RATING

ELIGIBILITY
• All new construction projects with built up area more than 2500 m2 (excluding parking, basement area, and typical buildings)
are eligible for certification under GRIHA v.2019.
RATING
SECTION
WEIGHTAGES
RATING PROCESS
 Online registration: The project team can initiate the registration process by filling the

RATING
EOI Form available on the GRIHA website.
 Orientation workshop: The registration is followed by an orientation workshop
conducted by GRIHA Council officials.
 Due diligence I: Scheduled post the project has reached its plinth level.
 Due diligence II: It is scheduled post completion of the building structure work.
 Submission of documents: As the project is nearing completion, the project proponent
will upload the documents
 Preliminary evaluation: Preliminary evaluation is carried out by a team of professionals RATING THRESHOLD
from GRIHA Council and external evaluators.

 Final due diligence: The final site visit shall be conducted by the GRIHA Council officials to verify the submitted documentation
with on-site implementation.
 Final evaluation: The final rating is awarded based on the final evaluation and is valid up to 5 years.
 Additional due diligence Green awareness drive: The GRIHA Council conducts an additional due diligence visit post the final
rating, for green awareness and education amongst project occupants.
 Rating renewal: There are two ways in which the rating can be renewed an audit data report (over a span of three consecutive
years) comprising energy, water, and waste (report to be prepared by BEE-certified energy auditor), or by enrolling the project for
GRIHA EB rating to maintain its certification for the next cycle of 5 years.
FEATURES OF GRIHA 2019
1. Mandatory appraisals: In GRIHA v.2019, no points

PARAMETER
are awarded to mandatory appraisals, however, if
the project fails to comply with any of them, in
such a scenario, the rating will be denied.

2. Non-linear point distribution: The concept of non-

linear point distribution is applicable throughout
this rating variant. This is done to recognize and
award points based on the increased efforts to
meet the requirements given in the appraisals. For
example, observe the point distribution for low
impact design, as mentioned in Table 3.

3. Addition of new criteria . The new criteria that

have been added in the rating system are given
below.
• Green infrastructure
• Commissioning for final rating
• Reduction in CO2 emission of the building
• Alternative building materials for external site
development
• Life cycle cost analysis
• Water quality and self-sufficiency
• Positive social impact
 SUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING
PARAMETER –
CRITERION 1 – GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (Maximum Points – 5, Partly Mandatory)
 Conformity with the UDPFI/master plan/development plan. (Mandatory)
 Reduction of distance of basic public amenities/ services from main entrance. ( 2 points)

 Preservation of trees as per the alternatives. It includes survival, replacement, preservation and its combination.(Mandatory)
 Minimum 1 tree/ 80 square meter. ( 1 Point)
 Per capita built up area threshold is maintained for optimum land utilization. ( 1 Point)

 Sustainable transportation methods within the premises. (NMT, 4 designated Informal mode of Transport, 10% parking space
for bicycle with changing room, lockers, showers within the premises. ( 1 Point)
 SUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING
PARAMETER –
CRITERION 2 – LOW IMPACT DESIGN STRATEGIES (Maximum Points – 5 OPTIONAL)
 Reduction in environmental impact by adoption of various passive, active and low impact site planning strategies. (5 Points)

CRITERION 3 – DESIGN TO MITIGATE UHIE (Maximum Points – 2 OPTIONAL)

 Demonstrate temperature reduction in the predicted hourly average air temperature (°C) from the GRIHA base case by
performing calculations

OR

 Demonstrate that the difference in peak air temperature has been achieved through dynamic UHIE simulations from the GRIHA
base case
CRITERION 4 – AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL (Maximum Points – 1 PARTLY MADATORY)

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
PARAMETER –
 Adopt at least 6 measures to minimize air and soil pollution during construction. (Mandatory)
 Soil erosion channels are constructed and they are connected to a sedimentation tank in order to reduce movement of the soil
outside the site throughout the construction phase of project. (1 Point)

CRITERION 5 – TOPSOIL PRESERVATION (Maximum Points – 1 OPTIONAL)

 90% of fertile topsoil from disturbed area (including building footprint vehicular pathways and material storage areas) is
preserved. Additionally, maintain its fertility, stabilize it, and use it for landscaping activity post construction. (1 Point)

CRITERION 6 – CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (Maximum Points – 2 OPTIONAL)

 Adopt construction management practices and ensure safe disposal of waste generated during construction. (1 Point)
 Adopt at least two strategies from the list, as given below, to minimize water consumption during construction. (1 Point)
• Use of gunny bags, ponding technique, or curing compound. (Mandatory)
• Meter and monitor the consumption of water during construction.
• Use water-reducing admixture in concrete mix.
• Use of treated wastewater and/or captured storm water.
 ENERGY OPTIMIZATION
PARAMETER –
CRITERION 7 – ENERGY OPTIMIZATION (Maximum Points – 12 PARTLY MADATORY)
 Compliance with the mandatory requirements of ECBC. (Mandatory)
 Heat gain through the building envelope meets the GRIHA threshold for peak heat gain. (2 Point)
 Exterior lighting fixtures (lamp + ballast) meet the luminous efficacy of 80 lm/W. (1 Point)
 Project meets the GRIHA benchmark of EPI. ( Mandatory)
 Reduction from the EPI benchmark. (8 Points)

 The equipment installed is BEE- star labelled or equivalent.

CRITERION 8 – RENEWABLE ENERGY

ENERGY OPTIMIZATION
PARAMETER –
UTILIZATION (Maximum Points – 5
PARTLY MADATORY)
 On site & off-site renewable energy system. (5 Points)

OR
 Off site renewable energy system (only by non
residential buildings)
 Demonstrate that 100% of the annual energy GRIHA benchmark for EPI
(kWh/m2/year) for different building
consumption of internal artificial lighting, HVAC, and typologies
domestic hot water systems is offset through off-site
renewable energy systems. (Mandatory)

CRITERION 9 – LOW ODP AND GWP MATERIALS (Maximum Points – 1 PARTLY MADATORY)
 All the insulation used in the building envelope and for HVAC systems are CFC and HCFC free. (Mandatory)
 Refrigerant used is the HVAC systems and refrigeration equipment is CFC and HCFC free. (Mandatory)
 The fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers installed in the project are halon free. ( Mandatory)
 The insulation used in the building envelope and for HVAC systems; refrigerant used in the HVAC systems and refrigeration
equipment are HFC free. (1 Point)
CRITERION 10 – VISUAL COMFORT (Maximum Points – 4 PARTLY MADATORY)

OCCUPANT COMFORT
PARAMETER –
 Visual comfort is provided to the building occupants through an integration of active and passive design measures. (4 Points)
 The WWR should not exceed 60% & the vertical fenestration complies with the minimum VLT of 0.27. (Mandatory)
 The project meets SHGC compliance as per weighted façade average SHGC for each orientation. (Mandatory)

Maximum SHGC for

vertical fenestration
for different climate
typologies .(ECBC)
OR
 Table 9& 10 of SP 41 to design shading devices.
ORR
 Conduct a solar path analysis for windows of AC as well as non-AC spaces, to ensure that they are completely shaded for the
duration between 0900 hours on 15th March and 1500 hours on 15th September.
OR
 Use any combination of the previously mentioned strategies to show compliance for 100% of fenestrations
 The SRR does not exceed 5% and SHGC for skylights does not exceed 0.35. (Mandatory)
 All habitable spaces are within the illuminance levels of 100 – 2000 lux for the minimum percentage of floor area.

UDI benchmarks for

percentage of habitable
areas for different
Note: All regularly occupied
building typologies
spaces have to be included
Alternative 2

OCCUPANT COMFORT
PARAMETER –
 Demonstrate through simulation that the project meets mean DA requirement (<3000 lux) for 100% of the annual analysis hours
for 100% of the habitable spaces. (Mandatory)

DA benchmarks for percentage

hours exceeding 300 lux for Note: DA limit for residential
different building typologies is 100 lux.

 Artificial Lighting: Through simulation that the artificial lighting lux levels fall within limits (lower and higher range) as per
recommended space/task specific lighting levels in NBC 2016, Part 8, Section 1, Table 4, and meet a minimum uniformity ratio of
0.4. (Mandatory)
PARAMETER –
OCCUPANT COMFORT
 INFOSYS HYDERABAD

CASE STUDY - I
GRIHA RATING: 5star

Location - Hyderabad Operating Hours - 8.5 Hours

Building Type - IT Company Built up area - 24000 sq.m
Occupancy - 2,500 Water consumption reduction-56%
Energy consumption reduction- 56% Green Building Consultant - AECOM
 CASE STUDY - I
Building Structure Building Performance

Orientation - East-West axis in order to reduce solar heat gain
Space Distribution -16 m long floorplate in north south direction
Artificial Lighting System - Reduced with light shelves, floor
planes & reduced WWR (<38%)
Lighting - 78% office space has natural light reducing the
need for artificial lighting
Space Conditioning - Split into identical halves with radiant
and conventional cooling systems
Annual Energy Use - 56% reduction from GRIHA benchmark
 CASE STUDY - I
Window - Split window with daylight panel (upper glass) and vision panel
(lower glass)

Horizontal Louvre to shade and Vertical Fins to prevent glaze.

• Light shelves in wood panels topped with white reflectors to

protect occupants from direct light

• Light coloured ceilings reflect light and reduce the contrast in

brightness

• Daylighting 78.54% of living areas

Daylight hour energy savings: 158 kWh
 CASE STUDY - I
Active Cooling System

Radiant Cooling consumes 30% less energy than conventional cooling.

One block have conventional cooling and the other block use radiant
cooling system.
Measures to ensure green initiative:
• Double glazed glass panel with argon infill to reduce heat gain

CASE STUDY - I
• Insulated wall and roof
• Regional glass manufacturer using recycled glass
• Low flow faucet and water closet
• Construction waste diverted to land fill
• Treated waste water used for irrigation and gardening
• Use of low VOC paint & coating
• Preservance and reuse of top soil during construction

Water recycled and reused within complex,

approx. 78%

Reduction of in landscape water by planting native

plants.
Centralised Energy Control Centre for Monitoring

CASE STUDY - I
• Use of smart building system to ensure control of dynamic part like occupancy activity, indoor weather, time of usage etc.
• Identifying potential area for energy savings and distribution
• Ensure comfort of employee by providing right indoor environment quality and living up to its energy potential.
CASE

CASE STUDY - II
STUDY
–
SUZLON
ONE
EARTH,
PUNE
INTRODUCTION It is divided into five interconnected, individual buildings that
are aptly named after the renewable key energy elements–

CASE STUDY - II
Sun, Aqua, Sky, Tree and SEA.
Project : Suzlon One
Earth Global
Corporate
Headquarters,
world’s largest
integrated wind
turbine
manufacturers

Location : Pune, - TERI GRIHA 5 Star

Maharashtra, - IGBC LEED Platinum Rating
India

Site area : 4,53,930

square feet (10.4
acre)

Carpet : 6.1 lac sq ft

area

Built up : 7.1 lac sq ft

area

Capacity 3000 employees

Achitect : Prof.
Christopher
Benninger
Some of the factors that have contributed to One Earth’s exceptional Green rating are:
Project Performance Targets –Energy

CASE STUDY - II
Building Performance Targets
• Carbon Neutral (through on site + off site energy)
 Zero Net Energy for Lighting (through On-Site generation) • Envelope Performance
 PV systems integrated in design
 Micro Wind (to be evaluated)  Natural Ventilation Potential in transition spaces
 Biomass (Kitchen waste + STP output + landscape Waste)  Day lighting (>90% Day lit spaces)
 Smart solutions like motion/occupancy sensors, Low-E glass for  Pre-cooling of fresh air
the buildings, low energy LED lighting, the ventilation system,
HVAC systems

• Illuminance Levels

 As per NBC 350 Lux average

 Lighting Load (<0.8 W/sft for offices)
 Suspended direct indirect light fittings
 100% desks equipped with LED lights governed by motion
Architectural design strategies sensors.

• Orientation: Facades of the building face north, south, north-west

and south-east
• 100% shading by external louvers on first and second floor.
• Partly self-shading blocks.
• Small terraces created in all blocks to promote interaction with
external environment.
 • High performance glazing
Building Performance Targets
The exposed glass is 4mm Clear Annealed + 0.76mm PVB +

CASE STUDY - II
• Controlled Solar Access 6mm KT 455 + 12mm Air gap + 6mm Clear Heat-Strengthened.

Energy: embodied and construction

 Utilization of fly ash in the building structure
 Reduce volume, weight, and time of construction by adopting an
• Shading Strategies
efficient technology
 Large glazed areas on North face to allow diffused light for FOR SLAB AND BEAM SAVING IN CONCRETE 37%
office spaces. FOR COLUMN AND FOOTING SAVING IN CONCRETE 10%
 Window with vertical shades to cut off early morning and late EXCLUDING STRANDS SAVING IN STEEL 50%
evening sun, from North side.
 Aluminum louvers act as a protective skin allowing daylight
and cross ventilation.

PT Slab Siporex blocks (insulation)

Vertical fins Aluminium louvers
Water Efficiency Renewable energy utilization

• 65% reduction in building water consumption by use of low-flow fixtures. ESTIMATED ENERGY P.A =20,000 KWH

CASE STUDY - II
• Urinals with hytronic urinal sensors & Pressure reducing device
• Water use minimization- ready mix concrete, efficient curing
system,,chemical curing .
• Recycled water use- Tile Cutting, Cleaning Batching Plant

BIPV Solar Panels

Rain harvesting Onsite grey water recycling
ESTIMATED ENERGY (18 WIND MILL + 243 SOLAR PANEL) P.A
=2, 30,000 KWH
Recycle, recharge, and reuse of water

• Waste-water treatment –
Water Treatment Plant for Raw Water
Water Treatment Plant using RO Technology
• Water recycle and reuse- 55%
Water Treatment Plant for Rain Water
Harvesting System
STP –Sewage Treatment Plant Onsite sewage treatment plant 100% of hot water requirement is met by the SHW system
Annual water reuse of 58.33%. installed on site

Waste management

• Reduction in waste during construction

• Efficient waste segregation
• Storage and disposal of waste
• Resource recovery from waste
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM.
Despite of the fact that GRIHA has adopted an integrated approach to implement green building principles in

RESEARCH COMPONENT
India it still has scope for development.

 A comparative study between LEED and GRIHA Rating System for integrating green rating system in India.

 A comparative analysis with other rating system around the world to analyze its shortcomings.

 Assessment of GRIHA on the Parameters of Sustainable Design and Development of Buildings.

 An Initiative Towards Implementation of Rating System in Green Building for improving. (The appeal process
for GRIHA is done before the certifications awarded. While LEED allows appeal for a higher rating after the
certificate is awarded by the evaluation committee.)

 Identifying the Limitations of the rating system as GRIHA considers only new buildings and is common for all
types of buildings.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EVALUATION SYSTEM.

 Approach of different methods for evaluation of Green Building Rating System as current system has no
scope for fluctuation of experts and to assess a criteria by linguistic variables might differ for individuals.

RELATIONSHIP WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS IMPLIMENTATION

 Analyzing GRIHA and its Implementation as it has low diversity and transparency.
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