Green Building Rating System is one of the important
mechanisms developed in last few decades worldwide to achieve sustainability in
Built Environment life cycle. The early generations of Green Rated Built
Environment from India have occupied for several years now. Therefore, it has
become inevitable to assess whether these Built Environment are living up to
expectations in their objective terms. Post Occupancy Evaluation is a process
of systematic monitoring of building's performance with predefined parameters
and objectives after it is occupied for few years. Present research focuses on
assessment of Green Rated Built Environment on the basis of Performance
Parameters. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and Energy Efficiency are two
Performance Parameters identified for present research. Seven Green Rated
Institutional/office projects have been selected for Post Occupancy Evaluation.
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has rated three projects and Green Rating
for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) has rated remaining four projects.
All seven Green Rated Built Environments are located in warm and humid climatic
zone of India. Questionnaire Survey, on site measurement of Indoor
Environmental Quality parameters and Energy Consumption Records are selected as
a tool to assess performance of Green Rated Built Environment. The outcome of
Post Occupancy Evaluation implemented on identified Green Rated Built
Environment establishes a fact that award of Green Rating to a Built
Environment will only achieve its sustainability objective if performance of
Green Rated Built Environment is periodically monitored and validated with
respect to identified parameters and their local standard provisions.
Author(s) Details
Author(s) Details
Dr.S. G. Sonar
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Pune-05, India.
Mr. R. V. Nalawade
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Pune-05, India.
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