CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -GRIHA for Existing Day Schools has been developed as a framework to evaluate and rate the environmental performance of existing schools across India. The rating intends to develop a proactive attitude amongst the students and teachers to reduce their environmental footprint and adopt a greener lifestyle.

Detailed explanation-2: -GRIHA is a rating tool that helps people assesses the performance of their building against certain nationally acceptable benchmarks. It evaluates the environmental performance of a building holistically over its entire life cycle, thereby providing a definitive standard for what constitutes a ‘green building’.

Detailed explanation-3: -GRIHA is an acronym for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment. GRIHA is a Sanskrit word meaning – ‘Abode’. Human Habitats (buildings) interact with the environment in various ways.

Detailed explanation-4: -GRIHA has been conceived by TERI and developed jointly with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. It is a green building design evaluation system, and is suitable for all kinds of buildings in different climatic zones of the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -GRIHA was adopted as the National Rating System for Green Buildings in India by MNRE in 2007.