental team developed an Earth Centric Unit referred as"Earth centre" through research. Earth Centre prototype was created with a vision to perform valuable environmental and public service as a de-centralized solid waste management facility with a window of opportunity to engage citizens in the responsibility of garbage management.
Sustainability Initiatives successfully conducted our first International Training on ‘Urban Renewal and The Future of Cities’ in December 2018. This training was conducted for Officers / Town Planners of the Department of Town Planning and Valuation of Government of Maharashtra.
Sustainability Initiatives in association with Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon organised the 7th GRIHA regional conference on the topic Smart cities and Smart Building- Traditional Wisdom and Technology for Sustainability. This 2 day conference on 4-5 December 2015 was a successful event with participants more than 150 from in and out of Jalgaon. It took place at Jain hills at Jalgaon.
World Environment Day is celebrated each year to mark the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment of the United Nations in 1972. It was the first ever international conference that focused on the environment. The United Nations announces the theme of the conference each year and the theme for 2019 was Air Pollution.
SI facilitates visit and experience in Green Building. One such site visit was organised for the students of SVS College of Architecture, Coimbatore, who are pursuing their Master in Architecture.
The visit organised on 10th January 2020 to Suzlon One Earth Campus, Pune.
World Environment Day is celebrated each year to mark the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment of the United Nations in 1972. It was the first ever international conference that focused on the environment. The United Nations announces the theme of the conference each year and the theme for 2019 was Air Pollution.
23rd February 2019, Sustainability Initiatives had arranged ‘Cities of Pune & Barcelona: An Urban Ideas Exchange Seminar today morning at Patrakar Bhavan, Pune
As part of the Urban Street Design a stakeholders consultation was held in association with Vk:a architecture to wholisticially understand the perspectives of the different street users and their needs that should be considered while designing streets.
16-18 August 2018, Sustainability Initiatives conducted a 3-day workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the students of PVP College. This program was conducted at Sustainability Initiatives, Pune.
