About Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year
2001. The vision of the council is, “To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the
global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025”.
The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes,
certification services and green building training programmes. The council also organises Green Building Congress,
its annual flagship event on green buildings.
The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. All the stakeholders of construction
industry comprising of architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate, Government, academia and nodal
agencies participate in the council activities through local chapters. The council also closely works with several State
Governments, Central Government, World Green Building Council, bilateral multi-lateral agencies in promoting green
building concepts in the country.
Till date, 11,586 projects are registered with IGBC’s Green Building Rating Programs amounting to a footprint of
10.42 billion sq ft. These projects are coming up in both public and private sectors that include government buildings,
IT parks, corporate offices, schools, colleges, banks, factories, residential complexes, airports, SEZs, townships,
stadiums etc. IGBC’s share of the green building footprint in the country is more than 90%.
IGBC has launched the following different green rating programs so far to suit all types of construction projects:
IGBC Green Residential Other Building Typologies
IGBC Green Homes IGBC Green Schools
IGBC Green Residential Societies IGBC Green Campus
IGBC Green Affordable Housing IGBC Green Interiors
IGBC NEST IGBC Green Place of Worship
IGBC Green Commercial IGBC Green Built Environment
IGBC Green New Buildings IGBC Green Townships
IGBC Green Existing Buildings IGBC Green Cities
IGBC Green Healthcare IGBC Green Existing Cities
IGBC Health and Well-being IGBC Green Hill Habitat
IGBC Green Data Center IGBC Green Mass Rapid Transit System
Data Centres IGBC Green Existing Mass Rapid Transit System
IGBC Green Service Buildings IGBC Green Railway Stations
IGBC Green Resorts IGBC Green High Speed Rail
IGBC Green Landscapes
IGBC Green Industrial IGBC Green Villages
IGBC Green Factory Buildings
IGBC Green Logistics Parks and Warehouses IGBC Net Zero
IGBC Net Zero Energy Buildings
IGBC Net Zero Water Buildings
IGBC Net Zero Waste Rating System
The vision of IGBC is to enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders
in sustainable built environment by 2025. IGBC is on course to achieve this with the support of 1,615 (187 Founding
Members) organizational members spread across 29 chapters in the country.
To seed the ideas of green building concepts in the minds of young people, IGBC has started Student chapters in
various architectural and engineering colleges. As of today, there are more than 300 student chapters in leading
institutes across the country.
In order to develop service providers equipped to facilitate green building projects, IGBC organizes training programs
and conducts the Accredited Professional (AP) Examination. Till date, 5,976 individuals have qualified the IGBC AP
exam.
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