What is green building?
A 'green' building is a building that, in its
design, construction or operation, reduces or
eliminates negative impacts, and can create
positive impacts, on our climate and natural
environment. Green buildings preserve
precious natural resources and improve our
quality of life.
There are a number of features which can
make a building "green'. These include:
Efficient use of energy, water and other resources
A design that enables adaptation to a changing environment
Use of renewable energy, such as solar energy
Pollution and waste reduction measures, and the enabling of
re-use and recycling
Good indoor environmental air quality Use of materials that are
non-toxic, ethical and sustainable
Consideration of the environment in design, construction and
operation
Consideration of the quality of life of occupants in design,
construction and operation
A design that enables adaptation to a changing environment
What makes a building green?
Efficient use of energy, water and other resources
Use of renewable energy, such as solar energy
Pollution & waste reduction measures, enabling of reuse & recycling
Good indoor environmental air quality
Use of materials that are non-toxic, ethical and sustainable
Consideration of the environment in design, construction and
operation
Consideration of the quality of life of occupants in design,
construction and operation
One of the most important types of benefit green
buildings offer is to our climate and the natural
environment. Green buildings can not only reduce or
eliminate negative impacts on the environment, by
using less water, energy or natural resources, but they
can - in many cases - have a positive impact on the
environment (at the building or city scales) by
generating their own energy or increasing biodiversity
LIYA FATHIMA , 23 , S5 B-BATCH
 Components of green building design Green Building Strategies
Designing for livable communities
A GREEN BUILDING HAS FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS ON WHICH IT IS Using sun and site to the building's

DESIGNED: MATERIALS, ENERGY, WATER AND HEALTH TO MAKE GREEN BUILDING

MORE SUSTAINABLE. advantage for natural heating. cooling, and

• MATERIALS: THEY ARE OBTAINED FROM NATURAL, RENEWABLE SOURCES THAT daylighting
HAVE BEEN MANAGED AND HARVESTED IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, OR THEY ARE Landscaping with native, drought resistant

OBTAINED LOCALLY OR SALVAGED FROM RECLAIMED MATERIALS AT NEARBY

SITES TO REDUCE THE ENERGY COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION. plants and water-efficient practices
• ENERGY SYSTEMS: PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE Building quality, durable structures Reducing

HEATING AND COOLING COSTS OF A BUILDING, AS WILL HIGH LEVELS OF

INSULATION AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT WINDOWS. NATURAL DAYLIGHT DESIGN
and recycling construction and demolition

REDUCES A BUILDING'S ELECTRICITY NEEDS, AND IMPROVES PEOPLE'S HEALTH waste

AND PRODUCTIVITY.
Insulating well and ventilating appropriately
• WATER MANAGEMENT: MINIMISING WATER USE IS ACHIEVED BY INSTALLING
GREYWATER AND RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS THAT RECYCLE WATER FOR
Incorporating durable, salvaged, recycled, and

IRRIGATION OR TOILET FLUSHING; WATER-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, LOW FLOW
SHOWERHEADS, SELF-CLOSING OR SPRAY TAPS; LOW-FLUSH, OR WATERLESS
COMPOSTING TOILETS.
• HEALTH COMPONENTS: USING NON-TOXIC MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS WILL
sustainab harvested materials
Using healthy products and building practices
Using energy-efficient and water saving

IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND REDUCE THE RATE OF ASTHMA, ALLERGY AND appliance fixtures and technologies
SICK BUILDING SYNDROME. THEY ARE EMISSION-FREE, HAVE LOW OR NO VOC
CONTENT, AND ARE MOISTURE RESISTANT TO DETER MOULDS, SPORES AND OTHER
MICROBES.
 GRIHA GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM IGBC
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA)
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
• It is India's own rating system jointly developed by TERI and the Ministry • It has developed green building rating programmes to cover commercial, residential,
of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. It is a green building
factory buildings,netc., Rating programmes would help projects to address all aspects related
to environment and is an effective tool to measure the performance of the building/ project
design evaluation system where buildings are rated in a three-tier process.
• The main goal of the organization is to minimize the building's resource

• IGBC is the non profit research institution having its offices in CIl-Sohrabil Godrei Green
consumption Business Centre, which is itself a LEED certified Green bullding.IGBC has developed the
• The 5 R pgilosophy: following green building rating systems for different types of building in line,LEED India for
Refuse: Adopting international trends, materials, technologies,
New Construction
products, etc. Especially in places where local substitutes are readily

avallable • LEED Indla for Core and Shell

Reduce: The dependence on systems, high energy products,
• IGBC Green Homes
processes, ete • IGBC Green Factory Building
Reuse: Designing buildings with materials, products, and traditional
• IGBC Green SEZ
technologies to reduce costs. • IGBC Green Townships
Recycle: All possible wastes generated from the building site,

IGBC rating system addresses green features under the following categories
operation, during construction, and demolition.
• Site Preservation & Restoration
Reinvent Engineering systems, designs, and practices so that India

• Site Planning & Design

creates global examples that the rest of the world can follow, rather
• Water Efficiency
than just following global examples • Energy Efficiency
• Criteria fall into one of the following major categories • Materials & Resources
Conservation and efficient utilization of resources • Innovation & Design Process
Health and well-being
• Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, WIP circuit house, Pune ae some GRIHA
• Thermax Corporate House, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Building and Oval Nest
certified buildings are a few IGBC-rated green buildings.
 LEED
INDIA'S THREE MAJOR RATING SYSTERNS ARE LEADERSHIP

IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED), THE

RATING SYSTEMS FROM INDIAN GREEN BUILDING

COUNCIL (IGBC) AND THE GREEN RATING FOR

INTEGRATED HABITATASSESSMENT (GRIHA),

Buildings can qualify for four levels of certification

• Certified, 40-49 points

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) • Silver: 50-59 points
• Gold 60-79 points
It is a green bullding certification program used worldwide • Platinum: 80 points and above
Developed by the non-profit U.S, Green Building Council (USGBO), It Includes a set of

rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green

buildings, homes, and neighborhoods, which aims to help building owners and operators

be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently.

The certification process for design teams consists of the design application, under the

purview of the architect and the engineer and documented in the official construction

drawings, and the construction application, under the purvlew of the building contractor

and documented during the construction and commissioning of the bullding.

Soldier field,Chicago, One Bryant Park,NY, Shangal tower, China are some of the

LEEDcertified buildings
INFINITY
BENCHMARK
It is a Platinum rated Green Building as certified by the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) under LEED Core & Shell ver. 2.0.
This is amongst 7 such buildings in the world, 2nd outside USA &
the first in eastern India. The building has the maximum flexibility

and cost efficiency for activities ranging from wet laboratories to

software development, IT services, and even data centers. Well

connected roads and with the nearby International airport,

Infinity Benchmark is easily accessible for the working

community. Tenants are also able to enjoy the wide range of

amenities on offer within the building such as restaurants, cafes,

food court, business centers, ATMs, banks, medicine shops.

Location : Salt Lake V Sector , Kolkata

Area : 2 acre
Architect team : Agrawal & Agrawal
Year of construction : 2009
Building Envelope High Performance Glazing Eco-Friendly Energy Efficient Lighting
External walls and roofs Double glazed glass units
Efficient Equipment Use of energy efficient fluorescent

have high insullation increase energy efficiency of

Consume 25% less energy. lamps (T5s) and luminaries with

property building. CFC free refrigerant to avoid high coefficient of utilization

Roof has under deck Less heat ingress into the
ozone depletion The interior lighting designed with

insulation with 30 mm of building HVA equipment has been overall lighting power density less

rigid polyurethane foam Better transmission of day light

designed with no compromise than 1.0 Watts per sq ft
Terrace garden on roof top into occupied spaces on human comfort levels
reduces heat island effect Minimized light trespass from the

Provides external connectivity

Energy efficient water cooled site to increase night sky access

Use of overhangs on
to occupants chillers with CoP value of 6.3 and improve night time visibility
selected facades reduces
Use of overhangs on selected
Primary secondary chilled water External lighting designed to

the direct solar gains

facades reduced direct solar
pumps with variable speed drive reduce the development impact

through glazing.
gain through glazing to economize pump energy on nocturnal environments

Building Management System

Eco-Friendly Vehicle Charging
Optimized energy consumption resulting in operational

energy savings of 15-20%

Typical examples of energy saving through BMS integration
Night time purging to cool the building Provision of 13 electric car charging points
Chiller management
Reduces pollution and land development impacts from

Controlling AHU fan speed and chilled water pumps based on

automobile use
heat loads
Cost effective and environment friendlv means for

Temperature, humidity and lighting control

commuting to work
Monitors and controls indoor comfort condition
Automatically monitors amount of fresh air that enters the

spaces
Can also track occupancy status of each zone and

accordingly adiust fresh air flow

Water Efficient Fixtures
Provides alarm systems so as to take corrective actions
Consume 40% less water
Water efficient flow flush fixtures are used in the entire

building
Reduces burden on municipal water supply and waste

water systems
Reuse of storm water and treated grey water for non

potable application such as toilet, flushing and irrigation

Waste Collection Segregation

• Reduction of building waste diversion to landfills
• An easily accessible area in each floor is dedicated to the collection and
storage of non hazardous materials
• Separation of dry waste and wet waste materials at source
• Segregation and storage of dry wastes such as paper,
cardboard, glass, plastics and metals to facilitate
Indoor Environmental Quality
Occupants provided with superior indoor air quality through

energy efficient HVAC equipment

Air conditioned spaces are maintained at 24 degree C and 50
- 60 relative humidity through out the operation of building
CO2 levels and fresh air quantities are continuously

monitored and maintained at a pre-determined value to

enhance the productivity of the occupants

Adhesives, sealants, paints, resins used in the common
areas have low volatile organic compound (VOC) content
Day lighting views enhance productivity of occupants
t
Building Materials
Use of construction materials having 20% recycled
content and 20% locally available
Use of recycled materials reduced the impacts resulting
from extraction and processing of new virgin materials
Illustrative list of materials with recycled content
1. False ceiling material made of industrial waste gypsum
2. Door panels made of bagasse
3. Aluminium door and window frames have high
recycled Aluminium content
Use of 100% FSC certified wood for all wooden components
Plan & Views

LIYA FATHIMA, 23 , S5 B-BATCH