mumbai as india is expected to witness rapid urbanisation the new government at the centre needs to take stringent measures to ensure use of green technology in the construction and realty space according to experts after a period of slowdown we now expect to see a growth in the construction and property markets having presented the current scenario it becomes quite clear that much more needs to be done in a country as vast and as rapidly urbanising as ours cbre south asia chairman and managing director anshuman magazine said he said there was a paramount need for more stringent government measures to inculcate the use of green technology in the construction and real estate sectors according to a recent study by the us green building council usgbc for leed outside of the us india has been ranked third in the list after china while canada topped the green rankings indian green building council igbc a division of the confederation of indian industry cii has taken a number of initiatives for capacity building and improving the services of green buildings in the country currently the council has certified nearly 207 billion sqft of green footprints in india and has set a target of 10 billion sqft by 2022 at present there are 200plus leed rated green buildings in india about 40 igbc green factory buildings and almost 250 igbc rated green homes we have been taking several initiatives to ensure green and sustainable environment for all we had followed up with the earlier government to make it mandatory on developers to adopt green technologies though things did not move at the pace we had expected igbc will now pursue it with the new government igbc chairman prem jain told pti