New Delhi, India—(October 4, 2016)—Today, the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certifying body for all projects participating in the LEED green building rating system, released its 2016 LEED in Motion: India report, a comprehensive report of LEED activity in India that found strong financial savings on energy for a number of sector-diverse, LEED Platinum and LEED Gold buildings across India.
The report, which was also featured as part of USGBC's Greenbuild conference being held in Los Angeles this week, notes that the LEED Platinum ITC Sankhya Data Center in Bengaluru achieved an annual energy savings of INR 121 million and the LEED Gold K. Raheja Corp. Mindspace Building No. 9 in Hyderabad saved INR 24 million annually in energy and INR 3 million in water savings.
"Advancing sound, measurable and quantifiable building performance data into the Indian market is key to our success, and our new report clearly demonstrates that LEED buildings perform and deliver a significant return on investment to the customer," said Mili Majumdar, managing director of GBCI India and SVP, U.S. Green Building Council. "The centerpiece of our latest version of LEED is performance and we continue to explore solutions that allow our customers to easily monitor and manage their building portfolios."
This timely report also examines recent and significant gains in the application of green building techniques throughout India, and even stronger year-over-year growth in the nation's use of LEED. LEED in Motion: India notes strong growth in the number of LEED projects, with India currently the third largest country outside the U.S. for LEED, containing over 2,230 projects participating in LEED and encompassing more than 908 million gross square feet of LEED space.
LEED is a simple and effective program for navigating complex, sometimes competing, building and environmental issues affecting humans worldwide. Every day, more than 170,000 gross square meters of space is LEED-certified in more than 160 countries and territories. More than 79,600 commercial projects are currently participating in LEED, comprising more than 1.4 billion square meters of construction space. With specific achievement paths built in, LEED is designed for use in various building types in a variety of climates and localities, often syncing with local laws and requirements.
LEED in Motion: India is the latest in a series of reports from GBCI designed to provide a holistic snapshot of the green building movement in international markets. The report equips green building advocates with the insight and perspective to understand the use of the globally recognized LEED rating system and to make a strong case for sustainable building activity.