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'Green' is the new colour of India and how - from green hotels, green metros, green airports, green hospitals, green pavilions, green libraries to architects, magazines, ebooks, websites all talking green; the concept of green has stepped in confidently to combat issues of energy and global warming. India has a lot of green achievements to its credit. The CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad by architect Karan Grover was the first building outside USA to be awarded the LEED platinum rating. Chennai's Olympia Tech Park is the biggest commercial building in the world to be awarded the LEED gold rating. The ITC Gardenia Hotel in Bengaluru is the world's largest LEED platinum rated green hotel building. The new Tamil Nadu Assembly building is the first Assembly building in the world to be designed and constructed as a green building.
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