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GATE 2024 AR — Architecture – Question 26

Climatology and Environmentally Responsive Design · Building energy audit and management · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which are within the scope of India’s ECBC 2017?

  1. Indoor lighting
  2. Outdoor lighting
  3. Plug loads
  4. Embodied energy

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Correct answer: (A) Indoor lighting; (B) Outdoor lighting

Explanation

ECBC addresses building-system energy performance including applicable interior and exterior lighting, A, B. Plug/process loads and material embodied energy are not the regulated lighting/system categories represented by those other options. Operational building-code scope differs from a complete life-cycle energy assessment.

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