25No of Building Cells established, covering all states and UTs.

Manipur and Madhya Pradesh ECBC Rules and ECBC 2017 Notified

To commemorate 75th year of India’s independence under Bharat ka Amrut Mahotsav, a virtual launch event, “Aiming for Sustainable Habitat: New Initiatives in Building Energy Efficiency 2021” was held on 16th July, 2021, where Hon’ble Minister of Power and NRE, Shri R.K. Singh was the chief guest. Eco Niwas Samhita 2021 and code compliance tool, Handbook and online tool for Replicable Designs for Energy Efficient Residential Buildings, Online tools for design of energy efficient residential buildings, online tool for energy efficient Building Materials Directory of India, NEERMAN Awards and National Training Programme on ECBC and ENS were launched.

Technical sessions on Role of Media in Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Building Envelope Solutions for Residential Buildings and Heat Exchange & Ventilation in Residential Buildings followed the launching of following four KnowledgAchievements of 2021-22e products: -

A book on “Understanding Heat Transfer in Buildings through Numerical Examples” to train undergraduate and post-graduate engineering students in the basics of building heat transfer and in the design of energy efficient buildings.

Building Envelope Solution Sets, a ready reckoner for building designers to design energy efficient residential buildings and help achieve compliance with the energy conservation building code for residential buildings or Eco-Niwas Samhita 2018.

A manual on External Movable Shading Systems (EMSyS), a compilation of external shading solutions available in the country to help reduce heat ingress in buildings and keep buildings cooler.

Vayu Pravah: An open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool to help building designers to improve natural ventilation in buildings and make them cooler and healthier

5No. building projects have been supported in 5 different states to showcase SuperECBC compliant buildings.

622No of buildings are approved by ULB/SDA at design stage and these buildings are at different stages of construction.

221No.of ECBC/ENS awareness physical/online programs has been conducted in States/UTs 10,321No. of participants from both Public and private sectors attended the program.

The National Training Programme on ECBC and ENS was conducted on 19th July, 2021 for architects, building professionals, field officials and other stakeholders. 1113 participants attended the training programme.