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LCS – Low Carbon Solutions LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. 3 GRIHA – Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment developed by TERI & Ministry of New & Renewable energy 4 Green Rating System 5 Grey Water – Waste water produced by various domestic uses which excludes human excreta. Can be re-used with minor purification 6 Black Water – Waste water containing human excreta 7 IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation) 8 ACCCRN - Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network 9 CC VA – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. Required for Urban resilience. — Purpose: - Understand climate change induced stresses - Identify most vulnerable sections/areas - Provide information for developing strategies & mitigation plans — Calculation (as per IPCC): - V=S+E–A — V = Vulnerability — S = Sensitivity, Degree of direct or indirect effect on a system, both positive & negative — E = Exposure, nature & degree — A = Adaptive Capacity to moderate potential damages - Vulnerability factors/components (as per UN): — Physical: exposure of vulnerable elements — Social: non-economic well being — Economic: economic resources — Environmental: state of environment - Vulnerability factors/components (as per ACCCRN) — Built environment (Physical) — Infrastructure (Physical) — Health (Physical) — Demographic (Social) — Social Connectivity (Social) — Financial Inclusion (Economic) — Livelihood (Economic) — Green & water resource (Environmental) 10 ECBC - Energy Conservation Building Code (Developed by USAID III Project with BEE) 11 Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)