Greater Vancouver Realtors Statistics Package April 2024
GREEN BUILDING
1. Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA ) National Rating System for Green Building Government of India Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
2. “ GRIHA” Green building ‘Design evaluation system’ A tool To design, operate, evaluate and maintain resource efficient ‘healthy’ and ‘intelligent’ building
3. RATING CRITERIA 1.Site planning 2.Building envelope design 3.Building system design (HVAC) heating ventilation and air conditioning, 4.lighting, electrical, and water heating, Integration of renewable energy sources to generate energy onsite. 5.Water and waste management 6.Selection of ecologically sustainable materials (with high recycled content, rapidly renewable resources with low emission potential, etc.). 7. Indoor environmental quality (maintain indoor thermal and visual comfort, and air quality)
4. Some of the benefits of a green design to a building owner, user, and the society 1.Reduced energy consumption without sacrificing the comfort levels 2. Reduced destruction of natural areas, habitats, and biodiversity, and reduced soil loss from erosion, etc. 3.Reduced air and water pollution (with direct health benefits) 4. Reduced water consumption ,Limited waste generation due to recycling and reuse 5.Reduced pollution loads 6.Increased user productivity 7. Enhanced image and marketability
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8. Criteria 1 - Site Selection Commitment: Site plan should be in conformity to the Development Plan/Master Plan/ guidelines. Site should be located within ½ km radius of an existing or planned bus stops, commuter rail, light rail or metro station or the proposed site is a Brownfield site (to rehabilitate damaged sites where development is complicated by environmental contamination, reducing pressure on undeveloped land). Evaluation points: 1(Partly Mandatory )
9. Criteria 2 - Preserve and protect the landscape during construction / compensatory depository forestation. Commitment : Proper timing of construction, preserve top soil and existing vegetation, staging and spill prevention, and erosion and sedimentation control. Replant, on-site, trees in the ratio 1:3 to those removed during construction. Evaluation points :- 5 (Partly Mandatory )
