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FEATURE
Buildings
under
PAT Regime
While there are several carbon mitigation schemes targeting the industrial
sector in India, very few such schemes are available for the country’s
building sector. The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme—which
is the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s flagship programme for Indian
industries—is now seriously considering including buildings, especially
commercial establishments, in the PAT scheme. Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui
and S. Vikash Ranjan weigh in on the merits and challenges of including
hotels in PAT, since they are among the most energy-intensive buildings.
he building and
industrial sectors
in India account for
Timately 70 per cent of
approx
the total energy consumption
in the country. It is interesting
to note that several mandates
and programmes are run
by agencies to bolster the
carbon mitigation scheme in
industries. However, there
Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui is are very few such schemes in S. Vikash Ranjan is Programme
associated with the Indo-German the building sector, and even Manager in IGEN, GIZ Building
Energy Programme (IGEN), GIZ those are implemented in a Project, and supports the BEE,
Building Project, as Technical discreet manner. The Bureau of Ministry of Power, in policymaking,
Expert. Prior to this, he has Energy Efficiency has launched climate change, carbon budgeting,
a flagship programme for
worked with the United Nations Indian industries, called the and energy efficiency. He can be
Development Programme and the Perform, Achieve and Trade reached out at vikash.ranjan@giz.de
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) (PAT) scheme, which seeks 70
for promoting energy efficiency in per cent coverage of the total 36 thereafter, it is now high time to
buildings and the implementation per cent of energy consumption seriously consider including buildings
of the Energy Conservation by the industrial sector. After in the PAT scheme.
Building Code. He can be reached the successful implementation The initial plan is to cover the
at Ar.nisar@outlook.com of PAT (Cycle I) for industries commercial establishment in the very
and a successive rolling cycle first phase under the PAT regime of the
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Buildings
under
PAT Regime
While there are several carbon mitigation schemes targeting the industrial
sector in India, very few such schemes are available for the country’s
building sector. The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme—which
is the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s flagship programme for Indian
industries—is now seriously considering including buildings, especially
commercial establishments, in the PAT scheme. Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui
and S. Vikash Ranjan weigh in on the merits and challenges of including
hotels in PAT, since they are among the most energy-intensive buildings.
he building and
industrial sectors
in India account for
Timately 70 per cent of
approx
the total energy consumption
in the country. It is interesting
to note that several mandates
and programmes are run
by agencies to bolster the
carbon mitigation scheme in
industries. However, there
Abdullah Nisar Siddiqui is are very few such schemes in S. Vikash Ranjan is Programme
associated with the Indo-German the building sector, and even Manager in IGEN, GIZ Building
Energy Programme (IGEN), GIZ those are implemented in a Project, and supports the BEE,
Building Project, as Technical discreet manner. The Bureau of Ministry of Power, in policymaking,
Expert. Prior to this, he has Energy Efficiency has launched climate change, carbon budgeting,
a flagship programme for
worked with the United Nations Indian industries, called the and energy efficiency. He can be
Development Programme and the Perform, Achieve and Trade reached out at vikash.ranjan@giz.de
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) (PAT) scheme, which seeks 70
for promoting energy efficiency in per cent coverage of the total 36 thereafter, it is now high time to
buildings and the implementation per cent of energy consumption seriously consider including buildings
of the Energy Conservation by the industrial sector. After in the PAT scheme.
Building Code. He can be reached the successful implementation The initial plan is to cover the
at Ar.nisar@outlook.com of PAT (Cycle I) for industries commercial establishment in the very
and a successive rolling cycle first phase under the PAT regime of the
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