S.P.S.A.

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ROHTAK
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SUBJECT:- GREEN ARCHITECTURE

TOPIC:- GREEN BUILDING

SUBMITTED
TO:AR. SOURABH
JINDAL

SUBMITTED
BY:SONU
13/SPSAD/24
5TH SEMESTER

GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Green architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the
negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and
moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development
space.
Green architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and
ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
Designing to reduce the overall impact of the built-up
environment on human health and the natural environment by:
1. Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources
2. Protecting occupants health and improving productivity
3. Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation
4. Ensuring sustainability
5. Natural building - use of natural materials available locally.

GREEN BUILDING
Green Buildings are high performance
structures that also meet certain standards for
reducing natural resource consumption.
A Green Building is one which uses less water,
optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural
resources, generates less waste and provides
healthier space for occupants as compared to
conventional buildings.
Refers to a structure and using process that is
environmentally responsible and resource
efficient throughout a buildings life cycle : from
sitting to design, construction, operation,
maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
It often emphasizes taking advantage
ofrenewable resources, e.g., using sunlight

FUNDAMENTALS OF GREEN BUILDING

Structure Design Efficiency,
Energy Efficiency,
Water Efficiency,
Materials Efficiency,
Indoor Environmental
Quality Enhancement,
Operations And
Maintenance Optimization,
Waste And Toxics
Reduction

FUNDAMENTALS OF GREEN BUILDING

STRUCTURE EFFICIENCY:
It is the concept of sustainable building and has largest
impact on cost
and performance.

ENERGY
It aims EFFICIENCY:
to minimize the environment impact associated
with
Theall
layout
of the construction can be strategized
life-cycles.
so that natural light pours for additional warmth.
Shading the roof with trees offers an eco-friendly
alternative to air conditioning.
To reduce operating energy use, high-efficiency
windows and insulation in walls, ceilings, and
floors increase the efficiency of thebuilding
envelope.
Onsite
generation
ofrenewable
energythroughsolar power,wind power,hydro

FUNDAMENTALS OF GREEN BUILDING

WATER EFFICIENCY:
To minimize water consumption one should aim to
use the water which has been collected, used,
purified and reused.
MATERIAL EFFICIENCY:
Green building materials are composed of
renewable, rather than nonrenewable resources.
Materials should be use that can be recycled and
can generate surplus amount of energy.
An example of this are solar power panels, not
only they provide lightening but they are also a
useful energy source.
WASTE AND REDUCTION:

DIFFERENT FROM OTHER BUILDINGS

The design, maintaince and construction of buildings
have tremendous effect on our environment and
natural resources.
Green Building is different from the other buildings
because it use a minimum amount of non-renewable
energy, produce minimal pollution, increases the
comfort, health and safety of the people who work in
them.
It also minimize the waste in construction by
ENVIORNMENTAL BENEFITS
recovering materials and reusing or recycling them.
Protect biodiversity and ecosystems
Improve air and water quality
Reduce waste streams
Conserve natural resources

GREEN BUILDING AUTHORITIES

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines

Center
Hyderabad

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Project Name:CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business
Centre (CIIGBC)
Architect: Karan Grover & Associates
Site Area: 5 Acres
Built-Up Area: 20,000 Sq. ft
Building Footprint: 9.5%
Minimum disturbance to the existing site features
Large area for landscape to enhance and for
visual delight
Earned a LEED rating of 56 credits and became
certified LEED Platinum for New Construction - the
first in India and the first outside of the U.S.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Wind Towers

Water Body

Roof garden

Central courtyard

Jalli

Solar PV

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Courtyards:
The courtyards act as "light wells," illuminating adjacent work
areas.
When this light is not sufficient, sensors trigger the
deployment of efficient electric lights.
Dimmers automatically control the illumination levels,
turning the lights off when they're unnecessary.
Also, occupancy sensors prevent a light from being switched
on at an unoccupied workstation.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Light:
Building layout ensures that 90 % of spaces have
daylight access and views to the outside.
North facades are glazed for efficient diffused light.
Natural lighting - no lights are used until late in the
evening
Minimum lux levels for all work stations have been
ensured
Light captured from as many sides possible - the use of
courtyards

Natural light ensured in dark corners

by the use of full length slits for
maximum light
North light roof used to naturally light
All work stations have amp
the entire green technology centre
natural light

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Roof Garden :
Roof Absorbing heat and radiating it into the building.
This is minimized through the roof gardens covering
55% of the roof area.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Double glazed glass:
This consists of two sheets of glass with space in
between, sometimes filled with air or other gases, or
vacuum.
The main advantage of this type of cross-section is its
ability to reduce heat transfer from one pane to the
other, both by conduction and by radiation.
The double glazed glass will just allow the diffused
sunlight to pass through and will radiate the solar
radiation back. It is located in the western direction
because the suns rays is highly radiant when it is
setting.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Jalli:
Allow controlled passage of air and light into the
interior space.
Jallis or Lattice walls are used to prevent glare
and heat gain while ensuring adequate day
lighting and views.
The jalli, used in many historic buildings such as
the Taj Mahal, gives definition and an aesthetic
appeal to a space.
An alternative to costly window construction

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Function of Jalli in rains:

Rain water
seeps in
the
openings.

Water
utilized for
the plants
inside.

Section through the jali

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Solar system:
Harvesting of solar energy - 20% of the buildings
energy requirement is catered to by solar
photovoltaic.
The Solar PV has an installed capacity of 23.5 KW
Average generation is 100-125 units per day.
Placed appropriately on the roof facing South and
West to capture maximum heat gain.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Wind system:
Wind tower with evaporative cooling
A combination of sensible cooling in the ground and
evaporative cooling with the flow of air induced by the
wind tower can be achieved by a configuration as shown.
The heat loss from air results in a decreased air
temperature, but no change in the water vapour content
of the air.

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Wind system:
Air, cooled by upto 8 ^C, is supplied to the AHUs,
substantially reducing the load on the air conditioning
system.
A heavily insulated roof further reduces the cooling load.
Due to the unpredictable wind direction, opening on all
four sides are provided with an additional affect due to
wind pressure. The rate of heat transfer mainly depends
on surface area with which, the air comes in contact.
Here the surface area is increased by having vertical
conduits, which gives less resistance to air flow. Further,
the effectiveness is increased by having sprinklers to
Wind tower design
Wind tower design
promote the evaporative
cooling
with openings on
all four sides

with evaporatively
cooled system

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Water system:
Collect rainwater for external use i.e. garden/washing
car.
Use water conserving appliances including toilets,
shower, taps, washing machine and dish washer e.g..
Low flow faucets, water saving dual flush tanks
Reduce irrigation and surface water run-off
Rain Water Harvest :
Some rainwater goes into the soil by the use of
permeable grid pavers.
The remaining rainwater follows existing flow patterns
and is collected in a water pond another traditional
method of rain water harvesting, constructed at a lower
end of the site.
In addition, the building achieves a 35 % reduction of
municipally supplied potable water, in part through the

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Water system:

Water Pond

Flow Patterns

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Waste water treatement:
All wastewater generated - recycled by "root zone
treatment" -simultaneously irrigates the vegetation.
Zero water discharge building system 35% reduction in
potable water use
Low flow water fixtures
Waterless urinals
Use of storm water & recycled water for irrigation.
Root Zone Treatment:
Entire waste water in the building is treated biologically
through a process called the 'Root Zone Treatment
Low operating cost , less energy requirement and ease of
maintenance
Attractive alternative for wastewater management
Enhances the Landscape

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Sustainable Materials :
A large amount of energy and pollution was also
reduced through choices in the production and
transportation of building materials.
An impressive 77 percent of the building materials use
recycled content in the form of fly ash, broken glass,
broken tiles, recycled paper, recycled aluminium, cinder
from industrial furnaces, bagasse (an agricultural waste
from sugar cane), mineral fibbers, cellulose fibbers, and
quarry dust.
The building reuses a significant amount of material
salvaged from other construction sites like toilet doors,
interlocking pavement blocks, stone slabs, scrap steel,
scrap glazed tiles, shuttering material and, interestingly,
the furniture in the cafeteria. A waste management plan
ensured that 96 percent of construction waste was

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Reuse of
construction
waste stone in
paving
the gardens

Furniture in the canteen

with local Tandur stone
flooring

Use of bamboo
as landscape
elements

Sohrabji Godrej Green Busines Center ,Hyderabad

Achievements:
The building boasts of lighting energy savings of 88
percent compared to an electrically lit building of the
same size.
Vegetation that was lost to the built area was replaced by
gardens on 55 percent of the roof area.
The building achieves a 35 percent reduction of
municipally supplied potable water, in part through the
use of low-flush toilets and waterless urinals.
95 percent of the raw material was extracted or
harvested locally.
An impressive 77 percent of the building materials use
recycled content.
A waste management plan ensured that 96 percent of
construction waste was recycled.
65% walls in GBC are constructed with this material

THANKS
!