Using Third-Party Inspectors in Building Energy Codes Enforcement in India.

摘要

India is experiencing fast income growth and urbanization, and this leads to unprecedented increases in demand for building energy services and resulting energy consumption. In response to rapid growth in building energy use, the Government of India issued the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in 2007, which is consistent with and based on the 2001 Energy Conservation Act. ECBC implementation has been voluntary since its enactment and a few states have started to make progress towards mandatory implementation. Rajasthan is the first state in India to adopt ECBC as a mandatory code. The State adopted ECBC with minor additions on March 28, 2011 through a stakeholder process; it became mandatory in Rajasthan on September 28, 2011. The State of Odisha and the Union Territory of Puducherry also amended ECBC and sent out notifications for mandatory adoption recently. According to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), 16 Indian States are now in various stages of ECBC implementation and adoption, and these also include Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal.