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60 FEATURE ARTICLE
ENERGY CONSERVATION BUILDING
CODE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE STATES
OF TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH
HYDERABAD MODEL
Chinta Shree Sowmya, ECBC Master
trainer & Green building consultant;
Mr Rajkiran V Bilolikar, Associate
Professor, Centre for Energy,
Environment, Urban Governance &
Infrastructure Development, ASCI;
Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui, Assistant Project
Manager, UNDP–GEF–BEE; Sameer
Kwatra, former NRDC Speth Fellow
By constructing energy- by developing a model framework for all commercial buildings by
efficient buildings, cities for code compliance, which can issuing Government Order MS No.
and states in India have be scaled to many other cities in 30 (by Amendment of G.O.168)
an opportunity to lock the state and across the country. from Municipal Administration and
in energy savings for years and Urban Development Department
reduce climate-warming carbon Taking the lead on energy and became the first state to
emissions, while saving money efficiency, the Government of do so. After bifurcation, both
and retaining occupant comfort. Andhra Pradesh, supported by the states adapted the same
The Energy Conservation Building Administrative Staff College of GO (Government Order) and
Code (ECBC) is the model energy India (ASCI), Hyderabad, and continued implementation
code that sets standards for Natural Resources Defense of ECBC compliance for all
making buildings more energy Council (NRDC), USA, under commercial buildings.
efficient. With a combined UNDP–GEF–BEE (i.e., Bureau
population of 85 million,1 the of Energy Efficiency) project Key Features of
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh “Energy Efficiency Improvements Telangana and Andhra
region represents one of the in Commercial Buildings” adapted Pradesh ECBC (TSECBC/
fastest growing regions in the ECBC in the state and appointed a APECBC)
country. Hyderabad, the capital of technical committee to look into
the state of Telangana, has taken the integration of ECBC in Andhra For effective implementation of
the lead in ECBC implementation Pradesh Building Rules (G.O.168) ECBC, few revisions have been
with a few modifications. On done by the technical committee
1 http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/ January 28, 2014, based on the in the code before notifying it in
censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/ recommendations by the technical the state of Telangana.
IND028 _ Andhra%20Pradesh.pdf committee, the state announced They are as follows:
mandatory ECBC compliance
MARCH 2017
ENERGY CONSERVATION BUILDING
CODE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE STATES
OF TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH
HYDERABAD MODEL
Chinta Shree Sowmya, ECBC Master
trainer & Green building consultant;
Mr Rajkiran V Bilolikar, Associate
Professor, Centre for Energy,
Environment, Urban Governance &
Infrastructure Development, ASCI;
Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui, Assistant Project
Manager, UNDP–GEF–BEE; Sameer
Kwatra, former NRDC Speth Fellow
By constructing energy- by developing a model framework for all commercial buildings by
efficient buildings, cities for code compliance, which can issuing Government Order MS No.
and states in India have be scaled to many other cities in 30 (by Amendment of G.O.168)
an opportunity to lock the state and across the country. from Municipal Administration and
in energy savings for years and Urban Development Department
reduce climate-warming carbon Taking the lead on energy and became the first state to
emissions, while saving money efficiency, the Government of do so. After bifurcation, both
and retaining occupant comfort. Andhra Pradesh, supported by the states adapted the same
The Energy Conservation Building Administrative Staff College of GO (Government Order) and
Code (ECBC) is the model energy India (ASCI), Hyderabad, and continued implementation
code that sets standards for Natural Resources Defense of ECBC compliance for all
making buildings more energy Council (NRDC), USA, under commercial buildings.
efficient. With a combined UNDP–GEF–BEE (i.e., Bureau
population of 85 million,1 the of Energy Efficiency) project Key Features of
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh “Energy Efficiency Improvements Telangana and Andhra
region represents one of the in Commercial Buildings” adapted Pradesh ECBC (TSECBC/
fastest growing regions in the ECBC in the state and appointed a APECBC)
country. Hyderabad, the capital of technical committee to look into
the state of Telangana, has taken the integration of ECBC in Andhra For effective implementation of
the lead in ECBC implementation Pradesh Building Rules (G.O.168) ECBC, few revisions have been
with a few modifications. On done by the technical committee
1 http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/ January 28, 2014, based on the in the code before notifying it in
censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/ recommendations by the technical the state of Telangana.
IND028 _ Andhra%20Pradesh.pdf committee, the state announced They are as follows:
mandatory ECBC compliance
MARCH 2017
