SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN INDIA

Client: Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power | Duration: Feb – Mar 2008 | Location: India

While the new commercial buildings are being targeted through the ECBC, there is a need to take up existing commercial buildings for retrofit energy efficiency projects. Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) building codes have proven to be sources of lasting energy savings in new construction where they have been implemented with care. ECBC has been acknowledged as an important tool of the government energy efficiency and climate change policy. It is an attempt towards understanding the current energy usages in public and commercial buildings across all the states and climatic zones. The situation analysis addresses the quantitative aspects of energy consumption patterns in the buildings. The requisite information, as per BEE requirements, was collected from each of the state capitals, by individually studying and documenting specific buildings, by using information on LEED certified buildings provided by the CII-Green Business Council, and from reviewing building approval applications available in the offices of MoEF.

Key Tasks Achieved

To collect data about ECBC compliant buildings as well as collect data about all government buildings that have a connected load of more than 500 KW. The exercise of collecting information about government buildings was undertaken in all state capitals of the country. The detailed work done are

  • Prepare a database of all buildings that comply with the ECBC, at least including those which are part of any one or more of the initiatives by CII, Teri-Griha.
  • Conduct a survey of (non-governmental) 10 commercial buildings (non-ECBC compliant) in each one of the 5 climatic zones of the country as defined by the National Building Code and ECBC. The commercial buildings surveyed must have a connected load of over 500 KW or a contract demand of 600 KVA or more.
  • Suggest measures to set up an institutional mechanism to collect and collate data relating to new commercial buildings from various sources. This should include templates for data collection, processes for collation and aggregation of collected data, identification and amendments to the existing procedures.
  • Document the initiatives undertaken by the State Government Authorities to benchmark the energy consumption of different types of commercial buildings (e.g. office buildings, hospitals, hotels, retail shopping malls, etc.).
  • Collect data on all government buildings in all state capitals of the country