In a bid to promote energy conservation and showcase the energy efficiency in the buildings, CM Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Government has decided to construct a super Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) compliant building in SAS Nagar (Mohali). Revealing this, Punjab New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora said that Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department has allocated a dedicated land of 1500 sq.m. to PEDA for the construction of the Super ECBC building at Sector-65, SAS Nagar to showcase the energy efficiency in the buildings.
This building will be constructed within the next 2 years for the operation, said the Cabinet Minister while adding that it would be one such kind of model building showcasing the super-efficient technologies integrating with passive design features to be constructed as the first building in North India.
Additional Chief Secretary New & Renewable Energy Sources A. Venu Prasad apprised that the demonstration super ECBC compliant building will contain all state-of-the-art technologies and this building will be served as Model Building for all the stakeholders, students & general public for awareness in the State. The Design & Construction cost of the proposed Super Energy Efficient Building will be borne by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Chief Executive PEDA Dr. Sumeet Jarangal mentioned that H&UD department has allocated this land under public institutional infrastructure in Sector-65, S.A.S. Nagar near Punjab Mandi Bhawan of around 1500 sq.mt. as a role model for stimulating such practices in more government buildings to showcase energy efficiency in the State.
