Giving a further fillip to India’s energy conservation efforts, Ministry of Power has launched the ECO Niwas Samhita 2018, an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC-R). TheCode was launched on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day 2018 in the presence of Chief Guest Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker, Lok Sabha and RK Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy.
The implementation of this Codeis willgive a fillip to energy efficiency in residential sector. It aims to benefit the occupants and the environment by promoting energy efficiency in design and construction of homes, apartments and townships.
This Code has been prepared after extensive consultations with all stakeholders, consisting of architects & experts including building material suppliers and developers.
The parameters listed in the Code have been developed based on large number of parameters using climate and energy related data. Initially, Part-I of the Codehas been launched which prescribes minimum standards for building envelope designswith the purpose of designing energy efficient residential buildings.