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Left: ACREX showcased the products of more than 400 exhibitors, many from European and Asian firms. Several products were selected for awards based on innovation and energy saving potential. Among them was Grundfos’ direct sensor kit. Right: “Shunya,” India’s first net zero energy house, was on display. Shunya produces all required electricity on site using renewable energy resources.

India Growing, Growing Green
Booming Building Sector Draws Exhibitors to ACREX
And as evidence of rising energy awareness in India, the Indian Green Building council predicts one billion ft2 of registered “green” buildings over the next few years, double what is currently in place. India’s building sector has been booming since 2005 with NEW DELHI, India—India’s emergence as one of the world’s annual growth rates of 10% to 12%. Due to the planned investfastest growing economies is well documented. India boasts GDP ment in housing construction and infrastructure, demand for growth of 8.4%, pushing it into eleventh place among all the world’s new building materials and equipment should be uninterrupted economies. India’s urban population is expected to increase from in the near term, with many of these growing industries requir285 million in 2001 to 473 million in 2021 and ing specialized air conditioning needs. India to 820 million by 2051, a prescription for more is already the world’s second largest importer hospitals, airports, water treatment, office buildin the data processing sector. ings and housing. The Asian Development Bank “The power industry is one segment of the puts the number of middle-class Indians at some economy which is driving demand for air 260 million. Experts forecast that India will probconditioning,” said P.K. Goel, general manably be the most heavily populated country in the ager for marketing and development in India world by mid-century, and have the third highest for Johnson Controls. “Another growth area GDP after China and the U.S. is health care now that hospitals have been India displayed its economic potential at privatized and more Indians are insured.” ACREX, the Indian trade fair for air conditionFor health-care facilities and other sensitive ing, ventilation and refrigeration. The show environments that require clean air, ALP antook place in New Delhi, February 24–26, A lucky ACREX attendee won a nounced that it has teamed with SagiCofim to covering 25 000 m2 (269,000 ft2) of exhibit car raffled off at the Humidin deliver a fully integrated system. According space and attracting 50,000 visitors. stand. The company displayed to Vikram Murthy, the patented ALP AntimiIs energy efficiency important in India? In its jet fan for parking garages. crobial technology is applied to the various 1990, China and India combined to represent system components. 10% of the world’s energy consumption. In 2006, they combined “The principle lying behind this innovative technology is a to consume 19%, nearly double. India’s urban population is natural ionic exchange. While filters hinder chemical pollution, expected to grow by 20 million people every year with 2 bil- ALPactive Antimicrobial technology reduces the transmission of lion m2 of building space added each year. Without aggressive most pathogens and microorganisms by more than 99.9999%.” implementation of new technologies, say engineers in India, the SagiCofim adds its lines of diffusers, grilles, terminal filtranation’s growth and energy supply will be on a collision course. tion hoods, absolute filters and balancing dampers to ALP’s To spur energy efficiency, the nation’s Energy Conservation pre-insulated ducts to create a complete air distribution solution Building Code is being actively adopted by local jurisdictions. that is energy efficient while providing antimicrobial benefits.
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