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risks and the World Bank's City in India since it will soon Against the assessed demand of
Resilience Programme (CRP) is become the world's second- 1.2 crore houses, 1.10 crore have
providing financing for cities to largest urban system. Extreme been sanctioned, 73.55 lakh have
build greater resilience to climate events threaten urban been grounded for construction,
climate and disaster risks. ecosystems, and their impact is and nearly 43.21 lakh have been
Recent events have increasingly felt on the urban completed and delivered to the
demonstrated that cities suffer environment, adversely affecting beneficiaries⁴ (www.mohua.gov.in
greatly due to economic crises, the natural resources, life, and assessed on March 19, 2021).
epidemics & pandemics, and property. Convergence on inter- The construction sector's carbon
haphazard urbanization, sectoral themes is fundamental footprint should be mitigated
demanding a conceptual shift for for building resilience, one such following India's Nationally
understanding the many sector is building construction Determined Contributions
complexities that affect urban and technologies. The innovative (NDCs) under United Nations
resilience that are not limited to and green construction Framework Convention on
mitigating natural hazards, and techniques cost no more than the Climate Change, the SDGs as
include adaptation to manmade conventional energy-intensive per the UN General Assembly
disasters. The design, counterparts but are resolution. Moreover, the
development and structure of environmentally less damaging. National Building Code 2016 of
cities, culture, and systems have The Covid-19 implications for India, Part 11: Approach to
to respond as an integrated SDG 11 have shown an sustainability, the Energy
whole in the face of tensions and astounding figure of over 90% of Conservation Building Code
stresses. This article focuses on Covid-19 cases are in urban area² 2017, User Guide by Bureau of
the ecosystem of resilient, green, (www.sdgs.un.org). The Energy Efficiency, CPWD
and clean built environments congested, unhealthy, and guidelines for Sustainable
concerning construction unhygienic conditions in the Habitats and Green Ratings by
technologies' choices for slums and informal se lements councils such as IGBC, GRIHA,
providing affordable housing in in cities are in some measure GEM, EDGE offer important
affordable cities that is an ever- causing this public health codes, guidelines, and
growing challenge in India. The hazard. The Prime Minister parameters for ratification of
technologies have to be Awas Yojana (PMAY-HfA- modern construction technology.
evaluated on various parameters Urban) undertaken in 2015 to GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT:
to promote construction fulfill the Hon'ble PM's dream of Energy efficiency and ECBC
technologies that help conserve 'Housing for all by 2022' with a
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency
natural resources and are target of meeting the assessed
defined Green building as one
energy-efficient. housing demand of 1.2 crores
that can function using an
INTEGRATING BUILDING required construction speed and optimum amount of energy,
TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA quality that have been addressed consume less water, conserve
WITH THE GLOBAL by the Technology Sub-Mission natural resources, generate less
FRAMEWORKS (TSM) which formed an waste, and create spaces for
important component of the
It is critical to implement the healthy and comfortable living
PMAY³ and under this 33 New
New Urban Agenda to manage compared to conventional
and Emerging Alternate
future cities and urban growth buildings.⁵ The ECBC 2017 has
Technologies were adopted.

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