As a part of the MoU signed between GRIHA Council and Indian Institute of Architects, Northern Chapter, a virtual GRIHA awareness programme was organized on 6th March, 2021.

The programme was designed to facilitate the members of IIA to develop an understanding on GRIHA and create awareness on general concepts and processes under GRIHA. The programme commenced with a presentation on the major environmental challenges faced due to today’s building sector and the need to create green buildings. This was followed by an overview of GRIHA rating system and its variants, highlighting the intent of the sections and their criteria. Case studies under the GRIHA, SVAGRIHA and GRIHA EB variant were also presented by the representatives of the project team, to give the participants an insight on how projects have been benefitted by adopting GRIHA as a rating tool.

The programme was attended by more than 40 members of the IIA, Northern chapter and was very well received.