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Introduction 19
Technical Advisory Committee
A TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) has been constituted by the MNRE for providing technical
advice to the GRIHA team on modifi cations and upgradation of the GRIHA framework. The technical
advisory team comprises eminent architects and experts well versed with design and construction
of green buildings.
The Ministry has incentivised the NRS (current incentive scheme is available in Annexure 1) with
a view to promote large-scale design and construction of green buildings in the country.
The basic features
At present, the system has been developed to ‘design and evaluate’ new buildings (buildings that
are still at the inception stages). A building is assessed based on its predicted performance over its
entire life cycle — from inception to operation. The stages of the life cycle that have been identifi ed
for evaluation are pre-construction, building design and construction, and building O&M (operation
and maintenance). The issues that are addressed in these stages are as follows.
# Pre-construction stage (intra- and inter-site issues)
# Building planning and construction stages (issues of resource conservation and reduction in
resource demand, resource utilization effi ciency, resource recovery and reuse, and provisions
for occupant health and well-being). The prime resources that are considered in this section are
land, water, energy, air, and green cover.
# Building O&M stage (issues of O&M of building systems and processes, monitoring and recording
of consumption, and occupant health and well-being, and also issues that aff ect the global and
local environment).
1.6.2 How to get your building rated?
All buildings, except for industrial complexes, which are in the design stage, are eligible for
certifi cation under the GRIHA system. Buildings include offi ces, spaces, institutional buildings,
hotels, hospital buildings, health care facilities, housing complexes.
Registration
# A project has to be registered with ADaRSH (GRIHA secretariat) by fi lling in an online registration
form available on the GRIHA website (www.grihaindia.org)
# Registration cost details are available on the Web. Registration should preferably be done at the
beginning of a project, as there are several issues that need to be addressed at the pre-design
stage.
# The registration process includes access to the essential information related to rating, application
form, list of submissions, score points, and the weightage system, and one day training for the
registered projects.
During the training session, the following areas are covered.
# Overview of the green building design
# Explanation of the rating system and criteria and points related to rating
# Online access to the rating tool
# Documentation process through use of online forms
# Evaluation process
Technical Advisory Committee
A TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) has been constituted by the MNRE for providing technical
advice to the GRIHA team on modifi cations and upgradation of the GRIHA framework. The technical
advisory team comprises eminent architects and experts well versed with design and construction
of green buildings.
The Ministry has incentivised the NRS (current incentive scheme is available in Annexure 1) with
a view to promote large-scale design and construction of green buildings in the country.
The basic features
At present, the system has been developed to ‘design and evaluate’ new buildings (buildings that
are still at the inception stages). A building is assessed based on its predicted performance over its
entire life cycle — from inception to operation. The stages of the life cycle that have been identifi ed
for evaluation are pre-construction, building design and construction, and building O&M (operation
and maintenance). The issues that are addressed in these stages are as follows.
# Pre-construction stage (intra- and inter-site issues)
# Building planning and construction stages (issues of resource conservation and reduction in
resource demand, resource utilization effi ciency, resource recovery and reuse, and provisions
for occupant health and well-being). The prime resources that are considered in this section are
land, water, energy, air, and green cover.
# Building O&M stage (issues of O&M of building systems and processes, monitoring and recording
of consumption, and occupant health and well-being, and also issues that aff ect the global and
local environment).
1.6.2 How to get your building rated?
All buildings, except for industrial complexes, which are in the design stage, are eligible for
certifi cation under the GRIHA system. Buildings include offi ces, spaces, institutional buildings,
hotels, hospital buildings, health care facilities, housing complexes.
Registration
# A project has to be registered with ADaRSH (GRIHA secretariat) by fi lling in an online registration
form available on the GRIHA website (www.grihaindia.org)
# Registration cost details are available on the Web. Registration should preferably be done at the
beginning of a project, as there are several issues that need to be addressed at the pre-design
stage.
# The registration process includes access to the essential information related to rating, application
form, list of submissions, score points, and the weightage system, and one day training for the
registered projects.
During the training session, the following areas are covered.
# Overview of the green building design
# Explanation of the rating system and criteria and points related to rating
# Online access to the rating tool
# Documentation process through use of online forms
# Evaluation process
