SECTION I 1. INTRODUCTION ..- ..1 1.1 Introduction ..- ..1 1.2 Need of Study ..- 1 1.3 Research Questions ..- .4 1.4 Current Ideas Regarding Standards ..4 1.4.1 Need for the Standards ..- . 4 1.4.2 Disadvantages of the Standards 5 1.4.3 Limitations of the Standards 6 1.5 The Building Performance Approach.7 1.5.1 Current Approaches to Building Performance 7 1.5.2 Classification of Building Energy Performance Standards.. 8 1.5.3 Conclusions- .. 9 1.6 Aim- .. 10 1.7 Objectives ..- 10 1.8 Scope of Study..- .. 10 1.9 Research Methodology .. 10 1.10 Methodology chart..- . 12 1.11 Analytical Framework- 13 2. APPROACH TOWARDS BUILDING REGULATIONS.. 14 2.1 History of Regulations- . 14 2.2 Primary Argument 15 2.3 National Building Code. 15 2.3.1 Introduction- .15 2.3.2 Environmental Implications- ..15 2.3.3 Inferences ..- .. 16 SECTION II 3. EMERGING ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS.. 17 3.1 Building Performance and Energy Efficiency approach abroad . 17 3.1.1 London Planning Laws ..- 18 3.1.2 Singapore Planning Laws- 20 3.1.3 Australia- 21 3.1.4 Inferences ..- ..24 3.2 Green Buildings/ Sustainable Buildings26 3.2.1 Literature ..- ..26 3.2.2 Green Building Rating Systems 29 1. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) 29 2. LEED India..- 31 3. TERI-GRIHA- 32 4. Inferences ..- 34 3.3 Human Habitat and Indicators..35 3.3.1 Goals of Human Habitat 35 1. Resource Conservation- 35 2. Harmony with Tradition ..- .. 35 3.3.2 Performance Criteria of Design 36 1. Efficiency ..- 36 2. Equity..- .. 36 3. Feasibility- .. 36 4. User participation and control .. 36 5. Synthesis- .. 37 3.3.3 Scales of Human Habitat 37 1. The Building- 37 2. The Cluster.- . 40 3. The Sector..- .. 46 SECTION III 4. CASE STUDIES.- .. 51 4.1 Jaipur..- .. 51 4.1.1 Geographical Conditions ..- .51 4.1.2 City Level Planning- 52 4.1.3 Sector Level Planning- 52 4.1.4 Cluster Planning ..- .53 4.1.5 Building Planning ..- 56 4.1.6 Observation and Inferences 58 4.2 Chandigarh ..- ..59 4.2.1 Geographical Features- 59 4.2.2 City Planning- 59 4.2.3 Sector Planning- .59 4.2.4 Cluster Planning ..- .60 4.2.5 Building Planning ..- 62 4.2.6 Observation and Inferences 63 4.3 Vidhyadhar Nagar ..- .64 4.3.1 Geographical Features- 64 4.3.2 City Planning- 64 4.3.3 Sector Planning- .65 4.3.4 Cluster Planning ..- .67 4.3.5 Building Planning ..- 67 4.3.6 Observations and Inferences- 67 4.4 Inferences- 68 SECTION IV 5. TOWARDS BETTER DEVELOPMENT .69 5.1 Planning Framework and Development Control 69 5.2 Decision Areas ..- ..70 5.2.1 Planning at Building / Dwelling level.. 70 5.2.2 Planning at Cluster Level 71 5.2.3 Planning at Sector Level..- .. 71 5.3 Ground Situation- ..72 5.4 Ideal Situation- ..74 5.5 Implementation Strategy 75 5.5.1 Strategy at Building level..- .. 75 5.5.2 Strategy at Cluster and Sector level . 77 5.6 Conclusion ..- ..77 5.7 Further Scope..- 78 SECTION V 6. ANNEXURES- ..79 6.1 LEED India ..- .79 6.2 Market Aspects ..- .83 6.3 How do we create energy efficient buildings?.85 6.4 TERI-griha ..- ..86 7.REFERENCES- .88