Introduction to

Green Buildings

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❖ Non-government, not-for-profit,
industry led & industry managed
apex industry association
➢ Founded over 125 years ago
❖ CII – Proactive role to go beyond
policy advocacy
➢ Building competitiveness in the
Indian industry
❖ Presently 10 Centers of Excellence
➢ Niche areas of services
➢ Adding significant value to the
industry
❖ Each COE has a unique area/sector
of focus

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 CII – Centres of Excellence
1. CII - Institute of Quality, Bangalore
2. CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green
Business Centre, Hyderabad
3 3. CII – Avantha Centre for
5 Competitiveness, Chandigarh
7 4 4. CII - ITC Centre of Excellence for
Sustainable Development, New
9 Delhi

8 5. CII - FACES
6. CII - Institute of Logistics, Chennai
2 10
7. CII – Triveni Water Institute, Jaipur
1 8. CII - Naoroji Godrej Centre of
Excellence, Mumbai
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9. CII - Suresh Neotia Centre of
Excellence, Kolkata
10. CII – Innovation, Entrepreneurship
& Start-ups, T-hub, Hyderabad

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 CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre,
Hyderabad
A unique Public – Private Partnership
( CII, Govt of Andhra Pradesh*, USAID and Pirojsha Godrej Foundation )

Centre of “Excellence” for Energy, Green Buildings, Environment & Climate

change activities in India

First Platinum©Rated Building in India

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 IndiaGBC HQs now a
Net Zero Energy Platinum Building
CII Godrej Sohrabji Green Business Centre

Solar PV Capacity 130 kWp

Projected Onsite Solar 220000 kWh
Generation (108%)

Projected Annual Energy

203000 kWh
Consumption

Conditioned Area 1115 sq.m.

Total Built up Area 1858 sq.m.

Bifacial solar PV modules

❖ Transparent & frameless
❖ Backside has a power rating of at least 90% of front side
❖ Energy yield enhanced with higher reflectivity
❖ Energy yield enhanced as the elevation of the modules from the roof surface increases
(20 - 30% with an elevation of 1.5 m)
*Plus 8 kWp existing Solar PV

To demonstrate and showcase the viability of

Net Zero Energy
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Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
❖ IGBC formed by CII in 2001

❖ Vision of IGBC
➢ Enable ‘sustainable built

environment for all’

➢ India to be one of the global

leaders in sustainable built

environment by 2025

❖ Founding Member of WorldGBC

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 WorldGBC - IGBC
❖ World Green Building Council is a global
network of GBC’s from over 75 Countries
➢ IGBC part of the WorldGBC as ‘Founding Member’
since 2004
❑ Only Council from India representing at WorldGBC

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 WorldGBC
Green Buildings Councils & Regional Networks

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 Green Building Movement in India

In 2001,
1 Green Building
20,000 sq.ft.
(12,668 Green Projects)
11.03 Billion sq.ft
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 Council Activities
Certification
Authority
12,668
Projects,
11.03 Billion
Sq. Ft
Green
Education & Standards
Development
Green -32 Rating
Building Systems
Congress

Memberships
Policy
1,890+
Advocacy-
Members
12 incentives
202 FM

Local
Chapters
29 Chapters

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Indian Scenario: Why Sustainable Development now?

Demand Depletion

Rapid Urbanisation: Rapid Depletion of

400 Mn to be added by Natural Resources
2050 Oil; Coal; Ores

Increased Infrastructure Water Stress

needs 40% without drinking
Corridors, Ports, Metros water

Housing for All Dwindling Green Cover

10 Million New Homes by 20% green cover lost in
2025 100yrs

Ready to move-in
Depleting Air Quality
Commercial Space
6/10 most polluted cities
125 Mn Sq.ft /Year for

Sustainable Development: Green Buildings

Green
Buildings

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 Sustainable
Development

Use of Resources to meet our

needs without depriving the

resources for future generations

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 Green Building – The Definition
❖A green building is one which
Conserves Optimizes Provides
natural Energy healthier
resources Efficiency spaces

Generates
Uses less less
waste
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Water
Green Buildings - not new to India

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 Rediscovery of the Indian ethos
❖ 5 elements of Nature (Panchabhutas)

Prithvi (Earth) Site Selection and Planning

Jal (Water) Water Conservation

Agni (Fire) Energy Efficiency

Vayu (Air) Indoor Environmental Quality

Akash (Sky) Daylight, Night Sky Pollution

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Water Body Local materials Views
Green Building Rating System – Key Areas
❖ IGBC, a whole-building approach to sustainability
by recognizing performance in five key areas

Site Selection and Planning

Water Conservation

Energy Efficiency

Building Materials & Resources

Indoor Environmental Quality

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 Green Building Vs Conventional Building

❖ External : Both look alike

appearance

❖ Building Use : Both are same

❖ Differences

➢ Operational savings from day one

➢ Conserve natural resources

➢ Human comfort, productivity

& indoor environment

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 Tangible Benefits
❖ Reduce operating ITC Royal Gardenia, Bangalore

costs
Platinum Rated

❖ Optimize life cycle

economic
performance
➢ Sustained savings

v Energy savings: 30 – 50 %
v Water savings: 20 – 30 %
v Reduction in initial investment

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 Benefits Experienced in Green Buildings
❖ First 3 Platinum buildings monitored to validate tangible benefits
❖ Benefits far exceeding the initial estimates

Building Sq.ft Normal Actual % Reduction Annual

Building Building Energy
(kWh) (kWh) Savings
(Rs in Lakhs)
Wipro 1,75,000 48,00,000 31,00,000 40% 102

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

CII Godrej 20,000 3,50,000 1,30,000 63% 9

GBC

❖ Energy consumption depends on

➢ Local climate, Density of occupancy, Occupancy schedule, Orientation
of the building, Internal loads

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 Intangible Benefits of Green Design
❖ Environmental benefits

➢Reduce impact on the

environment

❖ Health and Safety benefits

➢Enhance occupant comfort

❖ Improve Productivity of TCS Technopark, Chennai

Gold rating

occupants
World Class Standards & Procedures

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Do Green Buildings Cost More?

❖Depends on green features already

considered & level of rating

❖First cost Vs Life cycle cost

Operational savings offset incremental cost

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 Cost of Green Buildings Indian Experiences
Building Year Built-in Area Rating % increase Payback
awarded (sq.ft) Achieved in cost (Yrs)
CII-Godrej GBC, 2003 20,000 Platinum 18 % 7 years
Hyderabad
ITC Green Centre, 2004 1,70,000 Platinum 15 % 6 years
Gurgaon
Wipro, 2005 1,75,000 Platinum 8% 5 years
Gurgaon
Technopolis, Kolkata 2006 72,000 Gold 6% 3 years
Spectral Services 2007 15,000 Platinum 8% 4 years
Consultants Office, Noida
Kalpataru Square 2008 3,00,000 Platinum 2% 2 years
Suzlon One Earth, Pune 2010 8,00,000 Platinum 2% 2 years
Keyges Eternity 2014 1,31,000 Gold 1.5% 3 years

BIEC Hall 4 2017 1,76,250 Gold 1.1% 2.5 Years

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❖ Cost showing a decreasing trend over the of

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❖ Incremental Cost lower if base design has already factored normal Green features
 Availability & Affordability of Materials
Few Examples
❖ Cost showing a decreasing trend over the years
Material Cost (in INR)
2003 2018
Waterless Urinals 15,000 per unit 3,000 per unit

CO2 sensors 50,000 per unit 12,000 per unit

Certified Wood 2,500 per cu.ft. 1,450 per cu.ft.

High Performance 700 per sq.ft. 350 per sq.ft.

Glass
High Albedo Materials 90 per sq.ft. 30 per sq.ft.

Solar PV 3,75,000 kWp 45,000 kWp

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 Green Building : Value Proposition
1. 2003 to 2005 : Green Image

2. 2005 to 2008 : Green Image + Savings

(Energy + Water)

3. 2009 onwards: Customer driven demand

➢ Key differentiator
➢ Prestigious & Challenging
➢ Variety of Rating systems – Specific to
Building typology
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What Green Buildings did differently

Building Envelope

Structural Energy Saving &

Stability Sustainability Features

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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What Green Buildings did differently

Electrical Demand

10 MW

7 MW

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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 What Green Buildings did differently

Air-conditioning Design

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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What Green Buildings did differently

Lighting: Reduction in LPD

1.5 W/ Sq.ft
0.6 W/ Sq.ft

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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What Green Buildings did differently

Water Consumption

45 Litres/ 30 Litres/
Person/day Person/day

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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What Green Buildings did differently

Roofs
Covered with utilities Renewable Energy,
Vegetation , Jogging Tracks

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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What Green Buildings did differently

Landscapes
Enhancing Aesthetics Improving microclimate &
Attracting habit

Conventional Buildings Green Buildings

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 IGBC Green Building Rating Systems
❖ Guides the proponents to

implement Green measures

in their projects
➢ Considering Local conditions

❖ Recognizes achievement on

Green Design, Construction &

Operations

❖ Facilitates market transformation

in Building sector
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 IGBC addresses 32 Built Environment
typologies & categories
Commercial Residential Built Environment Transit
1. IGBC Green New 18. IGBC Green
11 IGBC Green Homes 27. IGBC Green
Buildings
Campus Metro Stations
2. IGBC Green 12. IGBC Green
Residential Society 19. IGBC Green Cities
Existing Buildings 28. IGBC Green
20. IGBC Existing Existing Metros
3. IGBC Green Interiors 13. IGBC Green
Cities
Affordable Housing
4. IGBC Green Data 21. IGBC Green 29. IGBC Green
Centres 14. IGBC’s NEST Villages Railway Stations
5. IGBC Green Service 22. IGBC Green 30. IGBC Green High
Buildings Township Speed Rail
Industrial
6. IGBC Green Resorts 23. IGBC Green Health & Wellbeing
Net Zero 15. IGBC Green Landscape
Factories 24. IGBC Hill Cities 31. IGBC Green
7. IGBC Net zero
Energy Healthcare
16. IGBC Green Education Facilities
8. IGBC Net Zero Water SEZ
25. IGBC Green
9. IGBC Net Zero Waste Schools 32. IGBC Health &
17. IGBC Green Wellbeing
10. IGBC Waste to Warehouse & Logistics 26. IGBC Places of
Landfill Worship

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 National Standards as Baselines
❖ National Building Code

❖ Energy Conservation Building Code

❖ Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)

❖ MoEF Guidelines

❖ Uniform Plumbing Code of India

❖ Central Ground Water Board guidelines

❖ Central Pollution Control Board guidelines

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IGBC Green New Buildings
Certification Levels
Rating Recognition
Certified Best Practices

Silver Outstanding Performance

Gold National Excellence

Platinum Global Leadership

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 IGBC Green Rating Systems

Simple In terms of understanding & approach

Demanding In terms of performance

Profound In terms of Impact

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 IGBC Impact
(From 1,900+ Certified Projects)
Impact Impact

Annual Capacity
8.71 2.5
Billion
Units/ 10 Million M.Tonne/Annum;
of Deonar dump
yard, Mumbai
(India’s Largest
Annum Urban Homes C&D Waste
Dump yard)

3 Month’s
26.7 Billion 1 Month’s Water 3 Lakh Organic Waste
Liters/ Requirement of Tonnes Generated in
Annum Hyderabad Organic Waste Bangalore

8.1 Million 9.1 Million 600+ Installed RE

capacity of
Tonnes/ Cars off the MW Uttarakhand
Annum Road Installed RE
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 IGBC and UN Sustainable Development Goals
❖ IGBC rating systems are aligned UN SDG’s
➢ 17 SDG’s with 169 targets
➢ 14 SDG’s with ~50 targets are linked directly or indirectly

❖ IGBC encourages the projects to adopt green principles and

address the national priorities
➢ In the process, projects contribute to achieve the UN SDG’s targets &
indicators

❖ Many IGBC projects are demonstrating leadership by meeting &

exceeding the UN SDG targets and showcasing their achievements
in annual/ project reports

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 Sustainable
Innovation Architecture
and and Design
Development

Site
Selection
and Planning
Indoor IGBC Green
Environment New Buildings
Quality Rating System

Water
Building Conservation
Materials
and
Resources Energy
Efficiency

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 IGBC Mission on Net Zero
❖ A journey to achieve Net Zero buildings
by 2050 in all aspects

➢ Energy, Water, Waste & Carbon

❖ Vision

➢ To facilitate ‘India to become one of

the foremost countries in
transforming to ‘Net Zero’ by 2050’

❖ More than 350 organisations have

committed to achieve Net Zero status for
their new & existing buildings

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Government Incentives for IGBC Projects
(Additional FAR, Property Tax Rebates)

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 Government Incentives for IGBC Projects
S No State Type of Incentive
1 Punjab 5% Additional FAR on Gold or above rating &
100% reduction in building scrutiny fees
2 Rajasthan 7.5%, 10% & 15% Additional FAR on Silver, Gold & Platinum rating
respectively
3 West Bengal 10% Additional FAR on Gold or above rating
4 Uttar Pradesh 5% Additional FAR on Gold or above rating
Maharashtra* Upto 7% additional FAR (currently open for public comments)
5 Pune Municipal 3%, 5%, 7% Additional FAR on Silver, Gold & Platinum rating
Pimpri Chichwad Upto 50% Discount in Premium for Developers &
Municipal Corp. upto 15% Discount in Property tax for Occupants
6 Andhra Pradesh 20% reduction in Permit fees and stamp duty fees on property transfer
within 3 years
7 Himachal Pradesh 10% Additional FAR on Gold or above rating
8 Jharkhand 3%, 5%, 7% Additional FAR on Silver, Gold & Platinum rating
9 Haryana 9%, 12% & 15% Additional FAR on Silver, Gold & Platinum rating
10 Industries up to 50% of consulting charges or Rs. 2.50 Lacs, whichever is less, for
Commissionerate, Industrial building of more than 2,000 Sq. Mts. built up area
Govt. of Gujarat
11 Tamil Nadu 25% subsidy on the cost of setting up environmental protection
infrastructure including projects certified by IGBC
12 Kerala up to 50% reduction in One time building tax, up to 1% reduction in
Stamp duty and up to 20% reduction in Property tax

*Except MGCM, Municipal Corp. included in MMR, New Mumbai notified area, NAINA, MIDC, MIHAN, Hill Stations, MADC,
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MSRDC, PCNTDA, Eco Sensitive Zone areas, Lonavala Municipal Council of Indian Industry
 ‘GreenPro’ Certified Products and Materials
International
7900 + products certified
Accreditation: GreenPro
230+ companies registered
Certification at par with
33 sectors covered
global eco-labelling
standards

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 Green Education

Practical Courses On Green Built Environment

For Architectural and Engineering College Students

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 Need for trained Green professionals
❖ Growth of Indian Building sector
➢ Major growth in the past 10-15 years

➢ Annual growth rate 8%

➢ Next 20 years: expected to grow from 20 Billion sq.ft to

100 Billion sq.ft
❑ Atleast 5% of the construction going Green

❖ Industry requires about 1 Lakh trained Green

Building professionals per year
➢ Government, Private, Developers, Corporates,
Contractors, Project Management, Entrepreneur….

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 New Initiatives by Government
❖ Government Initiatives
➢ Smart Cities Development

➢ Swachh Bharat Mission

➢ ECBC compliance – mandatory for commercial

buildings

➢ BEE star rating & audit

❖ Initiatives are creating enormous

opportunities/ jobs and emphasizing
sustainability as well

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 Opportunities in Industry
❖ Exclusive department on
sustainability

❖ Importance to sustainability
initiatives
➢ ESG, Net Zero Approach, Green Buildings

❖ Capacity Buildings of staff

❖ Initiatives for improving health &

well-being of occupants
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 New Services & Opportunities Emerged

❖ Green Building Consultants

❖ Energy Simulators

❖ Commissioning agents

❖ Trainers for green building programme

❖ Third party assessors

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 IGBC Green Education
❖ Vision

➢ Enable India to have the largest pool of trained

professionals in Green Built Environment by 2025

❖ Core Purpose

➢ Facilitate Academia – Industry linkage

❑ Enable Educational Institutes to develop Industry-

ready professionals trained on green concepts

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 IGBC’s Initiatives on Green Education
❖ 370+ IGBC Student chapters – Engineering &
Architectural Colleges
⮚ Periodic guest lectures, webinars, training programmes

❖ Certification courses for students

❖ Training Programme for professionals

⮚ 60,000+ professionals trained
⮚ 7,000+ IGBC Accredited Professionals

❖ Indian Green League (IGL) – Unique Sessions

⮚ Education programme for professionals

❖ Faculty Development Programme

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 Education Programme

Professionals Students Faculty

IGBC Accredited IGBC IGBC Accredited

Professional AP-Associate Faculty

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IGBC Accredited Professionals
Faculties - Engineers & Architects
Can become
IGBC Accredited Professionals
(IGBC AP)

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 Role of IGBC AP
❖ Facilitate Green Building Projects
➢ Educate all consultants of the project on
green concepts
➢ Handhold project team in implementation
of green measures
➢ Coordinate for documentation & green
certification of project

❖ A credit is being awarded for

projects having IGBC AP as
participant.
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 Course on LCA of Buildings
❖ Short course on Life Cycle
Assessment of Buildings
❖ Key learnings include
➢ Develop broad understanding on the
concepts of Building LCA

➢ To identify factors contributing to

carbon emissions

➢ Hands-on experience on the LCA tool

➢ Interpretation of results for decision-

making

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 To Sum Up
❖ Green Buildings
➢ Excellent opportunity to reduce
operating costs from day one

❖ Tremendous benefits
➢ Tangible & Intangible

❖ Pathway to Net Zero Future

➢ Contribute immensely to the
national priorities

“Green makes Business Sense”

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