INDIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

INDIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

Definition of Green Building:

"A green building is one which uses less water, optimises energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a conventional building."

Vision

To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in sustainable built environment by 2025.

Concept of Green Homes

Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Green Homes is the first rating programme developed in India, exclusively for the residential sector. It is based on accepted energy and environmental principles and strikes a balance between known established practices and emerging concepts. The system is designed to be comprehensive in scope, yet simple in operation. 

Benefits

• Energy saving 20 to 30%
• Water Saving 30-50%
• Enhanced air quality
• Excellent day lighting
• Health and Wellbeing of occupants
• Conservation of scare natural resources

Eligibility

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

The project team can evaluate all the possible points to apply under the rating system using a suitable checklist. The project can apply for IGBC Green Homes certification if it can meet all mandatory requirements and achieve the minimum required points. 

Concept of Green Building Townships

IGBC continuously works to provide tools that facilitate the adoption of green building practices in India. The development of 'IGBC Green Townships Rating System' is another important step in this direction.

The rating system is designed to address large developments and it is mandatory to include residential development as part of the township. Some typical examples of large scale developments are integrated townships, satellite cities, gated communities, campuses with multiple buildings etc.

Concept of Green Building SEZ

Indian Green Building Council(IGBC) has developed green building rating programmes to cover commercial, residential, factory buildings, etc., Rating programmes would help projects to address all aspects related to environment and is an effective tool to measure the performance of the building/ project.

IGBC along with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has prepared the Green SEZ guidelines. IGBC has further developed IGBC Green SEZ Rating System as an extension of the Green SEZ guidelines which encourages the projects to exceed the requirements of many codes and standards. IGBC Green SEZ Rating System is a voluntary and consensus based programme. 

The rating system has been developed based on materials and technologies that are presently available. The objective of IGBC Green SEZ is to facilitate the creation of energy efficient, water efficient, healthy, comfortable and environmentally friendly SEZ. 

The rating system evaluates certain credit points using a prescriptive approach and other credits on a performance based approach. The rating system is evolved so as to be comprehensive and at the same time user-friendly.