Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

Leading the 21st Century Modern

Green Building Movement in India

Presented by: Dheeraj, Green Building Specialist, GGGI Rwanda

On behalf of IGBC

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Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

� IGBC, formed by CII, in 2001

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a 120 year

old non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and

industry-managed organization, playing a proactive

role in India's development process.

� Vision of IGBC

� Enable ‘sustainable built environment

for all’

� India to be one of the global leaders in

sustainable built environment by 2025

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CII – Green Business Centre, Hyderabad (IGBC HQ)

India's 1st Platinum rated Green Building

WALKING THE TALK

IGBC is one of the few councils in the world to operate out of a green building

In 2001,

1 Green Building

(IGBC HQ in Hyderabad)

20,000 sq ft

Green Footprint in India

4,363 Green Projects

4.71 Billion sq ft have adopted IGBC Ratings

Green Building Statistics of India

� 4,363 projects (4.71 Billion sq.ft)

� 1,63,914 acres of large developments

1,600+Green Homes

240+Green Factories

1,500+Green Offices

48+ Green

Townships

5 Green

City

8 Green

Villages

290+ Green

Transit

20Green Campuses

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IGBC - Founding Member of World Green Building Council (WGBC) since 2004

Green Buildings – The Definition

Uses less Water

Optimizes Energy Efficiency

Conserves natural resources

Generates lesswaste

Provides healthier spaces

DaylightingLocal materials

The Indian Way

Prithvi (Earth) Sustainable Sites

Jal (Water) Water Efficiency

Agni (Energy) Energy Efficiency & Atmosphere

Vayu (Air) Indoor Environmental Quality

Akash (Sky) Daylight, Night Sky Pollution

Views

Water body

IGBC Rating Key AreaPanchabhutas

Mate

rials

& R

esourc

es

Rediscovery of the Indian ethos - The 5 elements of Nature (Panchabhutas)

IGBC, a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas

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21 IGBC Rating Systems

addressing all building types

Green Building Vs

Conventional Building

� Externally : Both look alike

� Building Use : Both are same

� Differences

� Conserve natural resources

� Concern for human comfort &

indoor environment

� Operational savings

IGBC-rated Green Building benefits - tangible

�Reduce operating costs

�Optimize life cycle economic performance

� Sustained savings

� Energy savings: 20 – 30 %

� Water savings: 40 – 50 %, over baselines

Cygnus World School, VadodaraIGBC Platinum

What Green Buildings did differently in India

Feature Conventional Building Green Building

Approach Predominantly address

energy & water efficiency

Holistic; Integrated

design

Standards Meet the standards Beat the standards

– NBC, ECBC, etc.,

Materials Virgin materials Material Re-use

Cooling Technologies Vapour compression Solar air-conditioning, Wind

towers etc.,

Air-Conditioning 150 - 200 sft /TR 600 sft /TR

Green Building – from project conceptualisation to design, construction, operation and IGBC certification

Market Transformation of Green Materials

� Materials

� High performance glass

� Flyash blocks

� Wall & roof insulation

� High albedo roofing

materials

� Low VOC - paints,

adhesives & sealants

� CRI certified carpets

� FSC certified wood

� Eco-friendly housekeeping

chemicals

� Equipment / Systems

� Waterless urinals

� High CoP chillers

� CO2 sensors

� Wind towers

� Root zone treatment

systems

� New Services

� III Party Commissioning

� Energy simulation

� Facilitation

Market Potential by 2025 in India : USD 300 Billion

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IGBC Rated Green Projects

IGBC Green Homes

Net Zero Home, Bhubaneswar IGBC Platinum Rated

Net Zero Home, Bhubaneswar IGBC Platinum Rated

IGBC Green HomesPre-Fab Construction (Zero waste)

Karnataka State Police Housing Board,, BangaloreIGBC PLATINUM

Day 1

Day 2

Day 5

Day 7

Day 9

Day 17

Day 10

Day 14

Pre-Fab Construction (Zero waste)

IGBC Green Existing Building

IGBC Green Existing BuildingsBombay House, TATA Head Quarters, Mumbai

India’s IGBC ‘Platinum’ Rated Existing Building

Salient Green Features

�Purchase of RECs to offset 75% of annual

energy consumption

�Water savings of more than 50%

�Contribution to the maintenance of

neighbouring areas

�Green policy for all future retrofits

Efficient Chillers (6.3 COP), Lighting retrofits (T5s), VFDs

LED Lighting retrofits,

Star rated appliances, BMS systems

EPI in 2010: 172 kWh/yr/m2

EPI in 2011 : 144 kWh/yr/m2

EPI in 2012: 122 kWh/yr/m2

EPI in 2013: 112 kWh/yr/m2

Proposed EPI in 2017: 90 kWh/yr/m2

Bombay House - Energy Performance Over Years

Bombay House, Mumbai

IGBC PLATINUM

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Government Projects Going Green

MoEF’s Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New DelhiIGBC Platinum

� N-S Orientation – Limited WWR

� Energy Demand & Supply :

� Requirement : 1,421,000 kWh/

year

� RE Generation : 1,491,000 kWh/

year

� Extremely Low Lighting Power

Density – 5w/sqm

� Efficient HVAC with Screw

Chillers, VFD’s

MoUD’s New Residential Township, New Delhi

� 55 % of site area maintained green

including forest area

� Zero-solid waste discharge site

� Entire organic waste treated and

reused on-site

� 100% Roof & Non Roof Rainwater

Harvesting

� 100 % solar water heating

� Rapidly renewable materials used

for fencing

� Bamboo Fencing in all independent

bungalows

Bamboo fencing as compound wall

Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New DelhiIGBC GOLD

First Green Stadium in India

Roof Top Solar PV : 1 MW

India’s Net Zero Energy Buildings

MoEF’s Indira Paryavaran

Bhawan, New Delhi

IGBC Platinum

Gujarat Pollution Control

Board, IGBC GoldEco-Commercial Building, Greater Noida

IGBC Platinum

Sun Carrier Omega, Bhopal

IGBC Platinum

Net Zero Home, Bhubaneswar

IGBC Platinum

Way Forward

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Facilitate 10 Bn sq.ft. Green footprint

by 2022

Extend Green to All Strata of Society

(Eg: Affordable Housing, Villages)

Demonstrate Benefits & Value of

Green Buildings

Promote Green Products & Technologies

Cost of Green Buildings should match

Conventional Buildings

"The earth has enough resources for our need,

but not for our greed.“

- Mahatma Gandhi

Go Green!

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