NEW DELHI: The government is all set to strengthen Indian buildings and make them energy efficient. While the national building code (NBC) of India is already in the final stages of legislation in various states, the energy conservation building code (ECBC) will legally bind builders to adhere to minimum energy saving measures.
Since the new NBC '05 came into existence, many state local bodies have incorporated guidelines of the NBC in their building bylaws. This means that many guidelines of the NBC are now becoming legally bound for many states. While this has already been done by the municipal corporations of Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jamnagar, many other states such as Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are taking similar steps for building laws for their municipalities and municipal corporations.