Best Practices inBuilding Energy Code Implementation

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NRDC India Initiative

Building Energy Consumption in India

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70% of India’s building stock in 2030 are yet to be built.

Everything else

Commercial and Residential Buildings

Benefits of Building Energy Efficiency

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• Save $696 billion worldwide by 2030.

• Reduce lifetime operating costs of

buildings.

• Reduce peak electricity demand.

• Reduce need for more power plants.

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Spur innovation in the construction and

building materials sector

Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)

• Save 1.7 billion kWh of electricity in India annually

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• Applicable to commercial buildings, offices, hospitals, IT parks, and high-rise residential buildings

• Applicable to buildings with loads larger than 100 kW or 120 kVA

Walls and windows Building envelope Lighting Electric motors

• A set of standard energy efficiency measures

Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)

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• Voluntary at national level

• Champions States for ECBC adoption:

Rajasthan, Orissa, Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal.

* Source: United Nations Development Program (2011)

Steps for Implementing ECBC

1. Adopt energy efficiency measures into building bye laws

2. Form steering committee to oversee implementation

3. Train and certify third-party inspectors

4. Create checklists, certify software to evaluate energy efficiency

5. Use innovative strategies for implementation:

– Break down EE measures and roll out in phases

– Have a locally adapted code; national-level quality control

– Engage utilities

– Support local bodies by providing policy guidelines, legislative guidance, and

promoting local programs (e.g., Town and Country Planning Organization)

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Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) write bldg codes compliant with ECBC.

Min. of Urban Dev. Issues a directive to state and local level bodies to start implementing ECBC.

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Urban Development Departments (UDDs) develop General Development Control Regulations (GDCR).

Town Development Offices (TDOs) include provisions of GDCR into local bye laws.

BEE approves any provisions in local GDCRs and bye laws where they are different from ECBC

State legislature approves GDCRs and bye laws.

ECBC Enforcement System

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Central Government

Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)(e.g., Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Nagar Panchayats)

Min. of Urban Development

Oversee the activities of ULBs within each state.

Urban Development Departments (UDDs)

Town Development Offices (TDOs)

National Action Plan on Climate Change

Town and Country Planning Organization

National Mission on Sustainable Habitat

ECBC

Technical advisory and consultancy of MoUDUrban and regional planning and development strategiesResearch. Monitoring, and appraisal of central government schemes and development strategies

Regulate urban development; Town planning; regulation of construction buildings, roads, etc.

General Development Control Regulation (GDCR) (a framework for building regulation)

Building Bye Laws (Individual plot level building regulation)

ULB Subcommittee for proposing bye law

State Legislature

Organization

Document

Comment

Legend

ECBC Development System

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US Example: California Building Code Implementation

Design Construction Occupancy

Certificate of Construction

Certificate of Occupancy

-Builder, homeowner, or code consultant prepares and submits application materials

- Building Department or contracted third party reviews the design

-During the construction, Building Department representatives or contracted third party may make site visits to make sure the construction conforms to approved design

- Remaining building components such as lighting and solar hot water that were not approved during the design phase are reviewed and approved

• Roll out the requirements of the code phases

– Give time to designers, builders, and code officials to obtain knowledge and

experience

– Break down the energy efficiency requirements of the code into multiple phases

(tiers), based on the energy saving potential and level of skill training required

• Hire Third Party Contractors for Inspection and Plan Review

– Provide training, certification, and quality control for third parties.

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Strategies to Scale Up ECBC Development System (1/2)

• Allow local building authorities to modify EE measures based on local

conditions; perform quality control on national level

– Monitor progress towards national compliance targets with regular progress

reviews and random inspections.

– Example: China has a three-level code enforcement system: project-level,

local-level, and national-level.

• Engage utilities and local entities

– Utilities can support customer driven energy efficiency and create demand.

– Support local bodies by providing policy guidelines, legislative guidance, and

promoting local programs (e.g., Town and Country Planning Organization).

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Strategies to Scale Up ECBC Development System (2/2)

Thank you!

Natural Resources Defense Council Anjali Jaiswal and Radhika Khosla

ajaiswal@nrdc.org and rkhosla@nrdc.org

http://www.nrdc.org/international/india/

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