India's President Kalam Innagurates CII Building

India’s president, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center on July 14. The Center became the first Platinum-rated building under LEED

^® v.2 in late 2003 (see

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Vol. 12, No. 12). Kalam praised the Center’s achievements and laid out a goal of

reducing the average energy efficiency of India’s buildings from 300 kWh/m2 (30 kWh/ft2) to 100 kWh/m2 (10 kWh/ft2) by 2010. “When the environment is beautiful and happy,” he said, “the mind is also happy, which leads to creativity.”