TERI’s tool to predict energy performance in new residential projects

Under the aegis of ‘Promotional programme for energy efficiency in new residential buildings’ The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched the IT Toolkit: Resbuild India.
The toolkit, being envisaged to change the residential market especially the energy-intensive high-rise buildings, has been developed in association with KfW the German Federal Bank, National Housing Bank (NHB) and Fraunhofer IBP.
Mili Majumdar, Director, Sustainable Habitat, TERI said, “Since 24 per cent of the energy consumption is attributed to residential buildings, we saw huge potential of 30 per cent to 50 per cent with an intervention of a tool of this sort. It is a robust tool which will help us access efficient residential buildings”.
The objective of the toolkit is to calculate the projected energy demand and to identify energy saving potential in comparison to a reference building. This energy saving potential may be used to apply for loans according to the KfW/NHB program on energy efficient residential buildings.
Currently, there is no simple assessment tool available in Indian market which can be used by all. The IT Toolkit: ResBuild India is an easy-to-use assessment tool to predict the energy performance of upcoming residential building projects in the country, without going into the complexities of detailed energy simulations. The assessment tool allows the user to enter the general information on the building project to be assessed, key features of the building envelope (geometry, orientation, building materials, etc.),technologies used for space cooling, heating, lighting and hot water. Building professionals can carry out parametric analysis to arrive at the most effective ECM (energy conservation measure) combination for their project in a given budget and see how much efficient their project is vis-à-vis a reference case which gets generated in background for every project separately. 

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