Green Buildings - Lessons Learnt

1. Green Buildings - Lessons Learnt 11th National Convention on Sustainable Housing for Masses 7 December 2012

2. IGBC Vision • Vision 2025 • Enable Sustainable Built-Environment for ALL • India to become one of the world leader in Sustainable Built-Environment by 2025

3. 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 * * Rating under development Rating systems applicable for all 5 climatic zones in the country

4. Green Building Movement in India In 2001, 1 Green Building 20,000 sq.ft. 1,810 Green Buildings, 1.275 Billion sq.ft.

5. Green Building Movement in India

6. First 3 Platinum buildings monitored to validate tangible benefits • Benefits far exceeding the initial estimates Benefits Experienced in Green Buildings • Energy consumption depends on • Local climate, Density of occupancy, Occupancy schedule, Orientation of the building, Internal loads

7. Green Buildings Resulting in Significant Benefits Eco-Commercial Building, Greater Noida- LEED Platinum • 1.275 Billion sq.ft so far *Source : IGBC ITC Green Centre LEED Platinum

8. What Green Buildings did differently Local Shopping Complex- Reliance LEED Gold Rated Aquamall, Dehradun LEED Gold

9. Green Building Journey- The 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

10. Lessons Learnt # 1Green 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

11. Cost of Green Buildings - Indian Experiences

12. Lessons Learnt # 2Be 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

13. Lessons Learnt # 3Designers Need to be Customer - Centric Customer-centric Different customers ; different drivers Owner : Functionality, Savings Developer : Viability, Image Architect : Pride Occupant : Comfort

14. Design parameters are frozen during the initial stages Rating awarded coinciding with the commissioning Approach Do what you say & say what you do Lessons Learnt # 4Green Buildings do not affect Project Schedule Spectral Services, Noida LEED NC Platinum

15. Lessons Learnt # 5Monitoring 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

16. Performance monitoring Asian School of Business, Pallippuram IGBC Gold rated Data collected from 40 IGBC Rated Green Buildings so far

17. Lessons Learnt # 6Carrot & 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

18. Government & IGBC… Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Notification on Green Buildings Faster Environmental Clearance to projects applying for IGBC Green Building Certification

19. 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 Government & IGBC…

20. 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 Built-Environment To Sum Up…

21. GoGreen…. www.igbc.in