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• Focus on innovation
• Strengthening the R&D institution and facilitating establishment
of new institutes (given the huge lack of R&D in the academia,
research institutes, and industry)
• Incentivizing the R&D and innovating initiatives
It further emphasizes making ‘green construction’ (including green
buildings) a major thrust area and adherence to the environmental
protection laws by the sector in a manner that does not retard progress.
Energy efficiency is one of the sub-tasks of demand side
management, energy efficiency, and energy conservation where
buildings also play a certain role.
In 2001, the Government of India created the Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE) to institutionalize the promotion of energy efficiency
and building energy efficiency. BEE focusses on deployment which
can help commercialization. R&D in the building sector in India is
undertaken by a number of research institutions as listed in Table 1.5.
The Table is only an indicative list.
Table 1.5: Building-related Research and Deployment Institutions in India
Name Areas
Central Building Research Institute Building materials; development of new technologies
(CBRI) for the promotion of building materials and systems;
transfer of developed technologies to industry for further
commercialization. R&D in the field of efficiency of buildings
have led to climatic zoning of the country for building design,
formulation of standards for thermal and visual comfort, wind
speed, and lighting levels indoors and evolution of guidelines
and methods for designing energy-efficient buildings.
Development of devices for solar energy utilization has resulted
in commercial exploitation of various types of solar water
heaters. An autonomous hybrid PV-thermal system has also
been developed for electrical and thermal use in buildings
Indian Green Buildings Council Has a rating system for green buildings in collaboration with
(IGBC) the UK government
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) Solar, zero-energy buildings, heat transfer
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Building codes and labels
International Council for Local Sustainability and energy-efficiency projects deployed by
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) local governments; a variety of energy-efficiency deployment
programmes in urban and rural areas
Centre for Environmental Planning Openings and fenestration in buildings
and Technology (CEPT)
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• Strengthening the R&D institution and facilitating establishment
of new institutes (given the huge lack of R&D in the academia,
research institutes, and industry)
• Incentivizing the R&D and innovating initiatives
It further emphasizes making ‘green construction’ (including green
buildings) a major thrust area and adherence to the environmental
protection laws by the sector in a manner that does not retard progress.
Energy efficiency is one of the sub-tasks of demand side
management, energy efficiency, and energy conservation where
buildings also play a certain role.
In 2001, the Government of India created the Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE) to institutionalize the promotion of energy efficiency
and building energy efficiency. BEE focusses on deployment which
can help commercialization. R&D in the building sector in India is
undertaken by a number of research institutions as listed in Table 1.5.
The Table is only an indicative list.
Table 1.5: Building-related Research and Deployment Institutions in India
Name Areas
Central Building Research Institute Building materials; development of new technologies
(CBRI) for the promotion of building materials and systems;
transfer of developed technologies to industry for further
commercialization. R&D in the field of efficiency of buildings
have led to climatic zoning of the country for building design,
formulation of standards for thermal and visual comfort, wind
speed, and lighting levels indoors and evolution of guidelines
and methods for designing energy-efficient buildings.
Development of devices for solar energy utilization has resulted
in commercial exploitation of various types of solar water
heaters. An autonomous hybrid PV-thermal system has also
been developed for electrical and thermal use in buildings
Indian Green Buildings Council Has a rating system for green buildings in collaboration with
(IGBC) the UK government
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) Solar, zero-energy buildings, heat transfer
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Building codes and labels
International Council for Local Sustainability and energy-efficiency projects deployed by
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) local governments; a variety of energy-efficiency deployment
programmes in urban and rural areas
Centre for Environmental Planning Openings and fenestration in buildings
and Technology (CEPT)
contd...
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