Dehradun, Dec. 21 -- In a decisive stride towards low-carbon and climate-responsive infrastructure, the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CSIR-CBRI), Roorkee, has successfully developed a Climate Resilient Building (CRB) at the CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI) campus, Pilani. Executed under the Fast Track Mission Mode Project of CSIR, New Delhi, the initiative addresses the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and dependence on energy-intensive mechanical cooling, particularly in India's hot-dry climatic regions.

The innovative facility was inaugurated virtually by Dr N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, in the presence of Prof R. Pradeep Kumar, Director, CSIR-CBRI; Dr. P...