Increasing energy efficiency, promoting water conservation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and

enhancing the overall sustainability of the built environment – in other words, “green building”

Compared to conventional buildings, green buildings achieve dramatic savings in energy

consumption; reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution; lighten
burdens on local water supplies; and improve the health and productivity of people who
live and work in these buildings. As a result of these benefits, green buildings often have
enhanced property values and occupancy rates, and thus make for more secure real estate
investments than conventional properties.

"A green building is one which uses less water, optimises energy efficiency, conserves natural
resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a
conventional building."

Indian Green Building Council(IGBC) has developed green building rating programmes to cover
commercial, residential, factory buildings, etc., Rating programmes would help projects to address all
aspects related to environment and is an effective tool to measure the performance of the building/
project.

IGBC along with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has prepared the Green SEZ guidelines.
IGBC has further developed IGBC Green SEZ Rating System as an extension of the Green SEZ guidelines
which encourages the projects to exceed the requirements of many codes and standards. IGBC Green SEZ
Rating System is a voluntary and consensus based programme.

The rating system has been developed based on materials and technologies that are presently available.
The objective of IGBC Green SEZ is to facilitate the creation of energy efficient, water efficient, healthy,
comfortable and environmentally friendly SEZ.

The rating system evaluates certain credit points using a prescriptive approach and other credits on a
performance based approach. The rating system is evolved so as to be comprehensive and at the same
time user-friendly.

The rating programme uses well accepted national standards and wherever local or national standards are
not available, appropriate international benchmarks have been considered.

IGBC Green Factory Building rating system

With the advancement of green building movement in India, many companies have evinced keen interest
in having a holistic green design and construction framework for upcoming factory buildings. IGBC, in its
endeavor to extend green building concepts to all building types has developed the IGBC Green factory
rating system. IGBC Green Factories rating system is the first of its kind addressing sustainability in
industrial buildings. The programme is fundamentally designed to address national priorities and quality of
life for factory workmen.

IGBC Green Factory Rating System is a voluntary and consensus based programme. The rating system has
been developed based on the contemporary materials and technologies. This rating system would facilitate
the development of green factories. The rating system evaluates certain credit points using a prescriptive
approach and other credits on a performance based approach.

LEED® India

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED-INDIA) Green Building Rating System is a
nationally and internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high
performance green buildings.

LEED-INDIA provides building owners, architects, consultants, developers, facility managers and project
managers the tools they need to design, construct and operate green buildings.

LEED-INDIA promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in the

following five key areas:
 Sustainable site development

Water savings

Energy efficiency

Materials selection and

Indoor environmental quality

LEED-INDIA rating system provides a roadmap for measuring and documenting success for every building
type and phase of a building lifecycle.

S
ustainable development is maintaining a delicate balance between the human need to improve lifestyles
and feeling of well-being on one hand, and preserving natural resources and ecosystems, on which we
and future generations depend.

• According to the WCED, this is "development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable development
implies economic growth together with the protection of environmental quality, each reinforcing the
other. The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and
the natural world, which does not diminish the prospects for future generations to enjoy a quality of life
at least as good as our own. Many observers believe that participatory democracy, undominated by
vested interests, is a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development

• The guiding rules are that people must share with each other and care for the Earth. Humanity must
take no more from nature than nature can replenish. This in turn means adopting lifestyles and
development paths that respect and work within nature's limits. It can be done without rejecting the
many benefits that modern technology has brought, provided that technology also works within those
limits (Source: Caring for the Earth, IUCN, p8.)

• development is sustainable where it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs."

• The term refers to achieving economic and social development in ways that do not exhaust a
country's natural resources. See, also, Ashford (1995) and The World Commission on Environment
and Development (1987). In the Commission's words: "... sustainable development is ... a process of
change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of
technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with the future as well as
present needs".

• Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development respects the limited capacity of an
ecosystem to absorb the impact of human activities.

• SD is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. Some people also believe that the concept of sustainable
development should include preserving the environment for other species as well as for people.

• Is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. Some people also believe that the concept of sustainable
development should include preserving the environment for other species as well as for people.