With an aim to conserve energy, all new commercial buildings in the city will now have to comply with the Chandigarh Energy Conservation Building Code (CECBC).
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body set up under the Energy Conservation (EC) Act, has promulgated the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC). The Sections 15(A) and 57(A) of the EC Act, 2001 empowered the states and union territories to amend the ECBC as per their respective climatic conditions.
