Realising the possibilities High Performance Buildings (HPBs) present, requires demonstration of effective implementation and a systematic effort to address the range of policy, financing, regulatory, and capacity gaps that currently constrain design, construction, and retrofit of HPBs at scale.
ASSURE will over 2024-30:
- Mobilise and partner with 100 million sq. ft. of lighthouse projects across India’s largest cities by offering technical assistance to turn them into HPBs
- Design and deliver skilling and upskilling programmes for 12,000 young net-zero professionals and practitioners
- Document functioning HPBs to develop compelling business and policy cases for supportive policies and public and private investment in HPBs
- Develop a performance verification protocol and savings assurance platform to validate energy and carbon savings and unlock new financing arrangements
- Run design challenges and offer support to HPB innovators and start-ups
- Engage with national, State and city-level governments on policy, regulatory, and process reform to incentivise HPBs
- Engage with financial institutions (FIs) to evolve new financing arrangements and protocols to promote HPBs
In pursuit of the above, ASSURE will engage a wide range of ecosystem players to:
- Align with national policy and programme priorities and climate disclosure, science-based, and ESG targets
- Leverage the best domestic and global expertise and Indian entrepreneurial spirit and funding
Other direct benefits include: material use efficiency across the supply chain; appreciation of asset and rental values; job creation; and, better conditions for workers.
A 2x amplification of these direct impacts by 2030 and a 50x amplification by 2050, is envisaged through a demonstration effect and by developing enabling policy options, financing arrangements, and capacities.