The Global Building Data Initiative hosted “Advancing Whole Life Carbon (WLC) & Emissions Accounting for India’s Building & Construction Sector” on 1 July 2026, co-organised with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, RISE, the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) and Greentech Knowledge Solutions.
What was covered
- Why whole life carbon matters for India’s net-zero goals
- What India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) mean for material supply chains
- The data, methods and tools available for tracking life cycle emissions in Indian construction
Speakers included Dr Zuhaib Batra (Senior Scientist and Global Policy Lead, GBDI / EPFL), Dr Martin Röck (Executive Director and Lead Scientist, GBDI / RISE), Prof. Albert Thomas (IIT Bombay), Saswati Chetia (Greentech Knowledge Solutions) and Dr Brijesh Pandey (AEEE).
This webinar is part of the GBDI China and India Cooperation Incubator, which extends the global building data work into the two markets that will add the most floor area this century.
Source: Global Building Data Initiative.