Over the past 2 decades, IGBC has sought to make the communities in which we live, work, learn and play healthier, more resource-efficient, and less damaging to our ecosystems. And the first step to it was by earning an IGBC certification for the way your building is designed, built, or operated. But that’s not where things come to an end – occupants change, technologies change and market expectations change and Green building demands consistent efforts.

Renewal of IGBC Green rating is an important action and is now available for most occupied and in-use projects that have formerly achieved certification under IGBC.

You may ask what is Renewal/Recertification; it is the subsequent application(s) for certification after a project has received an initial certification under any version of IGBC for Building Operations and Maintenance. This achievement ensures that the IGBC rated project continues to function to the Green Building standards as laid by IGBC.

Renewal of IGBC Green Rating

IGBC boosts ‘Renewal of Green Building Rating’ at the end of the validity. The objective behind recertification is to simplify building owners and facility managers to augment the green building performance in the long run. The renewal process will simplify the Green Buildings to attain further savings in terms of water and energy consumption. This also creates a break for the old project to attain a higher level of IGBC Green Building rating.

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Things To Note

For applying for renewal, here are a few things you would have to note:

Pertinency

Renewal of IGBC Green Rating is applicable for all projects which are IGBC green-rated from 1 October 2019 onward. The validity period for Indian Green Building Council rated projects would be three years (for buildings) and five years (for large developments like cities, campuses, etc.).

Documentation

Renewal of projects demands minimal documentation which needs to be submitted only for those credit points that have impacts on the building operation.

Renewal Certificate

For renewal, the project would need to submit the documentation only once to IGBC for review. The renewal certification would be issued within 30 days from the date of submission.

Registration Fees

The project is not required to pay any registration fees for the renewal process. The old registration number would hold good if the project has applied for renewal under the same IGBC Green Rating. If the project is applying for renewal under another IGBC rating system, a new registration number will be allotted.

IGBC Green Rating and certification fee

IGBC has documented it in a simple table:

Pregabalin for purchase Renewal of IGBC-rated Green Projects
SNo	Projects initially rated under	Validity period of IGBC Certification	Applicable IGBC Rating for Renewal (as per latest applicable version)	Fee for Renewal as per the prevailing fee of the applicable IGBC Green Rating
1	IGBC Green New Buildings Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing Buildings Rating	100%
2	IGBC Green Existing Buildings Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing Buildings Rating	50%
3	IGBC Green Interiors Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Interiors Rating	50%
4	IGBC Green Campus Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Campus Rating	50%
5	IGBC Green Data Center Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Data Center Rating	50%
6	IGBC Net Zero Energy Buildings Rating	3 years	IGBC Net Zero Energy Buildings Rating	50%
7	IGBC Green Resorts Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Resorts Rating	50%
8	IGBC Green Homes Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Residential Societies Rating	100%
9	IGBC Green Residential Societies Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Residential Societies Rating	50%
10	IGBC Green Affordable Housing Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Residential Societies Rating	100%
11	IGBC Green Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS)Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing MRTS Rating	50%
12	IGBC Green Existing MRTS Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing MRTS Rating	50%
13	IGBC Green Railway Stations Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Railway Stations Rating	50%
14	IGBC Green Cities Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Existing Cities Rating	50%
15	IGBC Green Existing Cities Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Existing Cities Rating	50%
16	IGBC Green Villages Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Villages Rating	50%
17	IGBC Green Townships Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Townships Rating	50%
18	IGBC Green Landscape Rating	5 years	GBC Green Landscape Rating	50%
19	IGBC Green Hill Habitat Rating	5 years	IGBC Green Hill Habitat Rating	50%
20	IGBC Green Schools Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Schools Rating	50%
21	IGBC Green Places of Worship Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Places of Worship Rating	50%
22	IGBC Green Factory Buildings Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Factory Buildings Rating	50%
23	IGBC Green SEZ Rating	5 years	IGBC Green SEZ Rating	50%
24	IGBC Green Healthcare Facilities Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Healthcare Facilities Rating	50%
25	IGBC Health & Well-being Rating	3 years	IGBC Health & Well-being Rating	50%
26	IGBCs’ LEED India New Construction Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing Buildings Rating	100%
27	IGBCs’ LEED India Core and Shell Rating	3 years	IGBC Green Existing Buildings Rating	100%

Renewal Process for IGBC Pre-certified Projects

The renewal process for IGBC pre-certified projects would differ based on two case scenarios:

1 – Project submitting periodic six-monthly reports regularly

2 – 6-monthly project updates NOT submitted by project to IGBC

In the first case, the project owner can write to IGBC to re-validate or renew the project pre-certification based on the virtual site visit. The certificate validity would be extended by 1-year with no additional fees charged. But if the project has not submitted the 6-monthly project updates by project to IGBC then the project would need to apply for precertification again with a standard fee.

For more details on Renewal of IGBC Green Rating visit www.igbc.in.

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Curated by editor at  Wienerberger India

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