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09/02/2012 07:49 (105 Day 02:18 minutes ago) | |||||
 The FINANCIAL -- Energy-efficient buildings were on the agenda when the Norwegian Minister of Government, Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Rigmor Aasrud, visited Hydro’s headquarters in Bangalore, India, on Wednesday.
Aasrud was received at the new headquarters for Hydro's building systems activities in Bangalore, a building which is designed to use as little as 60 kWh per square meter annually.
The Hydro building is equipped with integrated solutions for sun-shading and solar cell-based electricity production, which is one of the reasons the building qualifies for a LEED platinum certification. LEED is a certification system for energy-efficient buildings and platinum is the highest degree awarded.
According to Hydro, during the visit Aasrud was presented a series of pictures of energy-efficient buildings for which Hydro has delivered façade solutions, most of them from Europe and India. Ganguly also talked warmly about the ambitions of Powerhouse, which is a collaboration on energy-positive buildings in "ice-cold" Norway.
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