The India Chapter of Council for Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat (CTBUH) conducted a Seminar on the theme “Zero Carbon Ambitions for High-Rises” on October 13th, 2023 in Mumbai. A large number of professional engineers and architects including leading structural engineers attended the seminar. There were four main speakers – Ar. Raj Patel, Director Partner Gensler-Dubai, Er. Abhijeet Kulkarni, Director Partner- Burro Happold, Mr Arun Abdulla, ESG Head Lodha Group, and Er Vijay Kulkarni, Founder-Director, LCCF. Er. Girish Dravid, Director- Sterling Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd and Er. Nikhil Shinghavi also spoke during the event.
During the programme, Er Kulkarni spoke on the topic ‘Race to Net Zero Embodied Carbon: Potential Avenues for Concrete”. He also presented a case of study on the comparative assessment of embodied carbon of G+40 building.