INDIA’S INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION

over 300 new commercial buildings have become compliant. The Code would be made
more stringent to promote construction of even more (Near-Zero) energy-efficient
buildings. “Design Guidelines for Energy Efficient Multi-storey Residential
buildings” have also been launched.
5) In order to both recognize energy-efficient buildings, as well as to stimulate their large
scale replication, India has developed its own building- energy rating system GRIHA
(Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), based on 34 criteria like site
planning, conservation and efficient utilization of resources etc. A number of buildings
including Commonwealth Games Village have been rated using GRIHA system. Indira
Paryavaran Bhawan, the headquarters of Central Government’s Ministry of Environment,
Forest & Climate Change is a model building of Government of India and has received
LEED India Platinum and a 5 Star GRIHA rating. It is a ‘Net Zero Energy’ building with
100% onsite power generation.
1.2 ENHANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRIES
Infrastructure sectors, viz. electricity, coal and cement have seen a growth rate of 4.5% in the
year 2013-14. The recent initiatives like Make in India, Digital India, creating National
Industrial Corridors, streamlining environment and forest approvals, labour reforms and
undertaking other measures for the ease of doing business have also fuelled the spurt in their
growth rates. Amidst all this, policies to enable industries reduce their energy consumption
play a critical role as an instrument for sustainable environment through various interventions
like:
1) Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT), as a market based energy efficiency trading
mechanism, at present covers 478 plants (designated consumers) in eight energy-intensive
industrial sectors accounting for one-third of total energy consumption in the country.
The mandated decrease in the specific energy consumption under PAT programme has
led to a decline of 4 to 5% in their specific energy consumption in 2015 as compared to
that in 2012. Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts) are issued to consumers who overachieve
the target. The scheme is to be widened and deepened to include additional
sectors like railways, electricity distribution and refineries in the next cycle and would
cover more than half the commercial energy consumed in India.
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