In Amaravati, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh every multiplex, hospital, hotel and commercial buildings with plot area of more than 1000 sq mts and built up area of more than 2000 sq mts will have to mandatorily incorporate energy efficiency designs from construction stage itself.

The State chief minister, N Chandrababu Naidu has asked the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) to work out modalities & prepare a comprehensive report for ensuring all the government constructions in the capital city will be green buildings & energy efficient ones.

The British Government has agreed in principle to extend support for developing Amaravati city using world class engineering technologies and also making the city to be pollution free by adopting various scientifically researched methods available in the Globe.

Construction of Green buildings in the capital city will certainly aid in building a environment friendly city and also attracts many new investments, especially from the building sector across the world said Ajay Jain, Secretary (Energy).

AP occupies a leading position in implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), a national program taken up by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with UNDP for ensuring “Energy Efficiency Improvements in Commercial Buildings”.

The Union Ministry of Power has cleared the proposal of BEE for establishment of an exclusive ECBC Cell/Wing in A.P. which will be helpful for the state to reach the target of achieving around 40 to 50 per cent saving of Energy in building sector. This Cell to be established with full funding from BEE & UNDP, will have national level empanelled building architects to monitor compliance of ECBC rules in the state, a press release said.

somasekhar.m@thehindu.co.in

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