The Indian Green Building Council launched updated version of LEED India, LEED 2011 for India. New projects will have to be register under the new rating system beginning 20th October 2011. LEED India 2011 focuses on reduction of energy usage & carbon di oxide emission.
The new version comes with several changes. The credit categories of Sustainable Sites, Water Effi ciency and Energy & Atmosphere were given significantly more importance while Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality remained very similar. The extra credit opportunities were expanded including an additional point for Innovation in Design and the addition of Regional Priority credits. The most notable change is the significant increase in points; LEED India v1.0 had a maximum of 69 points available while LEED 2011 for India NC have total 110 points – 100 possible base points plus an additional 6 points for Innovation in Design and 4 points for Regional Priority.
Regional Priority Credits are new to LEED 2011. They offer extra incentive for project teams to address environmental issues that are identified as local/regional priorities by IGBC. IGBC identified following six Regional Priority (RP) credits as having environmental importance for projects in the Indian region
WE c1: Water Efficient Landscaping
WE c2: Innovative Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
WE c3: Water Use Reduction
EA c1: Optimize Energy Performance
EA c3: Enhanced Commissioning
EA c5: Measurement and Verification
A project can earn 4 points of the six regional priority credits
Projects seeking certification using the LEED 2011 for India must score a minimum of 40 points to be certified.
Certification levels
| Rating System/ Certification leve | LEED NC | LEED CS | ||
| No of points | No of points | |||
| New version | Old Version | New version | Old Version | |
| Certified | 40 -49 | 26 -32 | 40 -49 | 23 – 27 |
| Silver | 50 – 59 | 33 – 38 | 50 – 59 | 28 -33 |
| Gold | 60 -79 | 39 -51 | 60 -79 | 34 -44 |
| Platinum | 80 and above | 52 -69 | 80 and above | 45 – 61 |
Points have been distributed as follows in the New Rating System
|
Rating system / Section |
LEED NC |
LEED CS |
||
|
No of points |
No of points |
|||
| New version | Old Version | New version | Old Version | |
| Sustainable Sites |
26 |
13 |
28 |
14 |
| Water Efficiency |
10 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
| Energy and Atmosphere |
35 |
17 |
37 |
14 |
| Materials and Resources |
14 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
| Indoor Environmental Quality |
15 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
| Innovation in Design |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
| Regional Priority |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Total |
110 |
69 |
110 |
61 |
Salient Features of LEED 2011
• Enhancement in energy and water efficiency baselines
• Promotion of naturally ventilated buildings
• Encouragement to passive technology
• In tune with local regulations and standards
• Adaptation of the latest versions of standards and codes
Download abridged version of new rating system from IGBC website
Hi sir,
I wish to attend the IGBC AP exam. In website in syllabus Section I : Green Building Design & Construction
Section II : Building Standards & Codes
Section III : IGBC Resources and Processes
Section IV : Green Design Strategies & Impacts
Kindly suggest whether all these sections covered in LEED 2011 – IGBC’s New Version for LEED book or we need to prepare any other books also.