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participation through Figure 7: Direct Savings from Demand Response in Air Conditioning in
green jobs and commercial Haryana, India (RMI, 2022)
opportunities.

Studies suggest that load
reduction of residential
cooling loads for Haryana
(modelled for 2030) shows a
potential to reduce up to 400
MW (2% of annual demand)
of peak load requirements
of the state, allowing up
to INR 83 lacs per demand
response event in power
purchase savings (Figure
7). (RMI, 2022). It identifies and leverage diversity of CONCLUSION
existing barriers for the loads at the community India’s energy choices will
successful implementation of scale. It focuses on how matter and have a direct and
grid connected communities, to realise the potential
the most pronounced being benefits of cost-effectiveness, far-reaching impact on the
the lack of understanding optimised supply chains, lives of its growing population
of consumer behaviour and energy efficiency, flexible and major indirect impacts
granular data availability on load management, peak on the rest of the world.
critical/non-critical loads. electricity demand and Through this paper we have
discussed the low carbon-
The U.S Grid-Interactive energy cost reduction, as pathway scenarios for India’s
Building National Roadmap well as the critical economic, commercial and residential
developed by the U.S. environmental, and social building sectors and also
Department of Energy’s impacts of innovation, energy drawn upon approaches in
Building Technology Office resilience, and energy access the United States.
(BTO) can be an effective for all.
precedent for a similar It is important to identify As next steps, embodied
roadmap for India. The various barriers that exist at carbon is critical given
roadmap identifies the the new construction
most important barriers each point in the value chain growth; and it is essential
and outlines the key in India. Technologies must to analyse the technological
opportunities for full be developed, deployed, approaches including
implementation of grid- adopted, and utilised before
integrated efficient buildings their benefits can be realised. reduction in resource use
and associated demand This is a space that is prime and waste, green steel and
flexibility. It underscores for research and development cement manufacturing,
the policy and technology in India; it will require and integrating accessible
needs of integrating systems, due diligence into the grid and affordable low-carbon
infrastructures, and digital systems, expert interviews, materials, building assemblies
communications and the surveys, and workshops and circular material and
extent to which NZ2Cs can across key decision makers energy flows. To address
harness economies of scale and stakeholders. operational carbon, the use

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