SIERRA ODC Private Limited has been awarded as the WINNER under the category Emerging Green Building Project in the CIA WORLD – Construction and Infra Awards 2019. The 4th Edition of CIA World Builders and Infra Awards by EPIC MEDIA was held at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. The award felicitates and honours the Best Developers and Best Projects from the Real Estate Sector. The aim of CIA WORLD Builders and Infra Awards is to recognize, encourage and motivate Builders and Infra companies. This award is given to the outstanding builders for their projects and best infra companies for their innovative pro ..read more

Mahesh Ramanujam , President and Chief Executive Officer at the U.S. Green Building Council blessed the Occasion by his presence and it was a great moment for our green building to receive the honor from an eminent person like him. His words of wisdom as follows: Good afternoon everyone. It is Good morning we are almost getting into Good afternoon. I will take a deep breath, particularly Mrs. Rema reading my profile right in the heart of my homeland in Tamilnadu, where I have been invited by SIERRA to give my first plaque presentation in my home state, Tamilnadu. This is going to be the first ..read more

On this World Environmental Day – 5th June, 2017 we take immense pride in announcing our eFACiLiTY® Building, our software development center in Coimbatore being rated the World’s 2nd Highest ranking Green Building rated by GBCI under LEED NC v2009. We have been awarded 103 points out of the possible 110 thereby making it to the World’s 2nd Highest and India’s Highest Ranked Green Building – http://in.usgbc.org/projects/efacilitysierra-odc. Here is the list of top scoring LEED buildings worldwide: https://tinyurl.com/leedtopscores eFACiLiTY® building is designed and constructed to be among the ..read more

Did you know that we spend about 90 percent of our time indoors? That is roughly 22 hours each day. Hence our indoor environments, such as the amount of daylight, the air quality indoors, the temperature, humidity, and the types of food we consume, among other things, have a compelling influence on our overall health and well-being. At our eFACiLiTY® building, your health is our priority. We believe that spaces have the power to positively impact every employee’s health, safety, and well-being, including yours. And that’s why we’re so pleased to share the news about our WELL Certification. We ..read more

10 Excellent Reasons to Go Green The moment anyone starts talking about going green, the question that pops up in the minds of most people is “why go green?” People talk about how the planet has been affected badly because of the tons of plastic and thousands of chemical products that are an environmental hazard. Of course, there are several ways to go green, however, the many reasons to go green now outnumber the ways to go green. The sad part is that most of these reasons are conveniently forgotten. One needs to pause for a moment and take stock of things, which will probably motivate all to ..read more

Green Building rating recommendations: How it is helping us during COVID-19? Hand Sanitizers When we embarked on our green building journey, as a building owner and as an occupant who may spend half my lifetime in this building, the importance of reducing the operational costs and making the ambience healthy was my key interest. At this time, grappling through the worst pandemic that I have seen in my lifetime, some of the decisions that I made influenced by the LEED rating system’s green building certification requirements flashed in my mind giving a sense of gratification and validation ..read more

Since we have started to be more attentive to our environment on a global level, a lot of things have changed. What used to be just a pipe dream, such as wind turbines and solar panels now goes without saying, and recycling is completely ubiquitous rather than extraordinary. Admittedly, there is still a lot of work to be done, but today we are going to take a look at some of the greenest achievements in the 21st century to realize just how much we have advanced in the field of environment conservation, and what amazing projects scientists worldwide are working on. Hybrid wind-wave projects Ren ..read more

Coimbatore, India June 29, 2017 – The SIERRA ODC’s eFACiLiTY® building has been awarded LEED Platinum certification by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certifying body for all LEED projects worldwide, scoring 103 points out of 110 points, establishing it as the world’s 2nd highest ranking green building score under LEED NC v2009. There are 90,000 commercial LEED projects registered across 164 countries and about 37,300 have got certified so far.   SIERRA Quotes: “The ranking was a result of our initiative to create awareness among the public on Global Warming issues and the u ..read more