Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator suggests super-efficient ACs, usage of greener concrete mixes to curb emissions

Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator finds ways to reduce carbon footprint in built environment. Strategies incl. heat-resilient cities, superefficient ACs, greener concrete, shared mobility, EV charging & renewable integration. RMI & Lodha committed to piloting next-gen materials & solutions. Field testing of Global Cooling Prize units initiated at Palava. Abhishek Lodha & Amory Lovins believe India can set benchmarks for sustainable growth.

Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator, initiated last year to cut down emissions for the built environment, thereby accelerating and maximising the sector’s contribution to India’s 2070 net-zero emissions target, has come out with findings that can be adopted for reduction of carbon foot print by real estate developers.

These include adoption of strategies that make cities heat resilient, advanced adoption of superefficient air conditioning and fans in India, enhanced usage of greener concrete mixes including recently launched LC3 cement, increased shared mobility and EV charging infrastructure, and promotion of renewable integration across all domains of the built environment.

Last year, real estate developer Lodha and RIM came together to establish Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator with an objective to suggest measures for the sector to achieve Net Zero goals. 

To mark the completion of one year the RMI-Lodha Sustainability Conclave was organised in Mumbai to share the experience with stakeholders. 

The conclave presented the key findings of the programme, along with industry alignments on roadmaps in Embodied Carbon Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Transition and Clean Energy to achieve mainstreaming of net-zero in India’s built environment while demonstrating how economic growth can be decoupled from emissions.  

The Accelerator also committed to partner with the start-up accelerator Third Derivative, founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, for piloting next-gen materials and solutions at Palava, a township set up by Lodha in the outskirts of Mumbai. 

Further, it was declared that the field testing of Global Cooling Prize units has been initiated at Palava, which will help to catalyse the market adoption of next-generation room air conditioners.