PNS|Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh’s Special Chief Secretary to Energy department, K Vijayanand has said that the State will construct the Vizag Super Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) model with state-of-art technologies to showcase the advantages of energy-efficient buildings to the entire nation.
Vijayanand explained that the ECBC buildings take 25 percent less energy while the super ECBC buildings take 50 percent less energy and the super ECBC buildings can easily become net zero in energy consumption. He said, “The State will construct the super ECBC building in Visakhapatnam containing all state-of-art technologies which will become the best model demonstration building that can showcase the advantages of energy-efficient buildings to the entire Nation”.
The Special Chief Secretary said, “In view of the forthcoming G-20 Summit Working Group Committee meeting in March-2023 at Vizag, the decision of BEE to support AP in the construction of the Super ECBC building in Visakhapatnam will hold a greater significance.”
He also requested Visakhapatnam Municipal Commissioner P Raja Babu to issue building plan approval to APEPDCL for the construction of the Training Institute building with G+1 Floors in compliance with super ECBC-2017 norms. He mentioned that since the adoption of the ECBC code in the state, around 701 commercial buildings got ECBC compliance as per data available with DTCP, MA & UD Departments.
Vijayanand said that the energy demand in the building sector (commercial buildings) of the State is around 4800 Million Units and energy efficiency measures in the building sector including ECBC are expected to reduce around 25 to 30 percent of energy consumption in the building sector.
The officials stated the construction of the super ECBC building in Vizag will be completed within nine months.
