GRIHA - GREEN RATING FOR INTEGRATED

HABITAT ASSESSMENT
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - VI
GRIHA?
• GRIHA IS AN ACRONYM FOR GREEN RATING FOR
INTEGRATED HABITAT ASSESSMENT
• GRIHA IS A SANSKRIT WORD MEANING – ‘ABODE’
• ATTEMPTS TO MINIMIZE A BUILDING’S RESOURCE
CONSUMPTION, WASTE GENERATION, AND OVERALL
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT TO WITHIN CERTAIN NATIONALLY
ACCEPTABLE LIMITS / BENCHMARKS.
• GRIHA IS A RATING TOOL THAT HELPS PEOPLE ASSESSES
THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR BUILDING AGAINST
CERTAIN NATIONALLY ACCEPTABLE BENCHMARKS

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Benefits of GRIHA

• Reduced energy consumption without sacrificing the comfort levels (lower operational costs)
• Reduced water consumption
• Reduced system sizes (HVAC, transformers, cabling, etc.) for optimal performance at local conditions.
• Reduced investment (lifecycle cost)
• Reduced destruction of natural areas, habitats, biodiversity, reduced soil loss from erosion etc.
• Reduced air and water pollution (with direct health benefits)
• Limited waste generation due to recycling and reuse
• Reduced pollution loads
• Increased user productivity
• Enhanced image and marketability.

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Rating Variants

• SVAGRIHA PRECERTIFICATION
• GRIHA PRECERTIFICATION
• GRIHA AH PRECERTIFICATION
• SVAGRIHA
• GRIHA
• GRIHA FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
• GRIHA FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
• GRIHA FOR DAY SCHOOLS
• GRIHA FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS
• GRIHA FOR CITIES

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Criteria and Rating Points
• GRIHA has a 100-point percentile-based rating system.
• On the submission of the required documents and upon final assessment and evaluation, the project is awarded/denied points for
all the applicable appraisals.
• Based on the percentile obtained, star rating is awarded as listed below

- 25 - 40 points is certified as a 1 star GRIHA rated building

- 41 - 55 is a 2 star GRIHA rated building

- 56 - 70 is a 3 star GRIHA rating building

- 71 - 85 is a 4 star GRIHA rated building

- Above 85 is a 5 star GRIHA rated building

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Criteria of GRIHA:
THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To ensure that the site
complies with the
relevant master plan
/local development plans
and guidelines
CRITERION 1 Green Infrastructure Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
• Enhancing natural
biodiversity through
preservation and
plantation of native
vegetation
• To promote design
strategies that enable the
project to factor in ways
by which natural site
Can be theoretically proven
CRITERION 2 Low-Impact Design Strategies features APPLICABLE
(topographical/microclim
atic) can be protected
and/or incorporated into
the project design.

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To ensure incorporation
of design strategies that Calculations and technical
CRITERION 3 Design to Mitigate UHIE
will aid in the reduction specifications needed
of UHIE.
• To minimize air and soil
CRITERION 4 Air and Soil Pollution Control pollution due to Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
construction activities.
• To ensure the
preservation of available
fertile soil on-site and
CRITERION 5 Topsoil Preservation Soil Fertility report needed APPLICABLE
avoid its degradation
during the process of
construction.
• To ensure adoption of
Construction Management good management
CRITERION 6 Can be theoretically proven
Practices practices on-site during
the construction phase.

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To ensure that the
projects are made energy
efficient by enhancing the
envelope performance Requires calculations
CRITERION 7 Energy Optimization while also reducing &technical specification APPLICABLE
energy consumption sheets/brochures
through installation of
efficient equipment and
lighting fixtures.
• To promote the use of RE
in the projects and,
Requires calculations
thereby, reduce the
CRITERION 8 Renewable Energy Utilization &technical specification APPLICABLE
project’s dependency on
sheets/brochures
fuels derived from
conventional sources.
• To ensure the use of
materials with low GWP
Requires calculations
Low ODP And GWP and ODP in building
CRITERION 9 &technical specification APPLICABLE
Materials insulation, HVAC,
sheets/brochures
refrigeration equipment,
and firefighting systems.

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To ensure that visual
comfort is provided to the
building occupants Requires simulation using a
CRITERION 10 Visual Comfort APPLICABLE
through the integration of validated software
active and passive design
measures
• To ensure that occupants
of the building are
thermally and
Thermal and Acoustic
CRITERION 11 acoustically comfortable Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
Comfort
through compliance with
relevant standards and
intelligent design features
• Design and monitoring of
ventilation systems such
that IAQ meets the Detailing documentations
CRITERION 12 Indoor Air Quality APPLICABLE
minimum requirement as required
recommended by the
relevant standards

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To reduce the overall
demand for water in the
project through the use of
CRITERION 13 Water Demand Reduction Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
low-flow fixtures, and
efficient equipment

• To promote grey-water
and black-water
Process flow of the
segregation and further
CRITERION 14 Wastewater Treatment wastewater treatment system APPLICABLE
treat them onsite to
narrative needed
reduce the project’s
dependency on freshwater
• To manage rainwater
efficiently to minimize
run-off generated from
the project Test report of percolation rate
CRITERION 15 Rainwater Management APPLICABLE
• Helps mitigate floods, of soil of the site
droughts and push
projects to achieve
resilience

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To evaluate both the
Water Quality and Self-
CRITERION 16 quality and the quantity Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
Sufficiency
of water
• To provide the necessary
infrastructure to future
occupants of the project
Waste Management—Post
CRITERION 17 so that they can Can be theoretically proven APPLICABLE
Occupancy
sustainably manage on-
site solid waste during the
operation phase
• To divert organic waste
from landfill sites by
adopting strategies for Design and sizing of the
treating it (preferably organic waste treatment
CRITERION 18 Organic Waste Treatment APPLICABLE
onsite otherwise offsite) system of the site need to be
and thereby mitigating its provided
adverse effects on the
surrounding environment.

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CRITERIO
DESCRIPTION
N NO.
• To encourage use of
Utilization of Alternative
CRITERION 19
Materials in Building
• To reduce the impact of
Reduction in Global Warming
CRITERION 20 Potential through
Life Cycle Assessment
• To substitute
Alternative Materials for
CRITERION 21
External Site Development
THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
INTENT OF THE Y
NOT FOR MIXED
CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
alternative materials,
which minimize the
detrimental impact of Design mix report of each
APPLICABLE
construction on grade of concrete needed
environment by
conserving natural
resources
material selection on the
environment and
encourage the project to
optimize construction Life Cycle Assessment report
product consumption needed
efficiency by selecting
low GWP (kgCO2eq)
products through LCA of
the building
conventional materials Yes , requires signed and
reducing the pressure on Stamped Tender document of APPLICABLE
mining for virgin the materials needed
materials

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To assess the payback
period for the cumulative
strategies adopted across
various sections: energy
efficiency, water Calculations and LCC analysis
CRITERION 22 Life Cycle Cost Analysis
management, and report needed
sustainable building
materials for enhancing
the ‘greenness’ of the
project.
• To ensure safe, healthy,
and hygienic working and
Safety and Sanitation for
CRITERION 23 living conditions for Can be proven theoretically APPLICABLE
Construction Workers
construction workers
involved in the project
• To encourage the
adoption of measures that
make the built
Floor plan and Site plan
CRITERION 24 Universal Accessibility environment barrier free
drawings needed
and accessible to all,
including PwD and
elderly persons

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To promote a better
working environment for
service staff by providing
Dedicated Facilities for
CRITERION 25 dedicated rooms for Drawings are needed
Service Staff
resting and toilets for
them to ensure equity at
work
• To create a healthy
environment by ensuring
adoption of measures for
clean indoor and outdoor
CRITERION 26 Positive Social Impact air and raising Can be proven theoretically APPLICABLE
environmental awareness
amongst building
occupants and the
community.
• To ensure that all electro-
mechanical systems and Record of finding logs and
their components are their rectification
CRITERION 27 Project Commissioning designed and installed of construction, installation,
according to the and functional testing of
operational requirements systems.
of the owner

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 THEORETICALL
APPLICABLE OR
CRITERIO INTENT OF THE Y
DESCRIPTION NOT FOR MIXED
N NO. CRITERIA PROVEN OR
USE BUILDING
NOT
• To promote smart
metering and monitoring
Smart Metering and of energy and water Diagrams need to be
CRITERION 28
Monitoring consumption of the submitted
project to analyze its
performance.
• To ensure the
incorporation of detailed
O&M procedures for
Operation and Maintenance various systems in the
CRITERION 29 Can be proven theoretically
Protocol building.
• Compulsory for the staff
to undergo the necessary
training
• To promote adoption and
implementation of
CRITERION 30 Innovation innovative strategies to Can be proven theoretically
enhance the sustainability
quotient of the project.

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 Thank you
KHEWIN TONLEE K
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