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The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) said that implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) for commercial buildings will be mandatory for eight states, including Delhi and Maharashtra, from the next financial year.
The governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal will also have to make ECBC mandatory for any new construction of commercial buildings coming up in their states from April 2011 onwards, a senior official said.
“From the coming financial year (2011-12), these eight states will have to implement the ECBC norms in all the new commercial constructions,” BEE Director General, Mr Ajay Mathur, told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar organised by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, here.
The need for energy will increase three-times over the next 15 years in order to sustain development, he said.
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