U.S. Expertise Promotes Energy Efficiency in India’s Construction Sector

February 06, 2008

NEW DELHI –In a collaborative effort to streamline energy building codes, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Indian Power Ministry’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency today announced that they will provide the Energy Conservation Building Code Tips Sheets and Technology Atlas to architects, developers, engineers and building energy efficiency professionals to help them improve energy efficiency and to meet India’s energy conservation goals.

Mumbai’s J.J. School of Architecture, national and state level architecture schools, and the Indian Institutes of Technology are among 35 institutions and non-profit and government organizations that will receive the five-volume the Technology Atlas. The atlas is a comprehensive, easy-to-use manual on energy efficiency in buildings and contains technical information and practical case studies covering lighting, heating, cooling, and appliances.

The Energy Conservation Building Code Tip Sheets, developed with USAID technical assistance, provides guidance in implementing the Government of India’s national Energy Conservation Building Code. The United States is actively collaborating with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to develop capacity of architecture and engineering students to implement the national Energy Conservation Building Code.