In the past, the RoI on housing assets had been quite satisfactory and in some cases even spectacular, depending on the aptness of choice in terms of specific location, configuration, amenities and builder's brand. While rental yields for residential assets in India have historically been low, capital appreciation alone was a sufficiently dynamic prospect for most real estate investors.

ACREX India 2018 closed successfully at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, with more than 430 exhibitors showcasing their latest products on 12,004 sq m of net display space.

In 2001, India had just one building conforming to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) green building rating, spanning 20,000 sq ft. Today, the country has 4,452 IGBC-registered green projects spanning 4.79 billion sq ft!

With the Smart Cities Mission completing three years this June 2018, Smart Cities Council India, part of the global consortium of smart cities, organised the SM@RT URBANATION Co-located with 5th Smart Cities Summit, Expo and Awards in Hyderabad last month.

Workplaces today are becoming more collaborative and open, fertile ground for interaction and ideation, and increasingly connected through Internet of Things (IoT). With millennials set to dominate the workforce in a few years, mobility is another imperative.

Tata Power has been relentlessly working to bridge the skilled labour gap in the Indian power sector. In line with this focus, Tata Power, through its skill development endeavor, Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) has successfully trained 13,527 people in FY2018, thereby enhancing their employability prospect.

US-based Altair Engineering has announced a collaborative effort with its partner in India, DesignTech Systems, and the Science and Technology Park, an institute supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, to support the advancement of the Government of India’s Skill India programme.

Realising the hazardous impact of chemicals and pesticides in our daily food and its unseen face, founders of 5 Petals (www.5petalsgarden.com) decided to grow vegetable and fruits as a passion on their own, and started helping friends and like-minded people to set up their own kitchen or edibles garden.

The Indian HVAC market is worth around Rs 21,000 crore with products alone contributing Rs 15,000 crore, reckons Guru Raja Rao Gangaprasad, Vice President-Sales (Building Services), Grundfos Pumps India.