IGBC Green SEZ Rating System

Indian Green Building Council(IGBC) has developed green building rating programmes to cover commercial, residential, factory buildings, etc., Rating programmes would help projects to address all aspects related to environment and is an effective tool to measure the performance of the building/ project.

IGBC along with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has prepared the Green SEZ guidelines. IGBC has further developed IGBC Green SEZ Rating System as an extension of the Green SEZ guidelines which encourages the projects to exceed the requirements of many codes and standards. IGBC Green SEZ Rating System is a voluntary and consensus based programme.

The rating system has been developed based on materials and technologies that are presently available. The objective of IGBC Green SEZ is to facilitate the creation of energy efficient, water efficient, healthy, comfortable and environmentally friendly SEZ.

The rating system evaluates certain credit points using a prescriptive approach and other credits on a performance based approach. The rating system is evolved so as to be comprehensive and at the same time user-friendly.

The rating programme uses well accepted national standards and wherever local or national standards are not available, appropriate international benchmarks have been considered.

IGBC started accepting pilot projects under IGBC Green SEZ rating system. Project teams aspiring for IGBC Green SEZ Certification for their projects must register with IGBC.

To avail a copy of abridged version of IGBC Green SEZ Rating System - Pilot Version, please write to Mr Anand Koraganji at anand.koraganji@cii.in