IGBC - Green Homes Rating System

Calculation of Green Building Rating For Residence (Ap

Sustainable Design
complies with necessary statutory
SD MR-1 Local Building Regulations
regulatory codes

SD MR-2 Soil Erosion Control Soil erosion control measures for pre-
construction and during construction
SD Cr-1 Natural Topography & Vegetation Retain Natural topography

High SRI materials, High albedo material,

SD Cr-2 Heat Island Effect, Roof & Non-roof
Roof garden/Vegetation

Exterior Openings: Atleast 80% of the

exterior openings (fenestration) have a
Projection Factor of 0.5 or more
SD Cr-3 Passive Architecture Skylights: minimum 10% of roof area.
Daylighting: 50% of the common areas with
minimum 110 Lux
Passive Cooling / Heating Technologies

SD Cr-4 Universal Design differently abled and elderly people friendly

Ventilation for Basements/Electric charging

SD Cr-5 Green Parking Facility facility

site with access to atleast six basic house-

hold amenities, within a walking distance of
SD Cr-6 Basic House-hold Amenities
1 km from the building entrance & Play
area/Seating area/Common toilet

Adequate housing/Sanitary measures/First-

aid and emergency facilities/Adequate
Basic Facilities for Construction drinking water facilities/Personal protective
SD Cr-7
Workforce equipment/Dust suppression
measures/Adequate illumination
levels/creche

educating workforce during construction

SD Cr-8 Green Education & Awareness
phase and occupants post construction

Points for Sustainable Design

Water Conservation
 plumbing fixtures having flow rates 5 %
WC MR-1 Water Efficient Plumbing Fixtures
lower than the baseline flow rates
rainwater harvesting system to capture at
WC MR-2 Rainwater Harvesting least ‘one-day rainfall*’ run-off volume from
roof and non-roof areas

plumbing fixtures having flow rates atleast

WC Cr-1 Water Efficient Plumbing Fixtures
10 % lower than the baseline flow rates

Limit use of turf on the site/native/ adaptive

WC Cr-2 Landscape Design species/Source fruit/ vegetable bearing
plants

Drip Irrigation system/Sprinkler system for

Turf / lawn areas/Central shut-off
valve/Pressure regulating device/Moisture
WC Cr-3 Management of Irrigation system based sensor controllers/timer controlled
irrigation systems/innovative methods for
watering/bedding area must be
segregated into independent zones

Atleast 50% Waste Water

Treatment/Provide separate plumbing lines
for reuse of treated waste water available
WC Cr-4 Recycle & Reuse of waste water
from
insitu waste water treatment plant for
flushing requirements

Reuse treated waste water for flushing,

landscaping, car washing or any other
purposes
Install a water treatment plant (WTP) for 95
WC Cr-5 Water Quality
% of total occupancy

Design rainwater harvesting system to

WC Cr-6 Enhanced Rainwater Harvesting capture at least ‘one-day rainfall*’ run-off
volume from roof and non-roof areas.

Install Water meters at dwelling unit level

WC Cr-7 Water Metering
(Kitchen, Toilets)

Points for Water Conservation

Energy Efficiency
Zero use of Hydro-chlorofluorocarbon
(HCFC) refrigerants in HVAC equipment and
EE MR-1 HCFC Free Equipment
Unitary Air-Conditioners. Use halon free fire
suppression equipment.
 Building Envelope:Glazing
i. Equivalent Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
EE MR-2 Minimum Energy Performance (SHGCeqi)*: 0.5
ii. U value : 5.7 W/m2K
❖ Roof Assembly: U value : 1.5 W/m2K
❖ Wall Assembly: U value : 2.5 W/m2K

Efficient Lighting systems:the interior,

exterior, common and parking area LPD to
meet baseline values

Air-conditioning Systems: Unitary air-

conditioner(s) must be BEE 3-
star/Centralised air-conditioning system(s)
must meet the baseline values

Building Envelope:design the building

EE CR-1 Enhanced Energy Performance envelope measures as per Eco-Niwas
Samhita 2018 (ECBC-R).

Efficient Lighting systems:the interior,

exterior, common and parking area LPD to
be reduced by atleast 25% over baseline
values

Air-conditioning Systems:Unitary air-

conditioner(s) must be BEE 4-star/5 star
rated

Lighting Controls: Day light

sensor/Occupancy/ Motion sensor/Timer
based controls
Space Heating Systems
Natural Gas (or) LPG based systems/Heat
EE CR-2 Alternate Water Heating systems pump with minimum of COP 3.2/ Solar
water heating systems

EE CR-3 On-site Renewable Energy – Common renewable energy systems for atleast 25%
Lighting of annual common area lighting

Energy efficiency in common area BEE 4-star rated Pumps/Motors/Efficient

EE CR-4
equipment Lifts & Escalators

Energy Metering in Common area lighting in

Exterior area lighting/Energy meter for
lifts/STP/Pumps & motors/Club house/DG
EE CR-5 Integrated Energy Monitoring System set/RE generation/Air-conditioning/Treated
waste water pumping/Power backup
systems/Any other energy consuming
equipment and systems
 Points for Energy Efficiency

Materials & Resources

MR MR-1 Separation of House-hold Waste segregation of house-hold waste at source

purchase building products & materials

MR Cr-1 Green Procurement Policy which are eco-labelled and have lower
impact on the environment
saving of at least 2.5% by weight of steel
MR Cr-2 Optimisation on structural Design and cement

The purchased quantity of eco-labelled

products to be atleast 10% of the total cost
MR Cr-3 Certified Green Products
of products & materials used for
construction

atleast 50% of the total building materials

MR Cr-4 Local Materials (by cost), used in the building campus, are
manufactured within a distance of 400 km

Rapidly renewable/Composite / Agri based

MR Cr-5 Eco friendly wood based materials wood/Wood certified by FSC or PEFC

Source atleast 5% of the building

MR Cr-6 Alternative Construction Material
construction using alternative materials.

Handling of Construction & Avoid atleast 50% of the waste generated

MR Cr-7 Demolition Waste (by either weight or volume) during
construction from being sent to landfills

Install on-site waste treatment system for

MR Cr-8 Organic Waste treatment Post treating atleast 50% organic waste
Occupancy
generated from the building(s)
Points for Materials & Resources

Resident Health & Wellbeing

Achieve minimum glazing factors as below
in atleast 50% of the regularly occupied
RHW MR-1 Minimum Daylighting
spaces in each dwelling unit/ comply with
70deg angle of obstruction compliance

Provide openable windows or doors to the

exteriors in all regularly occupied spaces.
RHW MR-2 Ventilation Design
Openable area as a percentage of total
carpet area min 10% in living spaces
 Smoking should be prohibited in the
RHW MR-3 No Smoking Policy
common areas of the building(s)

RHW Cr-1 Enhanced Daylighting minimum glazing factors in atleast 75% of

the regularly occupied spaces

70 deg angle of obstruction compliance.

Provide openable windows or doors to the

RHW Cr-2 Enhanced Ventilation Design exteriors. Openable area as a percentage of
total carpet area min 12% in living spaces

minimum 25% of spaces (by area) shall have

RHW Cr-3 Cross Ventilation an opening in atleast two of the
orientations.
Achieve direct line of sight to vision in
RHW Cr-4 Connectivity to Exteriors
atleast 50% of spaces

Low VOC Materials, Paints & Eco-label certified paints, coatings (including
RHW Cr-5 primers) for the interior walls and ceilings /
Adhesives
Eco-label certified adhesives and sealants

RHW Cr-6 Facility for Physical Wellbeing

Points for Resident Health & Wellbeing

Innovation & Design

Provide design teams and projects an
opportunity to be awarded points for
ID Cr-1 Innovation innovative performance in green building
categories not specifically addressed by the
IGBC Green Homes® Rating System

Awarded for doubling the credit

ID Cr-2 Exemplary Performance requirements and/or achieving the next
incremental percentage threshold

involvement of IGBC Accredited

ID Cr-3 IGBC Accredited Professional
Professional(s)
Points for Innovation & Design

Total points achieved

C - Green Homes Rating System
uilding Rating For Residence (Appartment at Vettuvankeni, Chennai)
POSSIBLE POINTS ACHIEVED POINTS Measures to increase points
stainable Design
Required Satisfied

Required Unknown

4 0

75% of exposed non-roof impervious

areas with High SRI materials, High
4 0 4
albedo material, Roof
garden/Vegetation

2 0

2 0

4 0

2 1

1 0

1 0

20 3

ter Conservation
 Required Achieved

Required Satisfied

plumbing fixtures having flow rates 35

6 0 6
% lower than the baseline flow rates

3 0

2 0

1 0

4 4

Install Water meters at dwelling unit

3 0 2
level in 100% of the Dwelling unit

23 4

nergy Efficiency

Required Satisfied
Required Satisfied

7 0

reduced LPD by atleast 30% over the

2 0 2
baseline values

2 1

1 0

1 0

3 0

4 0

1 0

2 0
 20 1

erials & Resources

Required

1 0

1 0

5 0

2 1

2 0

2 0

2 0

3 0

18 1

t Health & Wellbeing

Required

Required
 Required

2 2

Increase Openable area as a

2 0 percentage of total carpet area in 2
Bedroom-2 to 12%

4 3

2 0

2 1

2 0
14 6

ovation & Design

2 0

2 0

1 0

5 0

Total points achieved after

100 15 31
modification
 CALCULATIONS

SD Cr-3 Projection Factor calculation

Exterior openings
Bedroom 1 0.75/1.35 0.5
Bedroom 2 0.75/1.35 0.5
100%
Hall and Kitchen has windows opening to balcony

RHW Cr-1 Glazing Factor Calculation

(window area/floor area)*Glass VLT*Constant(0.2)*100

Type of space Wn-height Wn-length Rm-length Rm-width floor area

Living 1.35 1.5 4.7 3.3 15.51

Bedroom-1 1.35 1.2 2.7 2.7 7.29
Bedroom-2 1.35 1.2 2.7 2.7 7.29
Kitchen 1.1 0.9 2.1 1.6 3.36

RHW Cr-2 Enhanced Ventilation Design

openable
window
Spaces length width carpet area window area
area(slidi
ng)

Living 4.7 3.3 15.51 1.35X1.5=2 1

Bedroom-1 2.7 2.7 7.29 1.35X1.2=1.62 0.8
Bedroom-2 2.7 2.7 7.29 1.35X1.2=1.63 0.8
Kitchen 2.1 1.6 3.36 1.1X0.9=0.99 0.5

RHW Cr-3 Cross Ventilation

cross
Spaces Area % of area ventilated
area %
Living 15.51 46.367713 46%
Bedroom-1 7.29 21.793722 21%
Bedroom-2 7.29 21.793722 0%
Kitchen 3.36 10.044843 10%
 33.45 77% >75 3 points

WC Cr-6 Enhanced Rainwater Harvesting

RW runoff = Site area x runoff coeff x Avg rainfall per day = 80

sqm x 0.9 x 0.0038m = 0.273 cum = 273 lit (Rainwater
collection capacity at site = 1400 lit)

EC Cr-1 Enhanced Energy Performance

U-value of wall
R value
Material (k.sqm/W)
Plaster 10mm thk 0.014

Brick Wall 225mm thk 0.277

Plaster 20mm thk 0.028

Total thermal
0.319
resistance (R)
Total U-value of wall 3.13479623824
(1/R)

Minimum Energy Performance

EE MR-2

Total
watts/floor
Watts Floor area area
Living 38 15.51
22
Bedroom-1 38 7.29
5
Bedroom-2 38 7.29
Kitchen 22 3.36
Toilet 9 2.4
Balcony 28 5.76
200 41.61 4.8065369 < 5 W/sq.m
 Glazing
Glazing
factor to
Wn-Area VLT factor
be
achieved
achieved
2.025 50% 1.30560928 1
1.62 35% 1.55555556 1
1.62 35% 1.55555556 1
0.99 35% 2.0625 2
compliance 100% >95% 2 points

% of % of
openable openable
openable area to area to
D- height D-width
door area carpet carpet
area area
required achieved

2.1 1 2.1 12% 19.98711

2.1 0.9 1.89 12% 36.89986
0 0 0 12% 10.97394
2.1 0.75 1.575 10% 61.75595