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EditorialIn the last news letter the focus was on steps essential for sustainable development of coastal ecosystem. As

Andhra Pradesh has urban agglomerations that need protection from global warming related problems an

article on “green building” is included in this news letter. The concept of eco friendly building/ green

building is to use less energy, water and natural resources, also generation of waste is less by adopting

recycle / reuse technology. It is more healthier to stay in Green Building when compared to other buildings

which do not adopt Green Building concept. CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII Godrej GBC),

first of its kind was formed in 2001 and is represented by all stakeholders of construction industry

comprising of Corporate, Government, Nodal agencies, Architects, Developers, Product manufacturers,

Institutions, etc. The vision of Indian Green Building Council is to usher in a Green Building movement in

India and to become one of the world leaders in Green Building by 2010. Today it has 527 members, 347

registered buildings and 32 certified. This issue focus on the concepts and improvement in the green

building movement. Time series data on Green Building is provided. Events conducted by various

organizations are presented. Awareness program articles, such as HMDA initiated project on developing

environmental building design guidelines for Hyderabad and organization of awareness program on “Eco

Friendly Building Design, Construction and Maintenance” for architects and building professionals are

highlighted along with other environment related programs. Forth coming event on “Green Building” is

presented. Query Response Form, ENVIS activities, national and international days and few existing

environmental acts and rules are given.

ENVIS Coordinator

April - June, 2009

The ENVIS Centre on SoE & RI for Andhra Pradesh is a decentralized EnvironmentalInformation Centre established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

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Editorial 1

World Earth Day 2

Green Building Movement 3

Time Series Data on Green Building 6

Existing Environmental Legislations 6

Programs Conducted by Various 7Organizations

Forthcoming Events 7

ENVIS Activities 7

Query Response Form 8

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Dr. Razia Sultana,

Mr. I. Siva Rama Krishna,

Mr. Prabhata Kumar Swain,

Mr. B.L.N. Murty,

Mrs. J.V.S. Prabhavati,

ENVIS Coordinator

Sr. Program Officer

Program Officer

Program Assistant

Data Entry Operator

EPTRI, Hyderabad.

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, New Delhi

rallies with the participation of students from

Kendriya Vidyalayas. All these competition were

aimed at creating environmental awareness among

the children.

Mr. R.K.Mishra, Director, Institute of Public

Enterprise celebrated the Earth Day by planting of

sapling in their campus.nd

ENVIS at EPTRI observed Earth Day on 22 April

2009, by educating school teachers of Oxford

Grammer School, Mehdipatnam and students along

with teachers at Don Bagh High School, Maruthi

Nagar Ring Road. Various environmental issues,

specially global warming, air, water and soil

pollution was discussed. The role of students and

teachers in mitigating pollution was emphasized.

The Cleaner Production Cell of Andhra Pradesh

Pollution Control Board organized half-a-day nd

workshop on 22 April 2009 at its Auditorium to

commemorate Earth Day celebration. They invited

Dr. P. J. Sudhakar, Director, Doordarshan Kendra,

Hyderabad, Ms. Farida Tampal, WWF-India and Sri.

Sudheendra Harnell, Consultant GTZ, Proklima,

Bangalore to give presentations on worldwide

environmental concerns with focus on the most

prevalent issue of Climate Change and Global

Warming.

World Earth Day

World Earth Day is being celebrated every year on ndApril 22 , designed to arouse awareness and

appreciation for the Earth's environment. It was

founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970,

marking the beginning of the modern environmental

movement, the day aimed at lifting the status of

environmental issues onto the world state. On April nd22 , 1970, the first Earth Day was held. People all

over the world made promises to help the

environment. Everyone got involved and since then,

Earth Day has spread all over the planet. The Earth

Day Network which was founded on the occasion of

1st Earth Day, promotes environmental concerns and

year round progressive action worldwide. Earth Day

Network is a driving force steering environmental

awareness around the world. Through Earth Day

Network, activists try to bring changes in local,

national, and global policies. Earth Day international

network reaches over 17,000 organizations in 174

countries. More than a half billion people participate

in Earth Day Network campaigns every year.

On the occasion of the World Earth Day several

students gathered at Jawahar Bal Bhavan to

participate in painting competition. Andhra Pradesh

National Green Corps (APNGC) organized cycle

CONTENTS

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India is witnessing tremendous growth in infrastructure development. The construction industry in India is one of the largest economic activities. As the sector is growing rapidly, preserving the environment poses lot of challenges and at the same time presents opportunities for various stakeholders. The construction sector therefore needs to play a responsible role towards preservation of the environment. The Green Building movement in India pioneered by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is a step in this direction. The Indian Green Building council, a part of the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII Godrej GBC) was formed in 2001 and is represented by all stakeholders of construction industry comprising of Corporate, Government, Nodal agencies, Architects, Developers, Product manufacturers, Institutions, etc. The vision of Indian Green Building Council is to usher in a green building movement in India and to become one of the world leaders in green buildings by 2010. Today the council is strong with over 558 formally registered members including 68 founding / life members. To facilitate the penetration of Green Building concepts throughout the country, local chapters have been launched in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Mumbai, & Pune with a mission to reach out the IGBC vision at the regional levels.

Growth of green building projects in India The Green Building movement has gained tremendous impetus over the last six years. With a modest beginning of 20,000 sq.ft. green built-up area in the country in the year 2003, today more than 360 green buildings with a built-up area of over 245 million sq.ft are being constructed all over India. CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad is the first platinum rated green building in India and is a unique public-private partnership of CII, Government of Andhra Pradesh, USAID and Pirojsha Godrej Foundation.

HUDA ANNEXE II, Secunderabad

LEED NC Certified

CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre,

Hyderabad, LEED NC Platinum Rated

Some of the Government & public sector buildings registered / awarded green building rating :

v HMDA, Hyderabadv IGP Office, Gulbargav Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhiv ISRO, Bengaluruv ONGC, Delhiv ONGC, Dehradun v ONGC, Mumbai v Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

(IRICEN), Pune v Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development

Corporation, Orissav National Remote Sensing Authority,

Hyderabadv Bangalore Electricity Supply Company

Limited (BESCOM),Bengaluru

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Green Building Movement S.Srinivas, Principle Counsellor, Green Building Team, CII

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Launch of Green Building Rating SystemsAn important development in the growth of the Green Building Movement has been the indigenisation and launch of LEED India Green Building rating system for New Construction and Core & Shell. LEED India rating system has been designed to suit the Indian construction industry context. To facilitate the adoption of green building practices relevant to the local climate and regional practices for various building types, IGBC is working on the development of new rating programs. The launch of the 'IGBC Green Homes' rating system is an important step in this direction.

Intangible benefits: A survey was carried out to

identify the perceived intangible benefits at the CII

Godrej GBC building in Hyderabad. The survey

clearly indicated that more than 90% of the occupants are satisfied with the indoor day lighting levels. 100% of the occupants perceived productivity gains. The adjoining graphs provide the results of the survey. The overall productivity, when one calculates the weighted average of the feedback of all the respondents, works out to an overall gain of 21%.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, HyderabadLEED NC Silver rated

Building sq.ft. Normal Building (kWh)

Actual Building (kWh)

% Reduction

Annual Energy Savings

(Rs in Lakhs) Wipro, Gurgaon 1,75,000 48,00,000 31,00,000 40% 102

ITC, Gurgaon 1,70,000 35,00,000 20,00,000 45% 90

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Perceptions and Realities on Green Buildings

Having covered on the benefits, it is also important to

know that people have different perceptions on green buildings; some are correct and some are otherwise. It is important to look at these:

Building-3 Microsoft Campus, Hyderabad

LEED NC Gold rated

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Perception #1: Green buildings are costlier

Reality: Considerable research and analysis has been carried out with regard to the cost impacts of a green building. The cost could be slightly higher than a conventional building. But then, this needs to be seen with a different paradigm.

The question is how do we compare the costs? There needs to be a baseline cost for all comparisons to be alike.

The incremental cost is always relative and depends on the extent of eco-friendly features already considered during design. The incremental cost would appear small if the baseline design is already at a certain level of good eco-design; It would appear huge if the base design has not considered green principles.

The second and rather a critical paradigm is to look at the incremental cost in relation to the life cycle cost. This kind of an approach could be revealing. Who knows, buildings would last for a 50 years or 60 years or 100 years! Over its life cycle, the operating cost would work out to 80-85 % while the incremental cost which is a one-time cost is only 8-10 %

The table below captures the typical payback period in the recently constructed green buildings in India.

There is a decreasing trend in the incremental cost over the years. This trend would continue and we all look forward to the day when the cost of a green building is lower than a conventional building.

Perception # 2: Green buildings take more time

Reality: There is a general perception that, going the green way may affect the project schedules. This was perhaps the case for the CII-Godrej GBC building when it was the first time that a green building rating tool was being applied in the country. The design in this case took about one-and-half years while the construction was completed in about 9 months!

Declining initial incremental cost over years.

Building Year

awarded Built-in Area

(Sqft) Rating

Achieved % increase

in cost Payback

(Yrs)

CII-Godrej GBC, Hyderabad

2003 20,000 Platinum 18 % 7 years

ITC Green Centre, Gurgaon

2004 1,70,000 Platinum 15 % 6 years

Wipro, Gurgaon 2005 1,75,000 Platinum 8 % 5 years

Technopolis, Kolkata 2006 7,20,000 Gold 6% 3 years

Spectral Services Consultants Office, Noida

2007 15,000 Platinum 8% 4 years

HITAM, Hyderabad 2007 78,000 Silver 2% 3 years

Thanks to the Green building movement; now there is so much of capacity building that has happened in the country. Now, there is absolutely no difference in the time involved in constructing a green building vis-à-vis a normal building. The time schedule for the rating can be synchronized with that of the building. This has been amply demonstrated in buildings like Wipro in Gurgaon and Grundfos in Chennai.

Perception # 3 : Green buildings have to be air-conditioned

Reality: Green building concepts and the LEED rating can be applied for non-air conditioning buildings. It has been applied on three such buildings in India viz.,

IGP office, Gulbarga, the Royal Engineering College, Hyderabad and LIC office, Shimoga.

While performing the energy analysis using software tools, such buildings will input the same cooling system both in the baseline and the proposed design. This ensures that the building is recognised for any of the other energy efficiency measures incorporated, for example - the envelope, lighting, roof insulation etc. This kind of an approach also ensures that an apple-to-apple comparison is made while evaluating two green buildings, whether conditioned or not.

IGP Office Complex, Gulbarga

LEED NC Gold rated

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Lessons from Past ExperiencesWith about 300 buildings coming up in the

country there has been some key learning in applying the LEED India rating system. A few of them are the following :

Have the commitment of the entire design team to deliver the rating. Define the role and accountability of each design member. This can be a good strategy to ensure easy implementation

• Conceive green by design. Otherwise projects may end up in not being able to apply for

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certain credits. For example, it would be almost impossible to achieve daylight credit if the depth of the building has been designed more than 4-5 m

• Freeze the baseline costs right at the beginning so as to realistically evaluate incremental cost due to green aspects. Otherwise, green design can be a easy scapegoat to account for incremental cost due to other factors

• Use energy simulation tool right at design stage to decide on material and equipment selection. If this is not taken care initially, it may turn out to be an academic exercise

• Certain material related credits viz., low VOC paints, adhesives, sealants, appear easy. So also a few construction related credits like managing construction waste and building flush out. But these require close monitoring and proper documentation; otherwise a project can lose out credits on these.

Conclusion :

The green building experiences in India have been exciting and challenging as well. Since its introduction in 2001, the green building concept has emerged as a very useful tool in designing sustainable buildings. The LEED India rating system has been launched to facilitate easier adoption of green building concepts suited to the Indian context.

The increase in LEED India projects is a clear signal that the Indian building industry is becoming more environment conscious. With this experience and increasing participation of all stakeholders in the green building movement, IGBC started launching indigenous rating programmes for specific building types. IGBC Green Homes rating programme has been very well received by the industry. IGBC is working further to launch rating programmes for factories, existing buildings, neighbourhood development and schools in the years to come.

Green Building Movement The growing numbers

No Criteria 2001-2002 Till Date

1 CEOs & senior people involved 50 5000

2 No. of professionals trained on LEED rating

10 6000

No. of registered commercial Green Buildings

1 305 3

Built in Area (sq.ft) 0 201 Million

No. of registered Green Homes 0 55 4

Built in Area (sq.ft) 0 44 Million

5 Green Building products & equipment

5 80

6 IGBC Membership 0 558

Time Series Data

Existing Environmental Legislations

Since 1974, the major environmental enactments which have been passed by the Parliament are as follow:

• The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974: (6 of 1974)

• The Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act,1977:(36 of 1977)

• The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981: (14 of 1981)

• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986: (29 of 1986)

• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991: (6 of 1991)

• The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995: (27 of 1995)

• The National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997: (22 of 1997)

• The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 • The Indian Forest Act 1927• The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972• The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980• The National Forest Policy, 1988

In addition to these Acts, several Rules have also been incorporated under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. These Acts and Rules are important guidelines to sort out the environmental problems. Some of the major Rules notified are

• The Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Micro-Organism

• Genetically Engineered or Cells Rules, 1989• The Hazardous Wastes (Management and

Handling) Rules, 1989• The Manufacture, Storage and Import of

Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989• The Chemical Accidents (Emergency

Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules 1996

• The Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling ) Rules, 1998

• The Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999

• The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000

• The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000

• The Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation) Rules, 2000

• The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.

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Programs Conducted by Various Organizations

EPTRI conducted one month training program from nd th2 to 28 February 2009 under Technical Cooperation

Scheme of Colombo Plan on “Environment Impact Assessment”. The participants were from Malysia and Sri Lanka.

EPTRI conducted one month training program from nd th2 to 30 March 2009 under Technical Cooperation

Scheme of Colombo Plan on “Waste Water Treatment-Operation and Maintenance”. Participants from Malysia and Afganisthan have attended the program. The participants were full of praise and informed that though they are in this field since more than 5 years but were not knowing that remedial measure can be seen from microbiological point of view for trouble shooting in waste water treatment.

HMDA initiated a project on developing Environmental Building Design Guidelines for Hyderabad. TERI, Delhi and Terra Viridis, Environmental Building Design Consultant, UK are consultants to HMDA. As a part of the project they organized a 3 day training program for Architects and Building Professionals on “Eco Friendly Building

thDesign, Construction and Maintenance” from 30

nd rdApril to 2 May 2009. The 3 day was dedicated to field visit for case studies on environmentally sensitive best practices in Hyderabad. A total of 50 participants visited EPTRI to witness the eco-friendly building and to ENVIS Centres to gather information on ENVIS activities.

Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, organized thone day workshop on 8 May, 2009 on “Clean

Development Mechanism for Small and Medium Scale Industries in Andhra Pradesh” .The program focused on CDM opportunities and issues , carbon market opportunities for small and medium scale industries, financing SME and community linked CDM projects, frame work for programmatic CDM for renewable energy sector in India, validation, verification and certification and role of industries in mitigating impacts of climate change through CDM opportunities.

Sustainable Innovations in India GTZ- Summer School- It aim in introducing participants from all over India aimed to the concept of sustainable

development, its approach and implementation in th th

India. The four weeks program from 4 to 30 May was organized in Hyderabad (two weeks) at EPTRI, (one week) Tirupati and (one week) Delhi. The four week program introduced participant to the thematic areas such as Governance, think globally, act locally, concepts for urban sustainability and its implementation, water resource management and its implementation and climate change adaptation and mitigation and its implementation.

Green Building Congress, 2009:Green Building Congress is an annual flagship event on green buildings by IGBC. The objective is to educate, inform, network and unite forces for spreading the Indian green building movement. The

th7 edition of Green Building Congress, 2009 is going

th thto be conducted during 9 -12 September at HICC, Hyderabad.

The major objectives of Green Building Congress 2009 are to:

• Expose the participants to the latest trends in Green Buildings

• Train building professionals on Green Building concepts

• Showcase Green Building products and technologies

• Facilitate market transformation

• Provide opportunities for networking and information sharing amongst all the stakeholders

Third international congress on Hydrology and Water shed Management with a focal theme on climate changes, water, food and environmental

rd thsecurity will be held during 3 to 6 February 2010 at JNTU, Hyderabad.Contact : Smt. C.S.Sarala, Convenor, Phone : 040-23155412.

ENVIS has established a facility for ex- situ conservation of threatened plants endemic to Eastern Ghats by establishing a Botanical Garden at EPTRI, Hyderabad. The Green house has been constructed to nourish the threatened plants endemic to Eastern Ghats.

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