Green station

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Green meadows on station roofs

What makes two of our stations climate neutral? Quite simply: their entire energy demand for heating and lighting is covered by means of green energy obtained from geothermal heat and solar panels. But that’s not all. They also reduce their energy demand using a balanced lighting concept, comprising daylight and artificial lighting, and energy-saving LED lights. We opened our first green station in Kerpen-Horrem in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2014. Then our second one in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt at the end of 2016.

The construction of the green stations is based on a modular concept developed by our architects at DB Station&Service AG. It has a number of cornerstones. Renewable energy is obtained from geothermal, solar thermal or photovoltaic systems. Green roofs improve thermal insulation and collect rainwater. And we use materials made from sustainable resources from the local region in these stations.

Scope

Green Railway Stations rating system is designed primarily for existing Indian railway stations. The stations under major redevelopment can also apply for Green Railway Stations rating.
The steps involved as part of Green Railway Station rating:

1. Training for the Railway Station operation and Maintenance personnel on ‘Green Railway Station’.
2. Performance improvement study including detailed study on opportunities for:
   • Reducing energy & water consumption
   • Increasing renewable energy
   • Effective waste management
   • Enhancing passenger amenities, etc.
3. Guidance on implementation of green measures.
4. Facilitation of assessment by Third Party independent experts
5. Award of ‘Green Railway Station Rating’
   

   Railway stations to go green, star-rating system being developed by ISBC

   Now Railway Stations in India will go green. In the next six months, the Indian Sustainable Building Council (ISBC) will be coming up with a star-rating system for 400 railway stations that have been identified to be redeveloped by the Modi-government.

   “We are working with the Ministry of Railways to develop special rating system for 400 stations. This will ensure that these stations go green,” Dr P C Jain, chairman of ISBC, said here on Monday.

   Green Station: CST, Mumbai becomes first Railway station to get ISBC Gold Certification in Maharashtra

   Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station of Central Railway is the first railway station in Maharashtra to be awarded Gold certification as per Confederation of Indian Industry’s Indian Sustainable Building Council (ISBC) ratings. Shri Sanjeev Mittal, General Manager, Central Railway, Shri Shalabh Goel, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai along with a team of Railway Officials received an ISBC plaque from Shri Gurmit Singh Arora, National Vice Chairman of ISBC.

   Shri Sanjeev Mittal on receiving the certification appreciated the staff and officials for their consistent effort in implementing green initiatives and motivated them to pursue such measures across the Central Railway Zone. He also thanked ISBC team for recognizing their effort by conferring CSMT with Gold certification.

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