Report on GRIHA Analysis on NAB Building

SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Rajiv Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering

SUBMITTED BY

Akash Bhandari 2015B4A20545P

4A20545P
Vikrant Singh 2015B1A20885P
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all those who

provided us the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude
we give to our professor Dr. Rajiv Gupta, who helped us to coordinate
our project.

We would also like to thank Mr. Nayan Gupta for his valuable
guidance throughout the project. We both express our heartfelt
gratitude to Mr. Farhan for guiding us during the induction program
and giving exposure to all the facilities at BITS related to this. This
journey has been great so far and we thank the almighty to provide us
this golden opportunity.
 INTRODUCTION

In today’s age of global warming and the resulting climate change

problems, the ever growing human needs have severely affected
the environment and the ecosystem, leading to a major resource
crisis all across the planet. The overall quality of life all across the
world have certainly improved, but it has been at a great expense
of our Nature.

The constant expansion of human occupied area has led to

constant deforestation and plundering of natural resources for raw
materials. It may be news to the uninformed that the construction
industry, together with the materials industries that support it, is
one of the major global consumers of natural resources, both
physical and biological.

In response to these impacts, there is growing consensus among

organizations committed to environmental performance targets
that appropriate strategies and actions are needed to make
building activities more sustainable.
 GRIHA Rating System

 GRIHA is an acronym for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat

Assessment. Buildings interact with the environment in various
ways. Throughout their life cycles, from construction to
operation and then demolition, they consume resources in the
form of energy, water, materials, etc. and emit wastes either
directly in the form of municipal wastes or indirectly as
emissions from electricity generation.

 GRIHA attempts to minimize a building’s resource

consumption, waste generation, and overall ecological impact to
within certain nationally acceptable limits /benchmarks.

 It attempts to quantify aspects such as energy consumption,

waste generation, renewable energy adoption, etc. so as to
manage, control and reduce the same to the best possible extent.

 It was developed by TERI (The Energy and Resource Institute)

in 2000, and endorsed as the National Rating system for green
buildings by MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy)
in 2007.
 Developed particularly for non-AC spaces or partially AC
buildings.
 Integrates all relevant Indian Codes (like Energy Conservation
Building Code) and Standards to act as tools for
implementation.
 It aims to minimize resource consumption, waste generation and
overall ecological impact of building on environment.
 The Five “R” Policy
• Refuse – To blindly adopt international trends, materials,
technologies, products, etc. Especially in areas where local
substitutes/equivalents are available.
• Reduce – The dependence on high energy products, systems,
etc.
• Reuse – Materials, products, traditional technologies, so as to
reduce the costs incurred in designing buildings as well as in
operating them.
• Recycle – All possible wastes generated from the building site,
during construction, operation and demolition.
• Reinvent – Engineering systems, designs, and practices such
that India creates global examples that the world can follow
rather than us following international examples.
Scoring Criteria of GRIHA
Rating our Building
The New Academic Building ((NAB) NAB) that has come up in what was
formerly the C-Lawns.
Lawns. The state of the art subterranean bbuilding has 5
academic departments, 24 classrooms, a minimini-auditorium,
auditorium, computer
labs, a creative media lab, a rotunda. The rotunda doubles up as an
open air theatre with a capacity of 1000 people. NAB is designed to
perfection, blending in with the already existing unique architecture
of the Pilani campus. Sprawling over several tens of thousands of
square foot in area, it maintains the axis that passes through the Clock
Tower and the Saraswati Temple.
We shall now perform GRIHA analysis on the New Academic Block
Building.
 Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C1 Site Selection 1 1

Applying criterions -
• The site was not an existing farmland
• The site was not a wetland
• The site was not a playground

Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C2 Preserve and 5 4
Protect
Landscape
during
construction

• The existing plants and vegetation on site were preserved (1/1)

• Proper timing of the construction- (Not in rainy season) (1/1)
• Spill prevention, and erosion and sedimentation control- (1/1)
(No spillage detected, sedimentation control measures taken)
• Any removed trees replanted threefold- (1/1)
(No trees cut)
• Tree Barricading- (0/1)
(Not Done)
 Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C3 Soil Conservation 2 2

 Soil was conserved for gardening purposes. (1/1)

(Done)
 Stabilization of soil (1/1)
(Lawn grass on top along with proper spillage prevention)
 Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C4 Design to include 4 4
existing site features

• Minimal disruption of the natural ecosystem

ecosystem- (2/2)
• Maintained the prevailing Micro
Micro-Climate
Climate by preserving the
existing trees and vegetation (2/2)
 Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C5 Reduce hard paving 2 1

on
on-site

• Used perforated paving blocks - (0/1)

(Not done)
Use less hard paved surfaces and more and more green spaces or
unpaved space to allow percolation of water in ground and reducing
storm water runoff.
 Sustainable Site Planning

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C7 Plan utilities 3 3
efficiently and
optimise onsite
circulation efficiency

• Minimize road and pedestrian walkway length by appropriate

planning and provide aggregate corridors for utility lines (3/3)
(Done)
 Water Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C10 Reduce landscape 1 1

water requirement

• Planned for water efficient landscape plants- (1/1)

Water Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C11 Reduce Building 5 2

Water Use

• Planned use of water efficient fixtures in buildings (1/1)

• Use of water meters, waterless urinals, and other technology to
check wastage of water and reduce water demand. (1/4)
(No waterless urinals or and special technology for water
recovery)
 Water Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C12 Efficient Water use 2 2

during Construction

• Used materials such as pre-mixed concrete (RMC), for

preventing loss during mixing.
(1/1)
• Use recycled treated water and controls the waste of curing
water. (1/1)

Water Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C20 Waste Water 2 2

Treatment

• Provision for WTP for the treatment of water.

(2/2)
• Achieving the desired concentration of effluents by treating the
wastewater.
 Energy Optimization

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C6 Enhance outdoor 3 2
lighting system
efficiency and use
renewable energy

• 100% LED lighting fixture used for outdoor lighting- (1/1)

• Use of Spot lighting for outdoor pathway lighting- (1/1)
• Use of a renewable-energy based (Solar Lighting) lighting
system (0/1)
 Energy Optimization

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C14 Optimize energy 16 8

performance of
building within
specified comfort
 • Prescriptive approaches followed from ECBC
• Energy Simulation by IES-Integrated Environment System is
carried out to compare the performance of building as per ECBC
criteria
• Sun Path analysis is also carried out to result the best orientation
of building and tread off is made between various other features.
• 100% use of LED light fixtures and T5 tube lights
• Double Glazed Glass Windows
• Proposed Use of Occupancy sensors in offices and rest rooms
• Achieved Lighting Density of 250

Energy Optimization

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C18 Renewable energy 5 1

utilization

• Proposed Use solar panel on entire roof area of building to

tackle approximately 5% average load in year
 Energy Optimization

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C19 Renewable energy 3 3

based hot water
system

• Solar panel on entire roof area of building to tackle

approximately 70% of hot water requirement

Sustainable Building Materials

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C15 Utilization of fly ash 6 3

in building Structure

• Used Fly Ash Bricks for some portion of buildings walls

• Partial use of concrete with fly ash
 Sustainable Building Materials

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C16 Reduce volume, 4 4

weight and time of
construction by
adopting efficient
technology

C17 Use low

low-energy 4 3
material in interiors

• Use of aluminum windows, Louvers

• Use of chairs and benches made up of predesigned factory made
wood panels
• Hybrid structure with steel beams in some part of building
• Perforated false ceiling panels
• Use of low energy materials in interiors
 Waste Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C22 Reduction in waste 1 0

during Construction

C23 Efficient Waste 1 0

Segregation

C24 Storage and disposal 1 1

of waste

C25 Resource Recovery 2 0

from waste

• Assure proper segregation of waste

• Ensure maximum resource recovery and safe disposal of wastes
generated during construction and reduce the burden on landfill.
 Waste Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C29 Acceptable Noise 2 2

Level

C30 Tobacco and Smoke 1 1

Control

C31 Universal 1 1
Accessibility

• All workers provided with proper protective gear and equipment

by safety team
• Low VOC paints used for painting
• No Tobacco and smoking allowed, smoke detectors provided
• No freezing gas used in water chillers
• Voice levels kept low by acoustic design
 Waste Management

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C8 Provide at least 2 2
minimum level of
safety facilities for
construction workers

C9 Reduction of air 2 1
pollution during
construction

C26 Use of Low VOC 3 3

Paints and adhesives

C27 Minimize Ozone 1 1

Depletion
Substances

C28 Ensure Water 2 1

Quality
 Building Operation & Maintenance

Criteria Intent Points Assigned Points Achieved

C32 Energy Audit & A -

Validation

C33 O&M Protocol for A 2

electric and
mechanical
equipment

C34 Universal 4 1
Accessibility

• Provision for commissioning of entire building by third party

Audit and validation
• A proposal for Building information system is also there for
performance verification of various electric mechanical
equipment
• Use of Innovative design facilitates the gai
gainn of 1 points for this
innovation credit
 Conclusion

• Our NAB Building has a total of 62 points!

• Hence 2-star
star rating!
 References

• https://epcbits.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/project-parivartan-
2/

• http://www.pilanipages.com/bits-pilani-project-parivartan/

• Wikpedia.in

• Google.com

• http://www.grihaindia.org/self-evaluation-checklist