A two day training programme was organised by GRIHA Council for students of MET Faculty of Architecture, Moradabad undergoing B.Arch. degree. Site visit to Bhajan Dhaba, a SVAGRIHA registered project on the highway of Gajraula was conducted during the programme.

On day one presentations on green buildings was delivered by Mr Ankit Bhalla to spread knowledge on green buildings, rating process, criteria requirements and compliance measures for different variants of rating provided by GRIHA Council. Two variances of GRIHA rating namely,

• GRIHA – National rating system for projects built up area more than 2500 sqm,
• SVA GRIHA – for projects having built up area less than 2500 sqm were briefed to the students.

Post this, a Q&A session was held with the students during which they were also briefed about the various instruments used to measure visual, thermal and acoustic comfort in a building.

On day two the students were taken to Bhajan Dhaba, a SVAGRIHA registered project on the highway of Gajraula where the architect of the project Mr Tanu Bhatt briefed the students about the various strategies adopted by the project as per SVAGRIHA standards and also gave them a tour of the campus. Mr Prem Bedi, the owner of the establishment, was also present during the visit, and gave the students a motivational talk to encourage them towards sustainability.

Over 100 students from MET Faculty of Architecture, Moradabad participated in this two day event, and learnt a lot from the lectures and site visit. A certificate of participation and a pen drive was given to students and faculty at the end of the second day as a token of appreciation from GRIHA Council.

The programme received an overwhelming response from all the attendees and was also covered in Dainik Jagran and other local newspapers.