IGBC Green Healthcare Rating System - 'Draft is released for Public Comments'

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Rating system on Green Healthcare 


Draft for Public Comments
IGBC GREEN HEALTHCARE RATING
The healthcare sector in India is growing at a rapid pace and contributing immensely to the growth of the quality of services. The sector is expected to grow several-fold in the next decade. While this augurs well for the country, there is an imminent need to introduce green concepts and techniques in this sector, which can aid growth in a sustainable manner.

Introducing green concepts in the healthcare facilities can help address National issues like  infection, epidemics, handling of bio-medical waste, water efficiency, energy efficiency, reduction in fossil fuel use for commuting, consumer waste and in general conservation of natural resources. Most importantly, these concepts can enhance patients’ health, recovery and well-being.

Against this background, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched ‘IGBC Green Healthcare rating system® to address National priorities. This rating programme is a tool which enables the designer to apply green concepts and reduce environmental impacts that are measurable. To access the rating system, please follow the below link :

IGBC Green Healthcare Rating System (Pilot version) - Draft for Public Comments  
or 
https://igbc.in/igbc/html_pdfs/IGBC%20Green%20Healthcare%20-%20Pilot%20version.pdf

The rating system addresses the following aspects :
·         Indoor Environmental Quality
·         Sanitization & Hygiene
·         Water Conservation
·         Energy Efficiency
·         Building Materials and Resources
·         Site Selection & Planning

The draft pilot version of IGBC Green Healthcare Rating System is now kept open for public comments. Kindly send your comments by 16 Sep 2016.

You can send your feedback to:
Dr Shivraj Dhaka
Counsellor
shivraj.dhaka@cii.in
Phone: 04044185100 Ext 211/ 9177577288

Ar Pallavi Chitnis
Architect- Green Buildings
pallavi.chitnis@cii.in

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