Green Building Code in India

Is a medley of codes, standards established by the

State
• National Building Code,
• the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)
• ratings programmes such as Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design-India (LEED-India),
• the standards and guidelines put down for the Residential
Sector by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), TERI-
GRIHA and other such certifications.
 National Building Code
• Designed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
• National instrument providing guidelines for regulating the
building construction activities across the country.
• Model Code for adoption by all agencies involved in building
construction works be they Public Works Departments, other
government construction departments, local bodies or private
construction agencies.
 National Building Code
The Code mainly contains
• administrative regulations,
• development control rules and general building requirements;
• fire safety requirements;
• stipulations regarding materials, structural design and
construction (including safety);
• and building and plumbing services
 ECBC
• ECBC: Energy Conservation Building Codes
• ECBC set minimum energy efficiency standards for design
and construction
• ECBC encourage energy efficient design or retrofit of
buildings so that
– It does not constrain the building function, comfort,
health, or the productivity of the occupants
– Has appropriate regard for economic considerations
(life cycle costs i.e. construction + energy costs are
minimized)
 ECBC Compliant Design Strategy for a Building

Heat/Moisture Walls Roof Window

Losses

Minimize Conduction Use insulation with Use insulation with Use material with
Losses low U-value low U-value low
U-factor
Minimize Convection Reduce air leakage Reduce air leakage Use prefabricated
Losses & Moisture & & use vapor windows and seal
Penetration use vapor barrier barrier the
joints between
windows and walls.
Minimize Radiation Use light colored Use light colored Use glazing with low
Losses coating with high coating with high Solar Heat Gain
reflectance reflectance Coefficient (SHGC)
 IGBC
It is a whole-building approach to sustainability
by recognizing performance in five key areas:

• Sustainable Sites
• Water efficiency
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Energy & Atmosphere
• Material & Resources
 Rating Programmes to Suit
Different Building Types

One single rating cannot be applied to suit all building types

Programmes launched
 IGBC Green Homes
 IGBC Green Factory Buildings
 LEED India NC
 LEED India CS

Other Programmes on the anvil

 IGBC Green SEZs
 IGBC Green Schools
 IGBC Existing Buildings
 IGBC Green Cities
 IGBC Landscape
 IGBC Green Homes Rating System

• Is the first rating programme developed in India, exclusively

for the residential sector

• Based on accepted energy and environmental principles and

strikes a balance between known established practices and
emerging concepts
 IGBC Green Homes Rating System

IGBC Green Homes Rating System is a measurement system designed

for rating new residential buildings which include construction
categories such as

• Individual homes
• High rise residential apartments,
• Gated communities
• Row houses
• Existing residential buildings which retrofit and redesigned in
accordance with the
IGBC Green Homes criteria.
 IGBC Green Homes Certification Levels

Projects with Projects without

Interiors
Interiors

Certification Certification
Points Points
Level Level

Certified 32 - 39 Certified 30 - 36

Silver 40 - 47 Silver 37 - 44

Gold 48 - 59 Gold 45 - 55

Platinum 60 - 80 Platinum 56 - 75
 LEED India.
LEED-INDIA promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by
recognizing performance in the following five key areas:

 Sustainable site development

 Water savings
 Energy efficiency
 Materials selection
 Indoor environmental quality

LEED-INDIA rating system provides a roadmap for measuring and

documenting success for every building type and phase of a
Building lifecycle.
 GRIHA
• GRIHA is an acronym for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat
Assessment.
• It was conceived by TERI and developed jointly with the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to the Indian
Government.
• It is a green building design evaluation system and is suitable
for all kinds of buildings in different climatic zones of the
country.
 GRIHA
GRIHA rating system consists of 34 criteria
categorized under various sections such as
• Site Selection and Site Planning
• Conservation and efficient utilization of resources,
• Building operation and maintenance,
• and Innovation points.
 GRIHA
• Eight of these 34 criteria are mandatory
• Each criterion has a number of points assigned to it. It means
that a project intending to meet the criterion would qualify
for the points.
• Different levels of certification (one star to five stars) are
awarded based on the number of points earned. The
minimum points required for certification is 50.
 GRIHA
Twenty-eight projects have been registered so
far including the following:
• Earth System and Environment Science Engineering Building,
IIT Kanpur
• Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi
• Delhi Common Wealth GamesVillage, Near Akshardham
Temple, New Delhi
• Hindustan Lever Limited, Andheri(E), Mumbai
 LEED: An internationally recognised standard
for green building
The main countries which use LEED as the main assessment tool to check
energy efficiency of buidings:
United States, Brazil, Canada, Mexico

LEED was created to accomplish the following:

• Define "green building" by establishing a common standard of
measurement
• Promote integrated, whole-building design practices
• Recognize environmental leadership in the building industry
• Stimulate green competition
• Raise consumer awareness of green building benefits
• Transform the building market
 Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design(LEED)
• Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
• Internationally recognized green building certification system
• Intended to provide building owners and operators a concise framework for
identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building:
-design
-construction
-operations
-maintenance solutions
• The hallmark of LEED is that it is an open and transparent process where the
technical criteria proposed by USGBC members are publicly reviewed for
approval by the almost 20,000 member organizations that currently constitute
the USGBC
• Provides third-party verification that a building or community was
designed and built using strategies intended to improve performance in
following metrics:
- Energy savings
- Water efficiency
- CO2 emissions reduction
- Improved indoor environmental quality
- Stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts
• LEED has grown from one standard for new construction to a
comprehensive system of six standards covering all aspects of the
development and construction process
• LEED also has grown from six volunteers on one committee to more than
200 volunteers
 LEED rating system
LEED rating system addresses following 8 major areas:
• Location and Planning
• Sustainable Sites
• Water Efficiency
• Energy and Atmosphere
• Materials and Resources
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Innovation and Design Process
• Regional Priority
 LEED Accredited Professional Program
LEED consists of a suite of nine rating systems for the design, construction and operation of buildings,
homes and neighborhoods:
• Green Building Design & Construction
• LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations
• LEED for Core & Shell Development
• LEED for Schools
• LEED for Retail New Construction (planned 2010)
• Green Interior Design & Construction
• LEED for Commercial Interiors
• LEED for Retail Interiors (planned 2010)
• Green Building Operations & Maintenance
• LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
• Green Neighborhood Development
• LEED for Neighborhood Development
• Green Home Design and Construction
• LEED for Homes
 Cost savings
The most criticized issue about constructing environmentally friendly
buildings is the price, modern technologies tend to cost more money.
Here there is a stigma attached, the fact is:
• Green buildings cost a premium of <2% but yield 10 times as much over
the entire life of the building
• Stigma between the knowledge of up-front cost v/s life cycle cost
• Savings come from more efficient use of utilities which result in decreased
energy bills
• Higher worker or student productivity can also be factored into savings
and cost deductions
• It is projected that different sectors could save $130 Billion on energy bills