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Energy Conservation in SEZs
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....ollow all the applicable green guidelines which can be implemented in such buildings. Individual buildings within the SEZ can also adopt appropriate rating programmes based on the building types: * Residential (Developer) * ƒnCommercial (Developer/ Owner) * Factory buildings (Developer/ Owner) * Schools (Owner) Compliance with these guidelines would be certified by organisations like Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) www.igbc.in, Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) www.grihaindia.org, and other national & international agencies. SEZ developer/ co-developer can avail technical services from consultants, material & equipment suppliers. Information of such consultants, suppliers can be obtained from IGBC. (a) Optim....
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.... for ongoing accountability. (b) Power Utilization: (i) 100% of organic waste generated within SEZ should be used for in-situ power generation or vermi-composted, as applicable. This can be installed at a centralised location or have multiple individual installations. Alternately, organic waste generated should be appropriately sent to projects/ vendors for power generation, vermi-composting or other relevant usage. (ii) External Lighting in common spaces (street lighting, path ways, parking areas, landscaping, traffic light blinkers and direction signages, where there is no requirement of lighting for reading purposes), may comply with the following: a. Atleast 10% of the installed load should be solar powered during the first year of....
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....se, developers will have flexibility to use 10% of non-processing area beyond the limits prescribed, for any authorised operations b. Alternatively, SEZ projects can also enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable energy developers to meet this requirement. (v) For projects in SEZs having non-industrial hot water requirement, atleast 50% of hot water should be met by solar water heating systems. (c) Water Efficiency: (i) Water harvesting practices should be used in each Zone by developer/ co-developer such that atleast 25% of the site run-off is harvested/ captured, depending on the aquifer characteristics. Design harvesting system to capture/ percolate atleast 2-3 days of discharge. Note: Run-off is calculated based on....
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....ardous & non-hazardous) in accordance with State/ Central Pollution Control Board norms, whichever is more stringent. (iii) Garbage segregation should be as per Solid Waste Rules of 2000. (iv) Have a system in place to segregate waste during construction and subsequent reuse or recycling. (e) Plantation: (i) The Developer/ Co-developer for Zones greater than 50 acres should set up their own nurseries for plantation of saplings. For Zones less than 50 acres, developer may share the neighboring SEZs nurseries or tie-up with established nurseries in the vicinity, if available. (ii) Plantation should be native/ adaptive (drought tolerant). (f) Site Preservation and Restoration: (i) Prevent construction activity pollution by controlling s....
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....king or building basement, to reduce heat island effect. For remaining requirement of parking, other methods can be adopted. (iii) Facilitate proximity to alternative modes of local mass transportation (rail and/ or bus). In the event of such facilities not being available, provide shuttle services to the nearest rail or bus services. (iv) Provide bicycle lanes and exclusive bicycle parking facilities to encourage occupants to cycle within the SEZ. (v) Provide exclusive lanes for comfortable pedestrian street access within SEZ. (vi) Provide high level of internal connectivity through street network within SEZ. (vii) SEZs should be provided with basic amenities such as banks, ATM's, restaurants, super market, clinic/ hospital, pharmacy,....