About GRIHA Council

Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Council is an autonomous, not for profit society jointly set up by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India to promote and administer the development of sustainable buildings and habitats in India through GRIHA. GRIHA Council is recognized as the ‘National Rating System for Green Buildings in India’. GRIHA Council evaluates the environmental performance of a building holistically over its entire life cycle, thereby providing a definitive standard for green buildings and sustainable habitats.

GRIHA Summit

Over the years, GRIHA Council has been hosting its annual summits to deliberate on issues of national discourse in association with distinguished entities from national and international spheres, encompassing government bodies, industry partners, multilateral and bilateral organizations, academia and building practitioners. The past summits had been designed on themes such as “Empowering Sustainable and Resilient Communities”, “Towards Net Positive Habitats”, “Restoring Green Economy” and “Transforming Habitats”.

The 16th GRIHA Summit

The 16th GRIHA Summit is scheduled to be held on 4th- 5th December 2024 at India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India on the theme “Accelerating Climate Action in the Built Environment”. Climate change mitigation is a race against time due to rapid environmental damage, thus there is an urgent need to accelerate climate action. Towards this, GRIHA Council aims to address the urgent need to adopt sustainable practices in the built environment whilst advancing innovative solutions to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change.

This year GRIHA Council is pleased to introduce the GRIHA Regional Conclaves for the development of sustainable habitats and resilient communities at the regional level. The GRIHA Regional Conclaves for this fiscal year are conducting in Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Jaipur.

Introduction to Prelude event

Figure 1: Glimpse from Paryavaran Rakshak Programme

Every year GRIHA Council organizes Prelude events which serve as an invitation to the annual flagship summit for the green building industry stakeholders and the public. The prelude events set the tone for the upcoming summit and are designed with the objective to spread awareness amongst multiple stakeholders on the topics of environmental concern. In the past, under the prelude event, GRIHA Council organized Mud and Bamboo Architecture, clean-up drives, plantation drives, Nukkad Natak and many more competitions for students under Paryavaran Rakshak Programme.