Enabling the Ecosystem to Improve Access to Green Affordable Housing for Women - Research & Innovation

Enabling the Ecosystem to Improve Access to Green Affordable Housing for Women - Research & Innovation

Overview:

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assigned the Center for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE) to support the green building ecosystem in the affordable housing sector in India, in coordination with IIFL Home Finance Limited (IIFL Home Finance), a private sector housing finance company with a strategic focus on green affordable housing. The project's objective have been classified under the following components- “Green Building and Climate Research”, and “Incubation and Innovation.” 

1) Green Building and Climate Research: This component aims to establish and enhance the present state of understanding of affordable, climate-resilient housing in India from the perspectives of gender sensitivity, finance, and overall performance. 

• It emphasizes understanding, identifying the gaps, and recommending modifications in the present-day building rating systems from the perspectives of climate responsiveness and resilience in combination with the aspects of gender-sensitive and affordable building practices. 
• It involves the identification of performance benchmarks based on tangible economic indicators to prioritize affordability; for instance – it will provide a methodology to assess the capital cost of climate adaptation measures with provisions for regional and climatic nuances. 
• It also maps and analyzes the end-user’s decision systems to help align stakeholder interventions for popular access to resilient and affordable buildings; it supports the financial institutions to devise mechanisms to sustainably support the design, development, and operation of affordable and resilient housing.