Questionnaire for GRIHA Product Catalogue

Mandatory Questions

  1. Name of the Product:
  1. Does your product comply with the requisite IS codes? Please mention the IS codes with which your product has to comply and submit soft copies of the acceptance letter / document of proof/acknowledgement of compliance given by BIS.
  1. Specify if the manufacturing plant is ISO 14000 certified/CPCB compliant.
  1. Please provide the contact information (in the given format) of the main office as well as the key vendorsacross the country. (This information will be published on the website in order to facilitate their procurement process)
  2. Central/Regional office location:
  3. Name of the contact person:
  4. Contact address:
  5. Telephone number:
  6. Fax number:
  7. Email:
  8. Website link:

(Add for more vendors if required)

  1. Share a high-resolution soft copy of the logo of your product/company.(Please attach separately)

Optional Questions

  1. Do you monitor energy consumption of the entire manufacturing process? Would you be willing to share that information for embodied energy studies?
  1. Cost of the product (per unit/per m2/per m3)
  1. Any studies and information on the life-cycle cost/benefits of the product.
  1. Any other special features of your product that you would like to highlight with respect to green buildings?

Product specific questions:

Bricks/Blocks

  1. Identify the building block/brick and its application
  2. Cellular Light Weight Concrete Blocks (CLC)
  3. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks (AAC)
  4. Fly Ash-sand-lime-gypsum (cement)
  5. Clay-fly ash burnt bricks
  6. Fly ash bricks
  7. Fal-G stabilized mud blocks
  8. Fly ash/sand lime bricks
  9. Clay red mud burnt bricks
  1. Provide dimensions of each block/brick.
  1. Provide data on following properties of the bricks/blocks along with test results (testing to be done by an independent third-party testing facility):
  2. U-value/Thermal Resistance Value
  1. Total volume of material in each brick/block which is an industrial or an agricultural waste like fly ash, blast furnace slag, rise husk ash, etc.

Note: The waste used must be acceptable under the prevalent IS-codes

  1. Scientifically reviewed embodied energy number (for Indian Construction sector)
  1. Density of building block
  1. Solar Reflective Index (SRI)/Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC)
  1. Provide a copy of the product brochure / specifications.
  1. Provide the test results for Water proof factor /Water resistance factor.

Please attach all necessary documents, like BIS compliance document, product brochure, independent laboratory testing etc. along with the completed questionnaire.

Note: The information must be verified by a 3rd party accredited professional/agency and the tests must be carried out by an accredited laboratory.