TERI and CREDAI Bengal have urged the Kolkata city realtors to acquire the new GRIHA ratings recently floated by TERI in association with the central Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) rates the energy efficiency of a construction. “The rating is based on solid scientific principles, architectural techniques and methods that judge how much, say a building, is conducive to saving environment,” said Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General of TERI,  at an event attended by realtors and other stakeholders of the industry. The rating system is based on 34 criteria across which 100 points are divided and the highest rating given is five-star.

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