GRIHA
NEWSLETTER
 
March,2020
 
 
       
  GRIHA Four Star Provisional Rating awarded to Guest house building at
IIT Bombay, Maharashtra     
  The project has demonstrated 75.46% reduction in energy consumption compared to GRIHA benchmark. 50.98% of building water demand has been reduced by installing low flow plumbing fixtures and 37.49% of water savings was achieved in landscape water requirement due to the use of efficient irrigation system. Furthermore, 94% of the habitable spaces are day lit and meet the daylight factors prescribed by the National Building Code of India. Also, the project has installed solar PV panels of 45 kWp capacity on site.
  New products have been enlisted in the GRIHA product catalogue in this month.
 
Company name:Bhoruka Extrusions Pvt Ltd
Product name:Aluminium Extruded Profiles (with anodizing and powder coating)
Product typology:Doors & Windows: panels and frames
Company name:Kajaria Ceramics Limited
Product name:GRES TOUGH – 80X80 CM – CERAMIC FLOOR TILES; 25X75 CM, 30X60 CM & 30X45 CM – DIGITAL CERAMIC WALL TILES; DIGISTONE 15X45 CM; DIGITAL 15X60 CM; DOUBLE CHARGED; ELEGANT SOLUBLE SALT - 60X60 CM; GLAM 60X60 CM, POLISHED HD; GRANDE - 80X120 CM; SOLITAIRE – 80X80 CM (THICK); STORM – 40X80 CM; THE MAXXUS – 60X60 CM (THICK); THE MEGALITH - 80X120 CM; THE SIZE 60X120 CM; THE SLIM 30X120 CM; THE SQUARE 80X80 CM; THE STAR 60X60 CM; THE TREND – 15X60 CM & 30X60 CM; THE VOGUE 40X80 CM; WOOD 20X120 CM & 13X80 CM
Product typology:Flooring
 
 
  GRIHA Certified Professional & Evaluator Exams in the upcoming months
 
Exam Date
Certified Professional 17th April, 2020
Evaluator 18th April, 2020

 
  Editor's choice
 
Synergy Needed Among Architects, Real Estate Developers, Govt to Deliver Green Buildings: Sanjay Seth
The GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Rating, which has been adopted as the National Rating System by the Indian government, has been entrusted to measure, verify and evaluate the environmental impact of new and existing buildings.
The GRIHA platforms also enables a streamlined process to collate data pertaining to the built-environment in order to help the government in determining the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and strengthen its implementation efforts further. GRIHA aims to enhance the stock of green buildings in India, thereby supporting the Indian government to mitigate and adapt to the effect of climate change.
‘Affordable housing can be green too’
At the Paris Climate Conference, India pledged to reduce the greenhouse emission (GHE) intensity of its gross domestic product by 33-35% over 2005 levels by 2030. One of the key sectors that need to be factored in to meet this target is the real estate. India’s building stock is expected to double in the next 15 years and buildings are expected to emerge as the largest electricity consuming sector in the country. It is crucial that new buildings in the country are designed to be energy efficient and thermally comfortable.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Sanjay Seth,CEO of GRIHA Council, speaks on why buyers and developers are still shying away from building and buying green homes, how to make affordable housing green; and what makes the GRIHA rating tool different from others.

Sustainable Building Materials: Accelerating the journey towards low carbon development
Over the next 20 years, more than half of new buildings expected to be built by 2060 will be constructed. To achieve the ambition of keeping the global warming to 2°C or below, it is necessary to address energy and emissions from buildings. It is imperative to deploy energy-efficient and low-carbon building technologies to meet the growing demand for energy services.

  GRIHA training and awareness program organized
 
3-Day GRIHA V 2015 Training Programme at Visakhapatnam
Date: 29th - 31st January, 2020
Students Training Programme at Annual NASA
Date: 7th February, 2020
GRIHA Student Training Programme at SJB School of Architecture and Planning
Date: 11th-12th February, 2020
3-Day GRIHA V 2015 Training Programme in association with IIA Northern Chapter
Date: 15th - 29th February, 2020
3-Day GRIHA V 2015 Training Programme at Kolkata
Date: 26th - 28th February, 2020
  GRIHA training programs in the upcoming Quarter

In light of the pandemic COVID-19 and with due consideration to the health advisory issued by the Government of India, all GRIHA training programmes have been postponed until further notice.

We regret to inform you that the 3-Day GRIHA Training Programme scheduled to be held in Navi Mumbai between 18th to 20th March 2020 stands cancelled on account of COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai.

We will keep you informed on the next 3-Day GRIHA Training Programme in Mumbai when scheduled.
 
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