February 2015

GREEN BUILDING CITY MARKET BRIEF

MUMBAI INDIA

STATE AND NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF GREEN BUILDING CITY DETAILS

Buildings seeking to receive environmental clearance from
Population 12.48 million
the Expert Appraisal Committee, state or national, will receive Land Area (km2) 603
priority if they have obtained a green building certification Gross Domestic Product (in USD billions) 160
with a reputable standard; including pre-certified and Average Walk Score1 95/100
provisionally certified structures. The National Action Plan Annual Rainfall (mm/year) 2,258
on Climate Change was released in June of 2008, through Climate Action Plan No
the Prime Ministers Council on Climate Change. The plan
includes eight missions spanning through 2017 that will help BUILDING PERFORMANCE EMISSIONS
decrease the nations greenhouse gas emissions, including: City-wide Emissions (metric tons CO2e) --
solar mission, mission for enhance energy efficiency, mission % of Emissions from the Building Sector --
Municipal Emissions (metric tons CO2e) --
on sustainable habitats, water mission, mission for sustaining
the Himalayan ecosystem, mission for a green India, mission for
MEMBERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALS
sustainable agriculture, and mission on strategic knowledge
on climate change. LEED Credentialed Professionals (India)2 571

GRIHA has been adopted as the national rating system for PROJECT BREAKDOWN
green buildings by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE). It is mandatory for all new public sector projects to 52 1
LEED
1
achieve at minimum a 3 Star GRIHA rating. LEED Certified Certified
Project LEED Silver
Project
Projects (Mumbai)

CITY-LEVEL POLICIES PRESENT

81 20
Green Building Codes  LEED Registered
LEED
Platinum
Projects
Projects (Mumbai)
Energy Benchmarking and Data Transparency U 30
LEED Gold
Projects
Green Municipal Buildings  279
New/Existing Commercial Building Incentives U LEED Certified
Projects (India)
New/Existing Residential Building Incentives U
Graph depicts the distribution of
Green Schools  LEED certified projects in Mumbai
384
Neighborhood-Scale Sustainability U LEED Registered
Projects (India)

MAYORAL POWERS
6
GRIHA Certified
Projects (Mumbai)

3
3
2-Star
3-Star
50 GRIHA
Projects GRIHA
Projects
GRIHA Registered
This graph depicts the level of control or influence a Mayor has with respect to the
assets under the citys jurisdiction. Powers are assessed by four factors (ownership
Projects (Mumabi)
and control, ability to set and enforce regulations, control over infrastructure
budgets, and capacity to set vision), and covers the city-wide geographic area.

64
PRIVATE GRIHA Certified Graph depicts the distribution
BUILDINGS Projects (India) of GRHIA projects in Mumbai

NO DATA LIMITED PARTIAL STRONG

CITY EMISSIONS TARGET:
PUBLIC
India has pledged to reduce its carbon intensity by 20-
BUILDINGS
25% by 2020, compared to 2005 numbers.
NO DATA LIMITED PARTIAL STRONG