SVAGRIHA (Simple Versatile Affordable GRIHA) was jointly developed by GRIHA Council and TERI. SVAGRIHA is a significantly simplified, faster, easier and more affordable rating system that eventually functions as a design-cum-rating tool. In order to facilitate projects to assess their performance during designing stage, and avail incentives from local authorities, wherever applicable, a precertification rating was introduced. This rating assesses the commitment of project team towards following the SVAGRIHA norms in future, and provides them with a rating between 1 star to 5 star.
Eligibility:
SVAGRIHA Precertification is applicable only for projects which are less than 2500 sq m built-up area. Any building, except for a factory building, is accepted under the SVAGRIHA Precertification rating system.
Rating Process
- Registration
- Submission of drawings, declarations and other documents as required (quantity estimates) to GRIHA Council
- Assessment/review as per SVAGRIHA
- Feedback to project team
- In order to get a rating, it is mandatory for each project to achieve a certain number of minimum points in each category as mentioned in the SVAGRIHA manual.
- Award of letter and certificate
| Points achieved | SVAGRIHA Precertification Rating |
|---|---|
| 25-30 |  |
| 31-35 | ; |
| 36-40 | |
| 41-45 | |
| 45-50 | |
Certification fee
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SVAGRIHA Precertification Fees – Rs 30,000
Exclusive of government taxes
Criteria and their weightage
| Criterion number | Criterion name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduce exposed, hard paved surface on site and maintain native vegetation cover on site | 6 |
| 2 | Passive architectural design and systems | 4 |
| 3 | Good fenestration design for reducing direct heat gain and glare while maximising daylight penetration | 6 |
| 4 | Efficient artificial lighting system | 2 |
| 5 | Thermal efficiency of building envelope | 2 |
| 6 | Use of energy efficient appliances | 3 |
| 7 | Use of renewable energy on site | 4 |
| 8 | Reduction in building and landscape water demand | 5 |
| 9 | Rainwater harvesting | 4 |
| 10 | Generate resource from waste | 2 |
| 11 | Reduce embodied energy of building | 4 |
| 12 | Use of low-energy materials in interiors | 4 |
| 13 | Adoption of green lifestyle | 4 |
| 14 | Innovation | 2 |
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