The Hindu 23.10.2013
BDA gets nod for amendments to building norms
The State government has approved the amendments made to
the existing building norms of Bhubaneswar Development Authority laying
emphasis on harvesting solar power.
The BDA
(Planning and Building Standards) Amendment Regulations, 2013, say all
buildings may provide solar water heating system and solar roof top
system.
As per the amendments, standards of solar
water heating capacity have been prescribed for different types of
buildings in Bhubaneswar. While hospitals have been suggested to do
solar water heating 10 litre per bed, big hotels have been asked create
solar water heating capacity of 15 litre per room. Similarly, different
water heating capacities using solar energy have been prescribed for
barracks of army and police, canteens, hostels of schools and colleges
and individual houses.
The new building norms also
encourage installations of solar roof top system. Individual houses with
plinth area of more than 300 sq metre or above should go for generation
for minimum 500 watt of solar energy. Generation of 5 kw of solar power
has been suggested for big hotels of five star category. Besides, as
per the amended regulations, in case of buildings with more than 30
metres height, the structural plan and the structural design would have
to be vetted by any State Resource Centres identified by Odisha State
Disaster Management Authority or any Indian Institute of Technology or
National Institute of Technology or Government Engineering College or
any reputed technical institution identified by the authority.
Vetting of plans
According
to BDA sources, vetting of structural plans has been necessitated in
view of construction of high rises in densely-populated areas in the
capital city.
