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May,2020

Launch of Building Fitness Indicator

Building Fitness Indicator (BFI) is a social initiative by GRIHA Council to contribute towards the welfare of people to tackle the novel corona crisis. BFI is developed as a self-assessment tool that will allow organizations to measure the preparedness of the workplaces for the workforce in order to prevent exposure to COVID-19. The larger intent is to provide a certain degree of assurance to the occupants regarding their safety and comfort within the premises before businesses and activities resume as normal. The tool is developed as a checklist to assess the measures adopted by organizations and building managers to ensure hygiene and ventilation in workplaces. The resulting analysis would appear as a reading on a meter, indicating whether or not the organization is prepared to combat the highly contagious disease. The tool provides guidance based on the standard practices followed across the globe (like WHO, OSHA) and in the country (MoHFW) to prevent the workplace exposure to COVID-19. BFI has consciously been formulated as a tool and not a rating/ certification. The guidance provided is advisory in nature and informational in content with a set of simple yet effective measures to combat the crisis that prevails at the moment. The ultimate aim is to ensure health and well-being of the occupants while enhancing productivity of the organizations and economy of the nation.

GRIHA Four Star Provisional Rating awarded to New Integrated Terminal Building at Tirupati Airport

The project has demonstrated 44% reduction in energy consumption compared to GRIHA benchmark. 63.08% of building water demand has been reduced by installing low flow plumbing fixtures and 57.21% of water savings was achieved in landscape water requirement due to the use of efficient irrigation system. Furthermore, 80% 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 5 MWp capacity on site

GRIHA Three Star Provisional Rating awarded to GeeCee Ventures Cloud 36, Navi-Mumbai

The project has demonstrated 81.23% reduction in energy consumption compared to GRIHA benchmark. 31% 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, 75% of the habitable spaces are day lit and meet the daylight factors prescribed by the National Building Code of India. 24 Solar hot water systems each of capacity 500 liters per day have been installed in the project

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COVID-19: A strategic opportunity for sustainable development
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New products have been enlisted in the GRIHA product catalogue

Company name:Panache Greentech Solutions Pvt. Ltd Product name:COOL WALL COATING (MX COOL WRAP) Product typology:Innovation
Company name:Cera Sanitaryware Limited Product name: • Water Closet: S1013111, S1013109, S1013101, S1020101 • Faucet: F6010101CH, F6010102CH • Urinals: S4010101 Product typology:Low-flow fixtures
Product name:PREMIUM ECO COOL TOPS (MX COOL GUARD +MC COOL TOP + TRANSEAL) Product typology:High SRI external paints/ tiles

Webinar organized by GRIHA

GRIHA Council conducts awareness workshops/training program on Green Buildings and GRIHA rating system. To make the information readily accessible and available for our clients, consultants, construction industry officers and general public, GRIHA Council has started a series of webinar. Click the link to access the recording of webinar

Webinar on Introduction to GRIHA V.2019 - 17 April 2020

Webinar on Building Fitness Indicator (BFI) - A social initiative of GRIHA Council - 28 April 2020

GRIHA Training Programs, GRIHA Certified Professional & Evaluator Exams in the upcoming months

In light of the pandemic COVID-19 and with due consideration to the health advisory issued by the Government of India, GRIHA Training Programs, GRIHA Certified Professional & Evaluator Exams have been postponed until further notice

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