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Item Green library initiatives in India: Anna Centenary Library - a case study(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Elavazhagan, K.; Kohila, G.T.This paper gives an overview of development of Anna Centenary library as model green library in India. Currently, it is the only green library in India and Asia’s First LEED Gold Rated Library Building. It was started with a vision “to be an internationally recognized urban Library known for excellence in learning, innovative research, and community engagement that contributes to the economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and quality of life in the Chennai region and beyond”. Besides Anna Centenary Library, other significant Green Library Initiatives in India are: a) PermaKarpo Library, Ladakh in Indian Himalayas. b) National Library of India, Kolkata. c) NIT Library, Silchar. Apart from this, Green initiatives and measures have been taken up by Madras University, Calcutta University, Delhi University and Mumbai University Library System. Anna centenary library building was constructed as a state of art library building by state government. The building has been developed in 8 acres land with world class facilities with approximate built up area of 3.8 lakhs sft. It shows the commitments of the state government towards protecting the environment for future generation. The library building complex consists of Library building (G+8) and an auditorium (G+1) to accommodate 1200 persons. To improve the thermal comfort of the occupants, the building has been provided with adequate air conditioning. The project achieved the prestigious LEED Gold rating given by Indian Green Building Council under New Construction rating. This is a unique achievement for the Tamil Nadu State Government and happens to be the first library building in the Asian region to get this coveted rating. This building would consume 30% less energy and 20% less potable water consumption without affecting the indoor condition and occupants comfort. In a nut shell, the additional investment made to obtain the Gold rating would get paid back in just 2.5 years period through operational energy efficiency. This demonstrates green makes economic sense.Item Green Library Initiatives in India: Reshaping the Future(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Duraipandi, R.Around the world Green library practices are witnessed and impressed for improved library services. The “greening” initiatives of India’s building construction industry received heighten and ranked at 3rd among the top 10 counties in the world outside USA. While the emerging concept of green library or sustainable library in India has to travel long road to reshape the library buildings to meet out the next generation user’s behavior and expectations. A library has to plan and built with ecological aspects of any new/renovation of buildings of libraries to prevent the negative environmental impacts of carbon footprint and to ensure the improved future library services at the maximum of available resources efficiently, effectively with user friendly within the building. The paper mainly focuses on few green library initiatives in India under the green library movement and highlighted the main parameters which involved for location selection, water and energy conservation, building materials and indoor and outdoor air quality etc, under Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), LEED-Leadership in Energy and Environment Design. The paper has also selected and limited with the following with: 1.Anna Centenary Library (ACL), Chennai, 2. PermaKarpoSchool Library atthe Indian Himalaya, 3.National Library, Kolkata, 4. Karnataka University Library, Dharwad, 5. Mumbai University Library, 6.Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Library, Roorke, 7. Chaudhary Braham Prakash Ayurved CharakSansthan (Institute) Library, New Delhi, 8. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Silchar and 9.The Energy Research Institute (TERI) under GRIHA. Finally, it suggests the feasible idea of buildings with locally available with less costs materials. The trend in India is not only growing in numbers but also extends breadth and lengthily across the country is an notable to reshape the buildings to save the mankind which India is facing recently the environmental problems of climate change, global warming and air pollutions severely.