Lok Sabha Question No. 223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Green Building Management Project
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## GREEN BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROJECT

223.   SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  conducted  any  feasibility  studies  on introduction  of  Green  Building  and  Building  management  projects  with  foreign collaboration and funding during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  introduced  latest  technology  of  LED lights and power saving technology based Building management solutions in the country;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  list  of  projects  implemented  during  the last three years in the various States/UT in the country; and
- (e) the details of the funds provided to such projects during this period, yearwise, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : A  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  has  been  signed  between Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Ministry of Power and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) a green building rating agency. Both the parties have jointly agreed on activities such as sharing of building energy data, upskilling the credential of Leadership  in  Energy  &  Environmental  Design (LEED) professionals and ECBC (Energy Conservation Building Code) experts for validating greater building energy efficiency, using tools like EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) for equivalency with ECBC.

(c) : BEE has launched voluntary star labeling programme for self-ballast omni  directional  LED  bulbs.    BEE  has  also  developed  ECBC  for  the  energy efficiency improvements in the new commercial buildings sector which includes Building  Management  Solutions  for  effective  monitoring  &  utilization  of  energy resources.  Under Building Energy Efficiency Project, BEE is providing technical support  for  energy  efficient  building  design  in  which  power  saving  through Building Management Solution is also part of the project.

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Besides, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of four Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Ministry of Power has been  implementing  a  programme  to  install  LED  lamps,  LED  Tube  Lights,  LED outdoor lights and other LED lights in buildings through retrofit programme since 2014-15.

(d) : List of Projects where  energy  efficient LED  lights  have  been implemented by EESL is given below :-

| Sl. No.   | State/U.T.      | Year of Impleme- ntation   |   No. of retrofitte d buildings | Name of Buildings                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Delhi           | 2014-15                    |                               1 | NITI Aayog                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|           |                 | 2015-16                    |                               1 | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|           |                 | 2016-17                    |                              15 | Rajiv Chowk & Barakhamba Metro Station/Vidyut Bhawan/Loknayak Bhawan/Transport Bhawan/Sardar Patel Bhawan/Sewa Bhawan/West Block/East Block/Nirman Bhawan/IP Bhawan/ Krishi Bhawan/Vigyan Bhawan/Pushpa Bhawan/Shastri Bhawan |
| 2         | West Bengal     | 2014-15                    |                               1 | Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCC& I)                                                                                                                                                                                |
|           |                 | 2016-17                    |                               1 | Coal India Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 3         | Maharashtra     | 2016-17                    |                               3 | Dena Bank(2)/Manganese Ore India Ltd.(MOIL)                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 4         | Karnataka       | 2016-17                    |                               1 | IAS Association                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 5         | Jammu & Kashmir | 2016-17                    |                               2 | Jammu Assembly/Jammu Secretariat                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 6         | Uttar Pradesh   | 2016-17                    |                               1 | Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Total     |                 |                            |                              26 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

Projects where power saving through Building Management Solution are currently being implemented by BEE is as follows :

-  India  International  Institute  of  Democracy  and  Election  Management (IIIDEM), Dwarka, New Delhi.
-  Jupiter Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra.

(e) : No  funds  have  been  provided  to  EESL  by  the  Government  to implement  such  projects.  The  projects  are  implemented  through  ESCO  (Energy Service Company) model (i.e. investment is done by EESL and recovered through energy saving) or Self-financing model by the building owner.

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