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One Day Training cum Consultation Programme on
“Innovative Construction Technologies & Thermal Comfort for Affordable Housing"


The Forth “One Day Training cum Consultation Programme on “Innovative Construction Technologies & Thermal Comfort for Affordable Housing” was held on 29th November 2023 in Kolkata. The event was organized by the MoHUA, BMTPC and GIZ.

The aim of the program was to empower and engage senior government officials, policymakers, professionals in the built-environment sector, and stakeholders from relevant government departments. The focus was on exploring Innovative Construction Technologies, both globally and domestically, to expedite and streamline the construction of affordable housing. Additionally, the goal was undertake consultation on the Passive-Design Response in Increasing Thermal Comfort with Viable Solution (PRiTHVi) guidelines which is developed from the learnings from LHPs to achieve thermally comfortable, resilient, and cost-effective homes.

The program was inaugurated by Shri. C. N. Jha, Dy Chief, BMTPC who also talked about Emerging construction technologies for mass housing. Nitin Jain, Program Head, CSB, GIZ, talked about the different work CSB is doing. Dr. Abhijit Chakraborty, Assistant General Manager (Civil), HUDCO gave the special addresss. Mr. Govinda Somani, Energy Advisor, CSB, GIZ, gave Introduction to Passive-Design Response in Increasing Thermal Comfort with Viable Solution guidelines. Technology providers of Light House Projects (LHP) talked about the technology used at LHPs. The event concluded with a session on climate responsive buildings and thermal comfort in buildings by GIZ’s CSB Cell.”


Session Presentation(s)
Introduction Click to view
Emerging Construction Systems for Mass Housing Click to view
Introduction to Passive-design Response in Increasing Resilient Thermal with Viable Solutions - PRiTHVi Click to view
Presentations on Innovative Construction Technologies (LHP)
Case Study 1 Click to view
Case Study 2 Click to view




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Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) intends to get the best globally available innovative construction technologies through a challenge process. It aims to demonstrate and deliver ready to live-in houses in minimum time and minimum cost with high-quality of construction in a sustainable manner... Click here to read more

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