- Nagpur’s ZCBAP aims at developing all buildings to be net zero carbon by 2050.
- Zero carbon buildings are buildings that improve their lifecycle environmental performance through measures that reduce embodied, operational, and end-of-life GHG emissions without compromising visual and thermal comforts.
- ZCBAP in Nagpur has been developed jointly with implementing partners of the Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA) project.
- ZCBA project was launched by World Resources Institute (WRI) in 2021 along with its global partners.
- Nagpur is one of six global cities (other in Kenya, Costa Rica, Turkey, and Colombia) where ZCBA project is being implemented.
- Need for ZCBAP:
- India’s building related Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions have more than doubled from 2000 to 2017.
- Over next 20-30 years, GHG emissions from India’s steel and cement industry are estimated to increase by nearly three and six times respectively.
- Brick kilns are another major source of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, NOx, and other particulate emissions.
- Nagpur’s ZCBAP builds upon national policy frameworks and initiatives supporting building decarbonization, which include:
- India’s Nationally Determined Contributions
- India’s Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy
- Energy Conservation Building Code, 2017
- Green Building Rating Systems such as Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) and
- Eco-Niwas Samhita 2018