Rating Process

Registration
Filling online expression of Username and password for
Payment of Fee
interest (EOI) documentation on online panel.

Orientation workshop

An orientation workshop will be conducted for the entire project team by GRIHA

Site Visits
Due Diligence I Due Diligence II
when the project is at plinth level when interior work is in progress

Documentation
The project team must submit documents related to all the criteria on the online panel as soon as the
project is complete.

Review

Preliminary evaluation by GRIHA on completeness of the documentation

Site Visit

Due Diligence III - Final site visit

Evaluation by external evaluators

Second evaluation by external evaluators after
First review by external evaluators
project team furnishes requested information.

Award of provisional rating

Final rating
Within 2 yrs of provisional rating award, Audit data as per Criterion 32 format must be submitted.

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Post-registration workshop
The project proponent registers the project and appoints additional consultants if needed for
facilitating GRIHA green building rating. GRIHA Council shall arrange for a workshop in New
Delhi for the entire project team comprising of the owner, architect, MEP Consultants, landscape
consultants, project manager, etc., and the green building consultants. There are no charges for
conducting workshop at GRIHA Council New Delhi. If the workshop is to be conducted in any
other location, the travel and accommodation of 2 professionals (to & fro) has to be arranged by
the project proponent at their cost. The workshop serves the dual purpose of awareness of
GRIHA System for all involved and identification and evaluation of the optional criteria to
enhance the rating of the project. The outcome of the workshop shall be a roadmap for the
GRIHA rating process along with identification of responsibilities within the project team for
various GRIHA criteria.

Feasibility
Project team and GRIHA professionals will do the preliminary assessment to estimate the
number of points the project is eligible to get. Compliance with all mandatory criteria shall be
verified. Documents should be submitted in the format prescribed by GRIHA. Access to online
documentation platform and the GRIHA manual shall be given once the project is registered
under GRIHA.

Online Submission of documents

All compliance documents shall be submitted through the online portal on the GRIHA
website www.grihaindia.org. Submitted documents will be checked and vetted by GRIHA
Council. Complete and consolidated rating documents submitted by the project proponent shall
be sent for a third party review. Third party reviewers are identified and trained by the GRIHA
Council under the supervision of the Technical Advisory Committee of GRIHA. On-site checks
will be carried out by the GRIHA Council 3 times during the project execution phase for auditing
the green features.

Due Diligence
Three site visits will be conducted as part of the rating process to verify the compliances on site.
The first site visit will be done when the project is at plinth level, the second one will be done
when the structural work is complete and interior finishing is progressing. The third and final
site visit will be done after the preliminary document assessment by GRIHA.

GRIHA evaluation process

The building project (design, construction, operation) will be evaluated and rated in a three
stage process.

Evaluation process
The submission summary report generated by the online portal will be sent to members of the
GRIHA evaluation committee comprising of renowned sector experts from landscape
architecture, lighting and HVAC design, renewable energy, water and waste management, and
building materials. The evaluation committee members will vet the points contended by the
project team. The evaluation committee will then independently review the documents for the
award of points. The evaluation committee will award provisional points and also comment on
specific criteria, if need be. The evaluation report will be sent to the project proponent to review
the same and, if desired, take steps to increase the score. The report will elaborate on the
remarks of the evaluation committee along with its comments. The report will list the criteria
for which the documentation is incomplete, detailing the information, which is required. The
project proponent will be given one month time to resubmit the documents with necessary
modifications /additions. The resubmitted documents will comprise only of the additional

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documents / information desired in the evaluation report. The resubmitted documents will
again be put through the vetting process described above. The evaluation committee will then
award the final score. The final score will be presented to the National Advisory committee
comprising of eminent personalities and renowned professionals in the field, for approval and
award of the provisional rating. Final award of rating will be subject to an independent energy
audit of the project after a year of commissioning the building. Once rated, the rating will be
valid for a period of five years from the date of commissioning of the building. GRIHA reserves
the right to undertake a random on-site audit of any criteria for which points have been
awarded.

Note: It may please be noted that rating is subject to fulfilment of minimum requirements as
necessary under GRIHA. Projects that do not fulfil mandatory criteria and minimum required
optional criteria are not eligible for rating. However green design exercise and necessary
incorporation of green design concepts into the design can be made irrespective of rating
process.

GRIHA version 3
GRIHA undergoes regular technical revisions by GRIHA Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
The revised version of GRIHA, GRIHA version 3, was introduced on 5th July 2012. These changes
are applicable for all projects which register after 10th August 2012. In addition to the above,
based on recent TAC discussions, further changes were introduced in GRIHA Criterion 13, 14
and 18 on 20th May 2013. The attached technical document highlights all the changes
introduced in GRIHA version 3.

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