ZED Habitats

ZED (Zero Energy Development)Type| Privately held company

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Industry| Green Housing
Founded| 1994
Founder| Dr Chandrashekhar Hariharan
Headquarters|

Bangalore, Karnataka

India

Area served

| India
Owner| Dr Chandrashekhar Hariharan

Number of employees

| 140
Website| www.zed.in

Biodiversity Conservation India [BCIL] is a group, popularly known as Group ZED, that is involved in providing green solutions for housing and other buildings.

## Factor4 Foundation

BCIL was incorporated in the year 1994 with an aim to move away from the 'social models' of development with grants and subsidies. BCIL focussed instead on green solutions for housing and other buildings.[1]

Called originally the Alt Tech Foundation, it secured a makeover in 2014 with Factor4 Foundation.

## The Management

It is a rare professionally managed company in an industry that is usually family-based and feudal in management. At the core are eight professionals drawn from diverse nations and cultures.

Hariharan Chandrashekar. Chairman. He founded BCIL in the early 1990s. Today, he oversees business directions and actively steers Factor4 Foundation, an action research institution established in 2003. ADB Water Champion, one of '30 Indian Pearls'. Key strategic member of CII Indian Green Building Council. Editor of IGBC National Newsletter . Member of National Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development. Mentor for many green start-up’s.

Sanjay Ramanujam, Director & CEO. An Ernst & Young chartered accountant, who served as part of their corporate finance advisory practice in India and the Middle East. He steered a mid-sized real estate development and investment company in Bahrain as the Group Financial Officer and managed a billion dollar in structured funding. Was Tishman Speyer India’s Sr Director Finance working on several debt funding mandates and large, commercial agreements. At Group BCIL, as CEO and Director, he steers business development, structures project business frameworks, and manages at the apex Strategic Business Plans for the ZED Group.

Sean Foley, Vice Chairman. Market research. Customer relations. Strategic tech application. He is a doctoral in human ecology, he brings understanding of organization management and mentoring of quality and delivery among the mid managers at BCIL.

Rajaram Krishnamurthy. Director. Capital and investment management. Channel business head.

Amiy Roy. Director – Marketing. Branding.

## References

1. ↑ "The Zed path makes sense to your wallet too - Bangalore - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/interview_the-zed-path-makes-sense-to-your-wallet-too_1373778. Retrieved 2012-09-21.

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