Managing the environmental impacts of housing

ongoing

Through its green finance label SUNREF, AFD supports the National Housing Bank (NHB), a public financing institution whose role is to ensure the regulation and promotion of housing finance in India.This project aims to stimulate the dissemination of energy saving and environment friendly measures by adopting recognized labels and to strengthen the capacities of the players in the construction and financial sectors.  It consists of:An AFD credit line to NHB for financing the construction and acquisition of green housing units whose eligibility depends on the social, energy and environmental performance of the buildings,A subsidy by the European Union to help fund the additional costs for implementing the labels,A technical assistance component and capacity building funded by an European grant meant for different players operating in the sector (promoters, decision makers, financers…).