IGIA's T3 becomes first Platinum rated green airport terminal building in India

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on 6 October 2016 that the Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) achieved Platinum rating from Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).

The plaque and certificate for the achievement was handed over by IGBC to Douglas Webster, COO-DIAL and Roy Sebastian, VP- Project and Engineering, during the 14th Green Building Congress, 2016 organized by IGBC in Mumbai.

With this, the state-of-the-art Terminal 3 of IGIA has become the first Platinum rated green terminal building under Green Existing Building O&M Rating System by IGBC. This is another significant environmental achievement by IGIA, after being accredited as the first Carbon Neutral airport in Asia Pacific recently by Airports Council International (ACI).

About Indian Green Building Council

• The Indian Green Building Council, part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), was formed in 2001.

• The vision of the council is to enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025.

• The council offers a wide array of services, which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes.

• The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.

• The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused.

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