The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year 2001. The vision of the council is, "To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025".

The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.

The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. All the stakeholders of construction industry comprising of architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate, Government, academia and nodal agencies participate in the council activities through local chapters. The council also closely works with several State Governments, Central Government, World Green Building Council, bilateral multi-lateral agencies in promoting green building concepts in the country.

IGBC is India's Premier certification body, headquartered at Hyderabad. IGBC is also among the 5 countries who are in the board of World Green Building Council discussing global issues at COP and similar global platforms.

Green building movement today is a Pan India movement with over 14,510 projects with green footprint of over 12.3 billion sq.ft., aking India the second country with largest green building footprint in the world. IGBC is working closely with Government of India on green building projects for more than 1000 projects across the country. Today, more than 90% of green buildings in the country is being facilitated by IGBC and more than 5,820 projects are certified & fully operational. IGBC rated green projects are encouraged by Central and State government incentives in 14 Indian states. IGBC is National by Choice, and Global in Performance.

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