Green Buildings - Lessons Learnt
11th National Convention on Sustainable Housing for Masses
7 December 2012
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IGBC Vision
 Vision 2025
 Enable Sustainable Built-
Environment for ALL
 India to become one of
the world leader in
Sustainable BuiltEnvironment by 2025
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Rating Programmes to Suit Different
Building Types
 Programmes launched
 IGBC Green Homes
 IGBC Green Factory Buildings
 IGBC Green SEZs
 IGBC Green Townships
 LEED 2011 for India
 New Construction
 Core & Shell
 Other Programmes on anvil
 IGBC Landscape *
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* Rating under development
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Rating systems applicable for all 5 climatic zones in the country
Green Building Movement in India
In 2001,
1 Green Building
20,000 sq.ft.
1,810 Green Buildings,
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1.275 Billion sq.ft.
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Green Building Movement in India
S No
Criteria
2001
Till date
1
CEOs & senior people involved
50
≈ 10,000
2
No. of professionals trained on Green
Building concepts
10
≈ 18,500
3
No. of registered Green Buildings
Built – in Area (sq.ft)
1
1,810
20k
1,275 Million
4
Green Building products & equipment
5
120
5
IGBC Member Organisations
1,380
(Founding Members)
0
6
IGBC Local Chapters
0
13
7
IGBC Accredited Professionals
0
894
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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
Building
(kWh)
Actual
Building
(kWh)
% Reduction
Annual
Energy
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
20,000
3,50,000
1,30,000
63%
9
CII Godrej
GBC
 Energy consumption depends on
 Local climate, Density of occupancy, Occupancy schedule, Orientation
of the building, Internal loads
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Green Buildings Resulting in Significant
Benefits
 1.275 Billion sq.ft so far
Environmental
Benefit Category
Annual Benefits
Per Million Sq.ft*
CO2 reduction
12,000 Tons
Energy savings
15,000 MWh
Eco-Commercial Building, Greater NoidaLEED Platinum
*Source : IGBC
ITC Green Centre
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LEED Platinum
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What Green Buildings did differently
Feature
Conventional Building
Electrical Demand
(1 Mn sq. ft)
Lighting Power
(watts/ sq. ft)
Density
Equipment Power
Density (watts/ sq. ft)
8 - 10 MW
6 - 7 MW
1.5 - 2.0
0.6 - 0.8
2.5 - 3.0
1.5 - 2.0
Local Shopping Complex- Reliance
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Green Building
LEED Gold Rated
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Aquamall, Dehradun
LEED Gold
Green Building JourneyThe Lessons Learnt
#1) Green Buildings Make Business Sense
#2) Be Open for New Ideas
#3) Designers Need to be Customer – Centric
#4) Green Buildings do not affect project schedule
#5) Monitoring the performance will lead to continuous
improvements
#6) Carrot & Not Stick Policy
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Lessons Learnt # 1
Green Buildings Make Business Sense
 Green Buildings make
business sense
 Tangible benefits
 Energy 40-50 %
 Water 20-30 %
 Incremental cost : 5 - 6 %
 Payback
: 3 -4 years
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Cost of Green Buildings - Indian Experiences
Building
Year
awarded
Built-in Area
(sq.ft)
Rating
Achieved
% increase
in cost
Payback
(Yrs)
CII-Godrej GBC,
Hyderabad
2003
20,000
Platinum
18 %
7 years
ITC Green Centre,
Gurgaon
2004
1,70,000
Platinum
15 %
6 years
Wipro,
Gurgaon
2005
1,75,000
Platinum
8%
5 years
Technopolis, Kolkata
2006
72,000
Gold
6%
3 years
Spectral Services
Consultants Office, Noida
2007
15,000
Platinum
8%
4 years
Kalpataru Square
2008
3,00,000
Platinum
2%
2 years
Suzlon One Earth, Pune
2010
8,00,000
Platinum
2%
2 years
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Lessons Learnt # 2
Be Open for New Ideas
 Open for ideas
 Not to stick to run-of-the mill designs
 Incorporate green by design
 Can make green buildings economical
 Keep abreast of latest green concepts &
technologies
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Lessons Learnt # 3
Designers Need to be Customer - Centric
 Customer-centric
 Different customers ; different drivers
 Owner : Functionality, Savings
 Developer : Viability, Image
 Architect
: Pride
 Occupant
: Comfort
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Lessons Learnt # 4
Green Buildings do not affect Project Schedule
 Design parameters are
frozen during the initial
Spectral Services, Noida
LEED NC Platinum
stages
 Rating awarded coinciding
with the commissioning
 Approach
Do what you say & say what
you do
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Lessons Learnt # 5
Monitoring the Performance will lead to
Continuous Improvements
 Data of energy consumption
reported by certified
projects are in IGBC
website

www.igbc.in
 Information voluntarily
shared by certified projects
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Performance monitoring
Average Energy
Average Water
Type of
Savings over
Savings over
Building
Conventional
Conventional
Buildings (%)
Buildings (%)
Corporate
47%
60%
Tech Parks
27%
50%
Hotels
35%
45%
Hospitals
33%
35%
Offices
Asian School of Business, Pallippuram
IGBC Gold rated
Educational
39%
40%
Institutions
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Data collected from 40 IGBC Rated Green Buildings so far
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Lessons Learnt # 6
Carrot & Not Stick Policy
 Green building should be a voluntary
initiative
 Carrot & not stick policy
 Require sops & not legislations
 Incentives for green buildings will
Enhance Pride ; Not Economics
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Government & IGBC…
 Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MoEF) Notification
on Green Buildings
 Faster Environmental
Clearance to projects
applying for IGBC Green
Building Certification
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Government & IGBC…
 Additional FAR of 5% for IGBC rated Green Buildings
by NOIDA
 Plot size of 5,000 sq.m and above
 To achieve a minimum of Gold rating
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To Sum Up…
 Tremendous Potential to address
sustainability issues through
Green Buildings Concepts
 India has demonstrated the
Leadership
 Together we can work towards
making India one of the Global
Leaders in Sustainable BuiltEnvironment
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