Wednesday, September 17, 2008

RGIA becomes 1st Asian airport to get LEED NC Silver rating

Rajeev Gandhi International Airport(RGIA), Hyderabad, becomes the first Airport in Asia and second in the entire world to get a LEED NC Silver ranking.

What is LEED NC?
Leadership in Energy and Environment Design New Construction.

What is it?
Any construction undertaken following certain guidelines to be green and environment friendly.

This certainly is a good news. The first Airport to have the ranking is Delta Terminal 'A' Redevelopment and Signature Logan Terminal of East Boston in USA, actually 2 terminals are contained here. RGIA holds the Silver ranking based on the points given for each individual feature present in the construction. Refer the link below if u r interested to know more about the rank n LEED NC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design

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