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GBC Accredited Professional Examination

The 'Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional Examination' ﴾IGBC AP﴿ offered by IGBC is a credential for professionals to participate in green building projects. The examination is not based on any specific rating system. It is designed to test the knowledge of a candidate on green building design and construction.  Qualified individuals can be involved in projects ed under the 'IGBC rating programmes' like IGBC Green Homes, IGBC Factory buildings, IGBC Existing Buildings etc., Projects would achieve one credit point under 'Innovation and Design' category if an IGBC AP is part of the project team. Eligibility All students/ professionals of the building industry are eligible to appear for this examination.

Top Examination Fee ﴾effective from 1 January 2016﴿ The examination fee is as follows: S No

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Fee

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For Professional

5,000/‐

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For Students

3,000/‐

* Fee is exlusive of service tax * Registration, Reattempt and Reschedule fee are non‐refundable Top Location & Frequency of Exam The examination is online, computer based and offered twice a month ﴾i.e 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month﴿ at Merit Trac examination centers in the following cities: Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Kochi Coimbatore Delhi Hyderabad Kolkota https://igbc.in/igbc/redirectHtml.htm?redVal=showIgbcApnosign#eligibility­content

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Mumbai Pune In the following cities, period of exam is once a month ﴾3rd Saturday﴿ and the centers are subject to availability. In case any of the centers mentioned below is not available, the exam will be scheduled to the nearest city mentioned in the above list. Aurangabad Bhopal Bhubaneswar Chandigarh Gurgaon Guwahati Gwalior Indore Jaipur Lucknow Madurai Mangalore Mysore Nagpur Nashik Noida Patna Siliguri Surat Trichy Trivandrum Vadodara Vijayawada Visakhapatnam The candidates will have to specify their preferred location and date for examination in the application form. Note: The above test centers are subject to availability on the dates mentioned.

Examination istration The 'Indian Green Building Council Accredited Professional Examination' is being offered through MeritTrac Services Private Limited, India's Premier and largest skills Assessment Company. MeritTrac has conducted 4 million exams so far and is currently assessing close to 1.8 million candidates per year. MeritTrac has state‐of‐the‐art assessment centres across the country for conducting high stake exams and offering great candidate test‐taking experience. Candidates need to with the Indian Green Building Council through the IGBC website www.igbc.in. On receipt of the examination fee, the examination date and venue will be intimated via email. Results will be reported to the candidate immediately on completion of the exam. Successful candidates will be awarded the 'IGBC Accredited Professional' certificate and will be listed on the IGBC web site. Unsuccessful candidates can schedule to retake the exam by repeating the registration process.

Top Resources Suggested material for reading : https://igbc.in/igbc/redirectHtml.htm?redVal=showIgbcApnosign#eligibility­content

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IGBC Green New Buildings Abridged Reference Guide IGBC Green Homes Abridged Reference Guide IGBC Green Factory Building Abridged Reference Guide Background material of green building training programme conducted by IGBC

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Top Structure & Content The exam would consist of 110 questions in multiple‐choice format, with each question carrying one mark. To be successful, the candidates will have to score a minimum of 85 marks. The examination has the following four sections : Section I : Green Building Design & Construction Section II : Building Standards & Codes Section III : IGBC Resources and Processes Section IV : Green Design Strategies & Impacts SECTION I: Green Building Design & Construction  ﴾This section comprises of 50 questions﴿  The purpose of this section is to demonstrate the candidate's general understanding of the green building design and construction industry as they relate to green building practices.  Sample Question 1: Oil grit separators are installed to:  a. To filter oil in storm water run‐off  b. To capture storm water run‐off from surface parking areas  c. To recover oil spilling at site  d. To mix oil with storm water SECTION II: Building Standards & Codes  ﴾This section will comprise of 15 questions﴿  This section is to the candidate's understanding and knowledge on few of the local building standards and codes as they relate to environmental aspects  Sample Question 2: The Energy Conservation Building Code ﴾ECBC﴿ is applicable to buildings or building complexes that have a connected load  a. 100 kW or greater  b. Lesser than 500 kW  c. 800 kW or greater  d. Lesser than 800 kW SECTION III: IGBC Processes  ﴾This section will comprise of 15 questions﴿  This section would test the candidate's understanding of processes and resources related to IGBC programmes  Sample Question 3: If a credit point has been denied for a project and the project team feels they have complied with the credit requirement, the project team  a. Can write to the IGBC staff  b. Cannot do anything  c. Can appeal for review of the credit  d. Can declare themselves of having achieved the credit SECTION IV: Green Design Strategies & Impacts  https://igbc.in/igbc/redirectHtml.htm?redVal=showIgbcApnosign#eligibility­content

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﴾This section will comprise of 30 questions﴿  This section is to evaluate understanding of green building strategies and the impact that they would result in. The candidate is required to match the impact to a strategy provided  Sample Question 4: Perform soil and climate analysis to determine the species of plants which will adapt best  a. Improve erosion & sedimentation control  b. Enhance the aesthetics  c. Reduce water requirement for landscaping  d. Reduce water consumption in fixtures Answers to sample questions: ﴾1﴿ a ﴾2﴿ a ﴾3﴿ c ﴾4﴿ c

Top For more details, please : M Raghu Director Email Id: [email protected] Phone number: +91﴾40﴿ 4418 5178

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