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March 16, 2009, which states that all constructions undertaken by 3.1
CPWD shall be green. In view of this, all projects undertaken by CPWD
shall comply with GRIHA guidelines and benchmarks and shall be at
least internally certified as green by CPWD officers. To facilitate the
process, CPWD has introduced the approved guidelines regarding
green buildings in the CPWD Works Manual 2007, under Chapter 1,
Section 6, ‘Green Building Norms’. The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI), along with CPWD, has recently completed the revision of
key CPWD documents (including plinth area rates) to incorporate
mandatory and prescriptive requirements of GRIHA and ECBC. This
is likely to bring key changes in the construction field primarily in
the public domain as the document is followed by most of the state
PWDs as well. In the context of green buildings, it is also important
to refer to the National Building Code of India (NBC) which is a
national instrument, providing guidelines for regulating the building
construction activities across the country. It serves as a model code
for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works
such as the Public Works Department, other government construction
departments, local bodies or private construction agencies. The code
mainly contains administrative regulations, development control
rules and general building requirements; fire safety requirements;
stipulations regarding materials, structural design and construction
(including safety); and building and plumbing services. It was first
published in 1970 at the instance of the Planning Commission and then
revised in 1983. Thereafter, three major amendments were issued, two
in 1987 and the third in 1997. Recently, harmonization of ECBC with
the National Building Code (NBC) 2005 has been finalized by including
a chapter, ‘Approach to Sustainability’ which would be adopted in all
future constructions in the country.
Technology interventions must also be made to make the cement
production more environmentally sustainable. The permissible limit
for stack dust emissions from new cement plants in the country is
50mg/Nm3 (for existing plants, this is 150 mg/Nm3 and 100 mg/Nm3
for critically polluted areas. The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs has recently approved Housing for All by 2022 with a focus
on economically weaker sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups
(LIG). This will bring greater opportunity to focus on green buildings
and use of local resources for a sustainable habitat. It would need
greater capacity building of urban local bodies (ULBs) and parastatals,
currently responsible for construction of such housing along with
innovative investment models such as public private partnership
(PPP), foreign direct investment (FDI), among others.
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 207
CPWD shall be green. In view of this, all projects undertaken by CPWD
shall comply with GRIHA guidelines and benchmarks and shall be at
least internally certified as green by CPWD officers. To facilitate the
process, CPWD has introduced the approved guidelines regarding
green buildings in the CPWD Works Manual 2007, under Chapter 1,
Section 6, ‘Green Building Norms’. The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI), along with CPWD, has recently completed the revision of
key CPWD documents (including plinth area rates) to incorporate
mandatory and prescriptive requirements of GRIHA and ECBC. This
is likely to bring key changes in the construction field primarily in
the public domain as the document is followed by most of the state
PWDs as well. In the context of green buildings, it is also important
to refer to the National Building Code of India (NBC) which is a
national instrument, providing guidelines for regulating the building
construction activities across the country. It serves as a model code
for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works
such as the Public Works Department, other government construction
departments, local bodies or private construction agencies. The code
mainly contains administrative regulations, development control
rules and general building requirements; fire safety requirements;
stipulations regarding materials, structural design and construction
(including safety); and building and plumbing services. It was first
published in 1970 at the instance of the Planning Commission and then
revised in 1983. Thereafter, three major amendments were issued, two
in 1987 and the third in 1997. Recently, harmonization of ECBC with
the National Building Code (NBC) 2005 has been finalized by including
a chapter, ‘Approach to Sustainability’ which would be adopted in all
future constructions in the country.
Technology interventions must also be made to make the cement
production more environmentally sustainable. The permissible limit
for stack dust emissions from new cement plants in the country is
50mg/Nm3 (for existing plants, this is 150 mg/Nm3 and 100 mg/Nm3
for critically polluted areas. The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs has recently approved Housing for All by 2022 with a focus
on economically weaker sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups
(LIG). This will bring greater opportunity to focus on green buildings
and use of local resources for a sustainable habitat. It would need
greater capacity building of urban local bodies (ULBs) and parastatals,
currently responsible for construction of such housing along with
innovative investment models such as public private partnership
(PPP), foreign direct investment (FDI), among others.
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 207
