Exemplary Performance

How to Register for Exemplary Performance Awards?
Existing Schools GRIHA Registered Project Existing Building Decarbonizing Habitat Program

Over the years, GRIHA Council has been hosting its annual summits to deliberate on issues which are of national discourse in association with entities of national and international repute such as Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Royal Danish Embassy, GIZ, Bureau of Energy Efficiency. The past summits had been designed on the themes such as “Approach to Integrated Sustainability”, “Fostering Partnerships for Sustainable Habitats”, “Transforming Habitats”, “Sustainable is Affordable”, “Transforming Habitats”, “Rejuvenating Resilient Habitats”, “Restoring Green Economy”, “Towards Net Positive Habitats”, “Empowering Sustainable and Resilient Communities”.

GRIHA Council is hosting this year’s event – “The 17th GRIHA SUMMIT” on the 3rd and 4th November 2025. In past years we have witnessed an overwhelming response to the event, as it brings together academic expertise and industry experience.

The theme for this year, "Innovate to Act for a Climate Resilient World" intends to serve as a platform to deliberate innovative and actionable strategies that can transform our climate ambitions into tangible outcomes. Aligning with the vision of becoming a ‘Net Zero’ emission nation by year 2070, the summit seek to provide a forum to address region-specific challenges and identify tailor-made strategies that align with the local climatic conditions, cultural contexts and resource availability, thereby making them locally relevant and effective. The summit will showcase deliberations on technical sessions focused on the role of policies & legislative implementation of sustainable practices, importance of addressing resilience in disaster-prone regions, whilst integrating smart & sustainable infrastructure development strategies by government and industry experts from the region, along with felicitation of recently GRIHA rated projects in the state and fostering new partnerships in the presence of eminent dignitaries.

GRIHA Council organizes “Exemplary Performance Awards” every year, to recognize the efforts of projects that have met sustainability goals and acknowledges their commitment to the cause of sustainable development. The entries will be evaluated on different sustainability parameters such as Passive architecture design, Energy management, Sustainable building materials/technologies, Integrated water management etc.

The categories of Exemplary Performance Awards are as follows:

GRIHA registered projects.

  • Passive architecture design
  • Energy management
  • Sustainable building materials /technologies
  • Integrated water management
  • Renewable energy utilization
  • Site management (During construction)
  • Construction workers health and safety (During construction)

The following categories are open for all projects irrespective of rating.

  • Decarbonizing Habitat Programme
  • Existing Day Schools
  • Existing Buildings (Open application irrespective of rating)
Guidelines for submission of entries for Exemplary Performance awards:
  • A single presentation consisting of all the categories that have been mentioned in the template should be submitted for Exemplary Performance Awards for GRIHA Existing Schools, Existing Buildings and Decarbonizing Habitat..
  • Separate presentations for each attempted category need to be submitted for Exemplary Performance Awards for GRIHA..
  • The participants may include their ongoing/ completed interventions in the presentation/s. The weightage of each category varies and has been mentioned in the respective templates for each of the rating variants.
  • The participants should submit the entries as per the template, (in .pptx format) provided by GRIHA Council.
  • The last date of submission of entries is 23rd of September 2025..
  • All entries should be submitted to griha.awards@gmail.com.
  • For any further queries, you may write to griha.awards@gmail.com.
Exemplary Performance 2024
S.No Category Project Rating System Award
1 Passive Architecture Design Income Tax Office, Bhopal GRIHA 2nd Runner-up
New Greenfield Airport at Dholera, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) GRIHA 1st Runner-up
GST Building, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh GRIHA Winner
2 Sustainable Building Materials Nalanda University Phase II, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar GRIHA LD Winner
D20 HQ, Jaipur SVAGRIHA Winner
3 Integrated Water Management Eco-Tourism Pilgrimage Complex, Dodak, West Sikkim GRIHA 2nd Runner-up
The Woods, Godrej City Panvel - Phase 01, Maharashtra GRIHA 1st Runner-up
Thal Sena Bhawan at Delhi Cantt GRIHA Winner
4 Energy Management Khangchendzonga State University, Sikkim GRIHA Winner
5 Site Management (During Construction) 280 bedded Satellite Centre of AIIMS Rishikesh at Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) GRIHA 2nd Runner-up
Dhemaji Medical College, Assam GRIHA 1st Runner-up
IISC Medical School Foundation, Bengaluru GRIHA Winner
Executive Enclave, New Delhi GRIHA Winner
6 Construction Workers Health and Safety (During Construction) CONSTRUCTION OF 132 NOS GADP TYPE-II QUARTERS AT OLD KALYAN MANDAP IN UNIT-VIII, BHUBANESWAR GRIHA 2nd Runner-up
Chhindwara Institute of Medical Science & Other Buildings Phase 1, Madhya Pradesh GRIHA 1st Runner-up
Common Central Secretariat Building 1, 2 & 3, New Delhi GRIHA Winner

Exemplary Performance Award for Existing Building

S.No Category Project Rating System Award
1 GRIHA Existing Building Awards Pushpangan, Noida - 1st Runner-up
Jio World Centre, Mumbai - Winner

Exemplary Performance Award for Existing Building

S.No Category Project Rating System Award
1 Existing School Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Atmkuri Ramrao School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 2nd Runner up
Shri Ram Shiksha Mandir, New Delhi - 1st Runner-up
Scholars Global School, Bahadurgarh, Haryana - Winner
Exemplary Performance 2023
S.No Category Project Name Result Registered Under  
1 Passive architecture design Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Memorial, Badlapur, Maharashtra Winner GRIHA
300 Bedded District Hospital at Namchi, South Sikkim 1st Runner-up GRIHA
2 Sustainable building materials/technologies Construction of Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) Complex near Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, phase 1 Winner GRIHA
3 Renewable energy utilization State of the Art Office building and Campus for MEDA, Aundh, Pune Winner GRIHA
Income Tax Office, Bhopal 1st Runner-up GRIHA
4 Site management (during construction) Construction Of New Campus of PT. Jawaharlal Nehru Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Chamba HP Winner GRIHA
Government Medical College, Haridwar 1st Runner-up GRIHA
Proposed Administrative Building in S.V.N.I.T Campus, Surat 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
5 Construction workers health and safety (during construction) Staff Quarters and Amenities For Reserve Bank Of India, Navi Mumbai Winner GRIHA
AIIMS Bibingar, Hyderabad 1st Runner-up GRIHA
6 Existing Day Schools MAHARAJA SAWAI BHAWANI SINGH SCHOOL, Jaipur Winner GRIHA
Delhi Public School Rohini, Delhi 1st Runner-up GRIHA
EDIFY SCHOOL, Tiruchanoor 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
7 Existing Buildings The NorthCap University, Gurugram Winner GRIHA
BrigadeTechGardens, Bengaluru 1st Runner-up GRIHA
Jeevan Prakash Building, Divisional Office-1 Campus, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Jaipur 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
Exemplary Performance 2022
S.No Category Project Name Result Registered Under  
1 Energy Management Bhopal Nagar Nigam Head Office Building, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Runner-Up GRIHA
Satellite Centre of PGIMER, Sangrur, Punjab Winner GRIHA
2 Integrated water management Utkarsh Bank, Varanasi Winner GRIHA
3 Renewable energy utilization Bhopal Nagar Nigam Head Office Building, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Winner GRIHA
4 Construction workers health and safety (During construction) New Terminal Building and ATC Tower at Tuticorin Airport, Tamil Nadu 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
Common Central Secretariat Building 1,2 & 3, New Delhi 1st Runner-up GRIHA
New parliament Building, New Delhi Winner GRIHA
5 Site management (During construction) Government Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Jajpur, Odisha 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
Construction of Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) Complex Near Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Phase-1 1st Runner-up GRIHA
New parliament Building, New Delhi Winner GRIHA
6 Existing Building ITC Greencentre, Bangalore Runner-Up GRIHA
UIDAI Head Quarters, Bangla Sahib Road, New Delhi Winner GRIHA
Renew Power Pvt. Ltd. Building, Gurugram Winner GRIHA
7 Existing Day-schools Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School, Jaipur 2nd Runner-up GRIHA
The Emerald Heights International School, Indore 1st Runner-up GRIHA
The School Krishnamurti Foundation India, Tamil Nadu Winner GRIHA
Exemplary Performance 2021
S.No Category Project Name Result Registered Under  
1 Passive Architecture Design Construction of New Training Block for Faculty of Gunnery Wing, Nashik, Maharashtra 2nd Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka 1st Runner up GRIHA LD
Multipurpose Hall, Bhakta Niwas, Tourist Centre in Mankeshwar Wada, Nira Narasingpur Winner GRIHA
2 Sustainable Building materials/ Technologies Gratitude EcoVilla, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Winner SVAGRIHA
3 Site Management (During construction) Government Medical College, Chhapra, Bihar 2nd Runner up GRIHA
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu & Kashmir 1st Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai Winner GRIHA LD
4 Construction Workers Health and Safety (During Construction) Government Medical College, Chhapra, Bihar 2nd Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati 1st Runner up GRIHA LD
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai Winner GRIHA LD
5 Existing Building Unique Identification Authority of India Headquarters Building, New Delhi 1st Runner up -
ITC Grand Chola, Chennai 1st Runner up -
Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon Winner -
6 Existing Dayschools Mira Model Senior Secondary School, Delhi 2nd Runner up -
Delhi Public School, Ranipur 1st Runner up -
St Joseph's Sr. Sec. School, Chandigarh Winner -
IPS Academy, The Knowledge Village, Indore Special mention -
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi Special mention -
Exemplary Performance 2020
S.No Category Project Name Result Registered Under  
1 Existing Day Schools Government High School, Agarwada, Pernem, Goa 2nd Runner up -
St Joseph's Sr. Sec. School, Chandigarh 1st Runner up -
ASN Senior Secondary School, Delhi Winner -
2 Existing Building Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, Chennai 1st Runner up -
ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad 1st Runner up -
Govardhan Ecovillage, Maharashtra Winner -
3 Passive Architecture Design Passenger Terminal building, Kartarpur 1st Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai Winner GRIHA LD
4 Energy Management Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan, New Delhi 1st Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai Winner GRIHA LD
5 Sustainable building material/technologies Construction of 100 Bedded PICU at SKMCH Muzaffarpur, Bihar 2nd Runner up GRIHA
International Tech Park Gurgaon (Phase 2) Gurugram 1st Runner up GRIHA
Proposed Additional Building Complex of Supreme Court of India Delhi Winner GRIHA
6 Integrated Water Management Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai 2nd Runner up GRIHA LD
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool 1st Runner up GRIHA
Passenger Terminal building, Kartarpur Winner GRIHA
7 Renewable energy Construction of Academic Complex & Canteen Building at IIT Madras Chennai 1st Runner up GRIHA
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool 1st Runner up GRIHA
Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan New Delhi Winner GRIHA
8 Site Management (During Construction) Construction of 100 Bedded PICU at SKMCH Muzaffarpur, Bihar 1st Runner up GRIHA
Construction of Multi Level Car Parking (MLCP) with Integrated Commercial at Chennai Airport, Chennai 1st Runner up GRIHA
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur(UP), India Winner GRIHA
9 Construction Workers Health And Safety (During Construction) PSG Institute of Medical Science & Research, Coimbatore (TN) 2nd Runner Up GRIHA
International Tech Park Gurgaon (Phase 2) Gurugram 1st Runner Up GRIHA
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Vijaypur, (J&K) Winner GRIHA
Exemplary Performance 2019
S.No Category Project Name Registered Under  
1 Existing Day Schools Mayoor School, Ajmer -
Billabong High International School, Noida -
Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School, Jaipur -
2 Existing Building Raj Bhawan, Pune -
G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore -
Titan Company Limited Corporate Office, Bangalore -
3 Passive Architecture Design Proposed Additional Building Complex Of Supreme Court Of India, New Delhi GRIHA
Bihar Museum Patna GRIHA
Nimbalkar Residency, Badlapur SVAGRIHA
4 Energy Management Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College & Hospital, Madhepura (Bihar) GRIHA
Devlopment Of New Civil Enclave At Allahabad Airport, Allahabad GRIHA
Nimbalkar Residency, Badlapur SVAGRIHA
5 Renewable Energy Proposed Additional Building Complex Of Supreme Court Of India, New Delhi GRIHA
Nalanda University, Rajgir (Bihar) GRIHA LD
6 Integrated Water Management Jipmar Rural Health Centre, Puducherry GRIHA
Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences, Faridabad GRIHA
7 Sustainable Building Material /Technologies Bihar Museum, Patna GRIHA
Bamboo Research And Training Centre, Chandrapur GRIHA
Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar GRIHA LD
8 Site Management (During Construction) Delhi Public School, Greater Noida GRIHA
Palm Spring-Jyothirmaye Properties, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh GRIHA
Indian Institute Of Management, Nagpur GRIHA LD
9 Construction Workers Health And Safety (During Construction) Palm Spring-Jyothirmaye Properties, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh GRIHA
Indian Institute Of Management, Nagpur GRIHA LD
Exemplary Performance 2018
S.No Category Project Name Registered Under  
1 Passive Architecture Design School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada GRIHA
FBN & PLEXUS Production House, Faridabad SVA-GRIHA
ITC – Kohinoor, Hyderabad GRIHA
2 Energy Management  Municipal Corporation Office, Sonipat GRIHA
Punjab National Bank Head Office, New Delhi GRIHA
Indian Institute Of Management, Raipur GRIHA LD
3 Sustainable building material /technologies Bhajan Dhaba, Amroha SVA-GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati GRIHA LD
Indian Institute Of Management, Raipur GRIHA LD
4 Integrated water management Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur GRIHA LD
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar GRIHA LD
Manipal University, Jaipur GRIHA
5 Site management (During Construction) Western Region II Head Quarters, NTPC Ltd, Naya Raipur GRIHA
BPCL Staff Housing - Proposed Multi-storey Residential Building, Chembur, Mumbai GRIHA
Forest Academy of Administration, Development and Management,
Chandrapur 		GRIHA
6 Construction Workers Health and safety (During Construction) BPCL Staff Housing - Proposed Multi-storey Residential Building, Chembur, Mumbai GRIHA
  Government Medical College, Puri–Odisha GRIHA
South Asian University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi GRIHA LD
7 Renewable Energy Varindera Constructions Limited Corporate Office, Gurugram SVA-GRIHA
Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur GRIHA LD
Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar GRIHA LD
8 Existing Building Solar Passive Complex, Head Office, Punjab Energy Development Agency,  Chandigarh  
Devraai Phase-II, Pune  
Exemplary Performance 2017
S.No Category Project Name Registered Under
1 Passive Architecture Design The British School GRIHA
Nalanda University GRIHA LD
PSG Institute of Technology & Applied Research GRIHA
2 Energy Management Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) World Headquarters GRIHA
The British School GRIHA
Construction of New Govt. Medical College GRIHA
3  Integrated water management Grape County Resort SVA GRIHA
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) World Headquarters GRIHA
Nalanda University GRIHA LD
4 Sustainable building material /technologies GeeCee Cloud 36 GRIHA
International Tech Park GRIHA
SIYONA (Phase 1) GRIHA
5 Site management (During Construction) Ireo Business Park GRIHA
IIM Raipur GRIHA LD
DLF Cyber Park GRIHA
6 Construction Workers Health and safety (During Construction)  DLF Cyber Park GRIHA
International Tech Park GRIHA
Sports City (SC 01/ A2) GRIHA
Exemplary performance 2016
Passive Architecture Design Titan New Corporate Campus, Bengaluru
Passive Architecture Design High Court Complex, Goa
Construction Workers' Health & Safety Integrated Commercial Cum Residential Complex, Bhubaneswar
Construction workers' health and safety: TATA Housing Residential Development, Kolkata
Energy Management Incubation Centre, Software Technology Parks of India, Mohali
Use of Sustainable Building Materials Redevelopment of Kidwai Nagar (East), New Delhi
Site Management Vallabh Bhawan Extension Complex, Madhya Pradesh
Site Management Corporate Office Building of Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Guwahati
Integrated Water Management Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad