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# Non-air conditioned living spaces: These consist of living areas, which are non-air conditioned
and regularly occupied.
# Non-air conditioned non-living spaces: These consist of service areas or areas, which are not
regularly occupied.
Strategies that can be adopted for optimizing energy performance and requisite thermal comfort
standards that need to be maintained vary for each of these categories.
For example, in case of both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned living spaces, both energy
performance and thermal comfort standard that need to be maintained in the space are equally
important. However, the thermal comfort standard that needs to be maintained in an air-conditioned
space is different from that of non-air conditioned spaces. The strategies that can be implemented
for reducing EPI and maintaining required thermal comfort in an air-conditioned space also differ
from those for non-air conditioned spaces. In case of non-air conditioned non-living spaces, it is only
the energy performance that is important.
The following section provides an overview of the approach that needs to be adopted to optimize
a building’s energy performance and maintain the required thermal comfort standards for meeting
the requirements of GRIHA Criterion 14.
Meet ECBC mandatory
compliance requirements
Maintain required thermal
comfort standards
Optimize energy
performance of the building
Figure 1 Measures to be adopted for meeting the requirements of GRIHA Criterion 14
1. ECBC mandatory compliance requirements
The mandatory ECBC compliances look at certain parameters, which are most critical for ensuring
energy-efficiency in buildings. Adherence to these compliances is mandatory under GRIHA. The
following aspects are covered under these mandatory compliances.
# Non-air conditioned living spaces: These consist of living areas, which are non-air conditioned
and regularly occupied.
# Non-air conditioned non-living spaces: These consist of service areas or areas, which are not
regularly occupied.
Strategies that can be adopted for optimizing energy performance and requisite thermal comfort
standards that need to be maintained vary for each of these categories.
For example, in case of both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned living spaces, both energy
performance and thermal comfort standard that need to be maintained in the space are equally
important. However, the thermal comfort standard that needs to be maintained in an air-conditioned
space is different from that of non-air conditioned spaces. The strategies that can be implemented
for reducing EPI and maintaining required thermal comfort in an air-conditioned space also differ
from those for non-air conditioned spaces. In case of non-air conditioned non-living spaces, it is only
the energy performance that is important.
The following section provides an overview of the approach that needs to be adopted to optimize
a building’s energy performance and maintain the required thermal comfort standards for meeting
the requirements of GRIHA Criterion 14.
Meet ECBC mandatory
compliance requirements
Maintain required thermal
comfort standards
Optimize energy
performance of the building
Figure 1 Measures to be adopted for meeting the requirements of GRIHA Criterion 14
1. ECBC mandatory compliance requirements
The mandatory ECBC compliances look at certain parameters, which are most critical for ensuring
energy-efficiency in buildings. Adherence to these compliances is mandatory under GRIHA. The
following aspects are covered under these mandatory compliances.
