Energy-efficient Buildings Policy

1. ECBC (Energy Conservation Building code) 

The government of India launched ECBC in 2007 to improve the building efficiency in India. ECBC

codes are applicable to all commercial buildings of 100 KW-H. Generally, more than 1000 meters square size building comes in this category. ECBC stabilizes standards on ventilation, air conditioning, building envelop, lighting (Interior and Exterior), service of hot water, etc. for minimum energy consumption in buildings. ECBC permits buildings to be compliant through three methods: instructional, simple trade-offs, and whole-building performance. This building energy policy will help to reduce the electricity consumption by 20% in Gujrat (A state in India) when compared with the no policy scenario. These results are obtained when the ECBC code is implemented robustly.

2. Green Building Program

Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) is highly applicable for a new building with 2500 m² floor space. It includes many kinds of buildings like offices, hospitals, hotels, health care facilities, institutes, multi-family high-rise buildings. GRIHA assesses the life cycle of a building on the basis of environmental principles, accepted energy and its main objective is to promote green building and work in buildings with no harm to the environment.

3. BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) star rating 

This is a voluntary program and is done for commercial buildings, in which the building score is rated from 1 to 5. Star rating gives on the operation energy consumption of the building. 5 Star means the most energy-efficient building.

4. LEED Program

LEED stands for Leadership in energy and environment design.  It is a green building certification system. It evaluates the building performance on different conditions like sustainability, water efficiency, indoor environment quality, building planning, construction, maintenance, etc.