The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a CII project aimed at building an ecological India and promoting sustainable development in the built environment sector, has granted ARC Institute of Technical Education an honorary status. As part of this collaboration, a "IGBC Student Chapter" was formed to raise awareness of green buildings among the student population and to inspire young people to think green. This achievement has primarily helped to encourage and promote sustainability led initiatives amongst our students.

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year 2001. The vision of the council is, "To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025".
The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.
The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. All the stakeholders of construction industry comprising of architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate, Government, academia and nodal agencies participate in the council activities through local chapters. The council also closely works with several State Governments, Central Government, World Green Building Council, bilateral multi-lateral agencies in promoting green building concepts in the country.