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We are happy to present you Volume 10 – abooklet ull o Green Building Inormationrom India!

Tis time we ocus on glass and windows in

Green Buildings. Architect Sandeep Shikreshares with us how he designs sustainablehigh-rise buildings and Green Building Expert Mr Selvarasu gives valuableinormation on the right use o glass in aGreen Building. See how window-shades,UPVC window rames and automatedwindows and doors can help you in saving energy and making your building Green.

O course we don’t want to miss out onthe new Green Buildings in our country:Te Mainetti Factory is India’s rstPlatinum rated IGBC Green Factory and Meluha the Fern is Mumbai’s new hotel to be when it comes to sustainableconstruction and operation.

LEED India 2011 … what are the changesin the new version o India’s most populargreen building rating system? Check outour article.

We could ll a whole book with India’sGreen Buildings, Green Building Materials, Energy Efcient Systems andRating Systems and we have publishedthe most interesting news o the lastmonth in this magazine. But there is moreinormation available on our website:www.inspiredgreen.in where you update

yoursel on Green Building Events inIndia, latest Green News rom all aroundthe world and an online Green Building Directory where you can source every product rom the high technology glass tothe sewage treatment plant.

Tank you to all our contributors who sharetheir expertise with us! Stay connectedand also share your news, expertise and

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Interview with Architect Sandeep Shikre

STP’s based on SBR technology for

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Green Building discussion with green

building expert Ms.Deepa Sathiaram

Fenesta UPVC Green windows

LEED 2011: Comparision between

LEED India v1.0 & 2011

Focuss on the ecotel: Meluha the Fern

Glass - Emerging green products for high

performance green buildings

Mainetti’s Platinum rated Green Factory

Green building technologies in Hospitals

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~‘Marriott’s Spirit To Preserve’~

The Pune Marriott Hotel and Convention Centre

has been awarded the LEED Gold Certificationfrom the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).The hotel, with its various green initiatives, is theonly hotel in Pune and the first Marriott in India toreceive the honour.

Since its inception in November 2010, theproperty has effectively worked towards savingand preserving natural resources and thedignity of the environment. The Pune MarriottHotel and Convention Centre has strategically& conscientiously incorporated and adapted;Low VOC Emitting Materials, native plantations,green power, landscape water usage, renewable

materials, energy savers, hybrid vehicles, 100%percent waste segregation, ozone depletionmethods and many other environmentallyfriendly features.

As quoted by Mr. PRP Ramakrishnan, AreaDirector of Engineering, Marriott - India,Maldives & Malaysia “Gold LEED certification forPune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre is animportant milestone for Marriott in India. Marriotthotels have a robust and a well establishedgreen initiative plan for all the hotels. This recentrecognition of our efforts will strengthen ourresolve to operate our hotels in this direction.” Formore information or reservations, please visit our

web site at www.marriott.com

Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre

awarded LEED GOLD certification

Delta India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., the world’s

leading provider of power management

and thermal management solutions,

announced its Rudrapur plant has

successfully achieved LEED certification as

“Gold-rated” green building and received

the honor from the Indian Green Building

Council (IGBC).

The Rudrapur factory consumes 35%

less energy compared to a conventional

building of the same size. It is designed

using energy efficient architecture,

natural sky-lighting and ventilation, rain

water harvesting and water re-cycling,

as well as using eco-friendly building

materials that provide a clean, healthy

and safe workplace for employees.

For more information about Delta Group,

please visit www.deltaww.com or e-mail

[email protected]

Delta India Electronics' Rudrapur Plant LEED Certified



Fusion of Vernacular, Ancient & Post Modern Architecture

HMX Systems (A.T.E. Group) wins second consecutive ACREX award

100 kw PV - Roof Top in Agra

The use of local materials with consideration to local climate and

participation leads to A Holistic Design Approach – Laurie Baker.

There is close connection between use of energy in a building and

environmental damage as Architects tend to use 'energy intensive' as wellas 'monetarily expensive solutions’. The use of environment friendly,

natural and cheap materials is the specialty of this structure where thecost of structure is reduced due to usage of several affordable materials

and technologies. The structure pertains to an eco friendly principlewhich was the motto of the rm from its inception. Design depicts the

ethos of the surroundings, its culture and traditions. It is a perfect blend

of vernacular, traditional and historical aspects of the locality and the

result is a harmonious and an energy efcient structure.

Architect’s Prole: Architect Mr.Pramod Chaugule is practicing ‘Green

and Cost Effective Architecture’ and has won several awards for his Energy conscious Designs from Government

and Non government organizations.

The Bengaluru based HMX Systems Private Limited, an A.T.E. Group company,

has won its second consecutive ACREX award for its innovative green productsand solutions in the HVAC space. The company has won the much acclaimed

ACREX INDIA 2011 “Award of Excellence” for innovation for its newly launched

'Economizer'. The 'Economizer' is a next generation, energy efcient, heat/cool

(energy) recovery unit.

HMX Systems launched its new products, 'Economizer' and 'TFA' (Treated Fresh

Air), with these two new product launches, the company has a range of innovative

products and solutions in the HVAC space, that can be installed independently orcan be integrated with already running air conditioning systems or with AHUs/

chiller installations, not just to keep you comfortable, and breathe fresh and healthyair, but do all this with much less energy consumption! www.ateindia.com

Picture on right: Mr Raju Halbe, Director, A.T.E. & HMX, (R) receiving the ACREX

Excellence Award.

Worldwide the solar PV market is expected to reach $34 billion by 2013. With the mission of becoming the market leader in

Solar Appliances and Solar Power Generating systems, SSER

caters to the need of both rural and urban masses in India.

“SSER aims to provide the premium technological solutions

that will result in tremendous energy and fnancial savings

and is also benefcial to the environment by reducing

carbon emissions” says Mr.Sharat Kumar (Managing Director of SSER)

A large Roof top system has been installed at the Factory of Gupta Overseas Ltd, in an industrial hub of Agra. This 100

kWp solar on grid unit will cater the lighting requirements

of the factory. The project has also got the nancial subsidies

from MNRE. The company is in the process of implementingmore rooftop projects aggregating to over 400kw of electricity.



THERMATEX COMPLETE can contribute

to several LEED-India NC v1.0 items:

Material & Resources

- MR Credit 4.1 – Recycled Content 5%

- MR Credit 4.2 – Recycled Content 10%

- MR Credit 5.2 – Regional Materials, 50% Extracted & Manufactured Regionally

- MR Credit 6 – Rapidly Renewable Materials

Indoor Environmental Quality

- EQ Credit 4.1 – Low- Emitting Materials, Adhesive & Sealants

- EQ Credit 4.2 – Low- Emitting Materials, Paints

- EQ Credit 8.1 – Daylight and Views, Daylight 75% of Spaces

- EQ Credit 8.2 – Daylight and Views, View 90% of Spaces

Innovation in Design

- Credit 1.1 / Credit 1.2 / Credit 1.3 / Credit 1.4

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THERMATEX CompleteThe combination of sound absorption and sound attenuation

THERMATEX Complete ceiling tiles are made from new RAL-certified biosoluble mineral

wool, clay, perlite and starch (rapidly renewable material). The amazing sound perfor-

mance of 0,70 in absorption and up to 38dB, high light reflectance of 88% to 90%,

excellent fire behavior and great ecological performance do deserve the product award

COMPLETE in the THERMATEX range.

Thermatex Complete as part of the

THERAMTEX range has been awarded

with the Blue Angel the oldest and

most well-known eco-label around

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Therefore the product has to perform:

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“We simplify construction” is the motto of the Swedish steelcomponent manufacturer Lindab, and a reason for us to look atthe product in detail and check out the green credentials:

Time and money are crucial elements for builders anddevelopers. A tremendous demand for residential buildingsand highly specialized buildings like hospitals and hotelswhich need to be put up in a tight schedule increases the useof smart building materials to save time. The pace of the Indianconstruction industry is fast and new technologies are replacingold and laid back building materials like brick work and mortar.

Drywall systems for multistoried houses can offer excellentthermal insulation properties (U-value 0.3 W/m2K) as comparedto a brick and mortar wall (U-value 1.6 W/m2K). The drywallsystem is assembled from a light weight steel structure, brecement boards or gypsum boards (like Saint Gobain Boards)on both sides which allow an individual nish and Rockwoolinsulation as a lling material to provide thermal as well as

sound insulation (db value 45).

The lindab steel components can be installed on site orprefabricated at the factory with inbuilt windows and doors.Convincing advantages are construction time and light weightcombined with strength and thermal performance which resultsin lower air conditioning and lower structural cost.

Lindab works closely with the architect and prefabricates theelements according to the architects drawing. Parameterslike load bearing, heat loss, sound values, re resistanceare incorporated in a 3D structure to calculate the requiredcomponent’s thickness and dimensions (lindab has a patentedsoftware called ADT tools). The components will be cut andmarked to size for a fast and simple assembly on site withoutwastage of material.

The system allows to construct a building with G + 2 withoutusing pillars, beams and concrete. All walls are load bearingand can provide a span of up to 8 meters compared to a concretestructure which allows only a span of 3.6 meters. Time takento construct the shell and build up walls, oors and roof couldbe as short as 4 weeks including the foundation. Compared toa concrete house where the approximate construction time is 6month this system will convince builders who are looking for afast and simple way of construction. Introducing plumbing andelectrical lines in the building walls is very simple and can bedone just before xing the inner board.

A price comparison between a lindab structure and aconventional foundation, pillars, beams, bricks and plasterwork building shows no signicant difference, and the lindabsystem can work out cheaper as the nishing work is restrictedto painting only.

The green credentials of the system are ranging from highinsulation value (reduced airconditioning), over use of material

with recycled content (steel and bre cement boards) up toreduced construction waste and water free construction.

The lindab system shows that a lot of time, labour andmaintenance can be saved while constructing a building. It isnot a necessity to construct a labour and time intensive concretestructure to build a modern, energy efcient and save building.Lindab shows us the way of construction which is alreadypopular in Europe and just picking up in India.

Lindab also manufactures rain management systems (Rainwater harvesting) which can help India to save the scarceresource. India represents 15% of the worlds population andonly 4% of the world’s fresh water resources. Collecting waterfrom the roof and keeping it away from the foundation can avoiddamage of walls and building structure as well as contribute toa higher ground water level.

Saint gobain is working with Ark Industrial Products Pvt Ltd

to promote this dry wall concept in India. Lindab AB (Ltd )is a Swedish company having manufacturing facilities in 19countries in Europe and are established in 35 countries in Europewith a turnover of 2 Billion USD. Ark Industrial products pvt ltd– is launching in the rst stage the of the Lindab range in India.

Visit the LIND AB de mo co nstructio n at the ILFS exhibitio n f r

o m 23-2 5th Se pte mber 2011 i n Delhi.

More i n f or matio n about theexhibitio n at w w w.zakil

f s.co m.

All pictures courtesy of LINDAB



Author: Dhruv Futnani is a Sustainability Consultant who assists praccing architects in Green Building Design and validang

passive solar strategies. He has completed various LEED Planum projects in India and USA.

Read more at www.dhruvfutnani.com or contact him at 9500076968 / [email protected]

The Architect is considered as the “Leader of

the Design Team” and the creator of the built

environment. Along with the responsibilies

of space planning, aesthecs, funconality and other

criteria, architects of today have to deal with terms like

Green Building and environmental sustainability. Most

architectural universies include subjects like climatology

and passive solar design in the curriculum, but are these

concepts becoming a part of the design philosophy? Aquick look at some of the new construcon in the country

suggests otherwise.

Green Buildings seem to be the new buzz word in

the construcon industry today. The denion of

Green Building stang energy and water conservaon,

appropriate materials and indoor environment can only

beg the queson; why isn’t every building Green? The

number of “cered” buildings is a small fracon of the

total projects built in the world. I strongly believe that

every building can and should be Green, and those whofeel cercaon is benecial, can pursue it.

The process of Going Green is quite simply put; opmizing

the building to be ecient, comfortable and sensive to

the environment. The architect has the added advantage

of using computer simulaon tools which can accurately

predict how the buildings performs with respect to

shading, venlaon, daylight and energy consumpon.

The images on right clearly illustrate the simplicity and

advantages that can be achieved through holisc andintegrated design with the aid of simulaon. This exercise

can be done by the architect or Green Building consultant

during the design phase to achieve maximum benet. The

project owner and building occupant are the ones most

aected by design. With today’s materials, technologies,

knowledge and computer, there is no excuse for poor

quality of design. Ask your employer, architect, builder

or engineer about the Green features of your oce, your

home and your children’s school. The power to improve

your life and protect your health is in your hands and it isme to make a decision which posively aects humanity

and our earth.

Solar Analysis:• Select most appropriate Green Building Strategies.• Integrate Passive Solar into Building Design.• Opmize Building Massing & Fenestraon per

Opmum Orientaon.

Daylight Analysis:• Validate Fenestraon Design to maximize Daylight.• Opmize Glazed Area and Orientaon.• Selecon is most suitable Glass specicaons by

balancing Daylight and Solar Heat Gain .

Energy Modeling:• Understand Building

Energy Consumpon• Validate Energy

Conservaon Strategies

• Opmize BuildingEnvelope

The Architecture of Green



Architect Sandeep Shikre

Director, SSA Architects

We are curious to know how high-rise buildings can be green and sustainable. Architect Sandeep Shikre who designed

numerous LEED Gold and Platinum rated Buildings in Mumbai shares his experience on modern and sustainable

construction during an Interview with Ms Isabelle from Inspired to be Green:

We see so many high-rise buildings coming up in all the metros, but isn’t

there a basic conict between high-rise buildings and sustainability?

The energy consumption of a high-rise building is certainly higher then of a low rise

development caused by increased energy for pumping, vertical transportation and the fully

exposed building envelope. Today we are required to construct high-rise buildings because of

restriction of land, exorbitant property rates and growing population, and there are strategies

to make high rise buildings green and sustainable.

What strategies are you following to transform a high-rise building into

a Green Building?First of all we have to look at the buildings envelope because this directly relates to the

HVAC energy consumption. Air conditioning devices are the major energy consumer in every

building. Excessive heat transfer through the buildings envelope causes high cooling loads

and increased energy consumption. To design the buildings envelope in a sustainable manner

is the rst step towards sustainability and achieving high energy efciency.

Kohinoor Square

Green high-rise

buildings:

An interview with

Ar Sandeep Shikre

What are possible strategies to design a “green” building envelope?

We start with a sun-path analysis and energy modeling of the building to calculate the benets of the various energy efciency

strategies. As glass is the major element in a high rise building envelope we pay a lot of attention to select the best suitable

glass for the building. Even a small change in the glass specication can have a great impact on the energy consumption of the

building. In the design phase we need to nd a balance between thermal insulation, solar shading, day-light transfer and costefciency. The U-value and shading coefcient of the glass are the most important parameters which inuence the cooling load

of the building. Double Glazed Units (DGUs) have a better (lower) U-value then a single glazed unit and should be selected

for any high rise development.



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In modern buildings and especially in high-

rise buildings we see that glass is the preferred

material for the building envelope, what are the

reasons for that?

Glass is the preferred construction material for the buildings

envelope all over the world because it has a lot of benets. The

construction time with glass is faster than conventional walls,

and additionally glass combines aesthetics with technical

requirements. DGUs help to withstand wind pressures in

high rise buildings and support energy conservation strategies

by blocking out heat and letting in daylight. In most of our

projects we could bring down the LPD to 0.8-0.9 W/sqft with

the help of high performance glass as well as daylight sensors,

and this allows savings for articial lighting and benets

our health at the same time. For me glass is one of the most

exciting building materials to work with.

Can you tell us some more green strategies you

implement in your projects?

Roofs are a major element in the building envelope responsible

for heat gain through solar radiation. Cool roofs created withSRI paints and insulation becomes an efcient strategy in the

building envelope of a Green Building. We try to use recycled

and regional materials as much as possible and also implement

sustainable strategies for the water consumption like grey

water treatment, use of non-potable water for ushing and

irrigation as well as low-ow xtures.

Kohinoor City Commercial - I

Project Type Mixed Use Commercial

Client Kohinoor Planet Construction

Services Architectural, Interior Designing and Project Management Services

Status Completed

LEED Certification Achieved a LEED GOLD” certificate from Indian Green Building Council building.

The client desired a structure which would be iconic whilst

overlooking green spaces. A design that would be a conductive

environment for consistency and retail space that would work

today and tomorrow. The mall is a multi use structure with

minutely planned services which would cater to the retailstores, super stores, multiplex, restaurants, convenience

shopping, ofce block, food courts. The ofce & hotel oor

have dedicated elevators to ensure smooth transmission.The

most unique & striking features of the mall is its 300 mtr

frontage. A contemporary structure of glass & stone, SSA

has created a building with a kaleidoscopic facade which is

an entirely different character from the adjoining buildings.

The curving section of the facade accentuates the aesthetic

appearance whilst the entrance canopy with its huge steel frames that look and feel strong with a strong presence of

metal. The building is designed with an intelligent facade and

energy efcient mechanical and electrical systems that enables

it to a “GOLD” certicate LEED building.

You have designed so many green buildings; can you tell us more about the different projects?

The Mudra Building received LEED Gold rating and there we implemented an 8 story atrium fully done with glass. Hot air is

extracted through the plenum of the atrium and so we could implement a passive cooling strategy in a very modern building.

The Neelkant Building has a very high occupancy development and we concentrated on the buildings envelope and shading

devices to give the building a good protection from the sun.

In the Kohinoor hospital we implemented a lot of skylights to provide natural light to all the corridors which increases the health

of the occupants dramatically.



Mudra House

Kohinoor Hospital, Mumbai (1st LEED Platinum certied Hospital in Asia & 2nd in world)

Project Type Commercial

Client Mudra Communication Ltd

Area 100,000 Sq.ft.

Services Architectural, Interior, Liasoning, Landscape & PMC Services.

Status Completed

LEED Certification Achieved a LEED GOLD” certificate from Indian Green Building Councilbuilding.

The modern adaption of Indian heritage and earthy tones is

reected in 21st century tech style building for which red clay

ns and noveau olive color glass envelope has been developed.

A strong iconic, curvilinear, white canopy which cuts across

the 8th oor terrace makes a strong statement. The concept

of VIBGYOR and the palette of color box was adopted, as the

main concept, as it best reects MUDRA’s story of cluster of

multiple creative talent, where each talent has its own unique

strength and core competency which when brought together

are as vibrant and inspiring as a “RAINBOW”. Being an

environmentally sensitive organization the Architects –

Sandeep Shikre and Associates (SSA Architects) ensured that

the design and construction met and achieved LEED – Gold

certication.

Project Type Health Care

Client Kohinoor Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

Area 235,000 Sq.ft.

Services Architectural, Interior Designing and Project Management Services

Status Completed

LEED Certification Asia’s 1st Platinum Rating & 2nd in world

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What about the cost benet of sustainable construction?

Design strategies to save energy and water do not cost much more and generate savings of 20 to 40%. The incremental cost for

high performance building materials is about 2-3% of the building material cost and typical payback is under 3 years. I think it is

in our hands to design environmentally sensitive buildings.

Yes it is in our hands to design environmentally sensitive buildings – and we are happy that you make this happen! Thank you to SSA who are showcasing sustainable and modern design in all their developments.

Kohinoor Square

Kohinoor Square offers high end corporate ofces with

180degree sea view. The conceptualization of Kohinoor Square

has been inspired by the much coveted ‘Kohinoor Diamond’.

Kohinoor Square’s basic designing tenet, for designing ofce

spaces is ‘Function dictates Design’ and creation of corporate

space that are effective blend of various aspects the space

planning, movement, pattern, exibility for expansion, optimum

use of natural & articial energy, acoustic, ventilation, storage

as well as a humane and productive ambience

For Asia’s 1st Platinum rated LEED hospital we aggressively

researched for environmentally appropriate materials and

equipments to ensure that our clients vision is attained in a

cost effective manner.

Mr. Unmesh Joshi- CMD Kohinoor Group, who has an

Architectural degree says that the motivation to pursue LEED

certication is “ Being Green has profound effect on the healing

process and what’s good for the environment will be good for

our patients”. Located at the heart of the Central Suburbs in

Mumbai the nancial capital of India is fast emerging multi

specialty hospital with 150 beds, 2 tier basement + 5 oors.

This facility is being designed with the prime focus to add

to the patient's comfort whilst optimizing on the smooth and

efcient operation of the hospital.

The building is Platinum certied it is designed with ASHRAE,

ECBC standards.

Project Type Commercial

Client Kohinoor CTNL Inf rastructure Co. Ltd + ILF & S

Area 2,700,000 Sq.ft.

Services Architectural, Interior Designing & Owner’s Representa tive

Status Ongoing

LEED Certification Aiming for “LEED GOLD” certifica te.

All pictures courtesy of SS Architects.



MELUHA THE FERN

sets a new level for

Green hospitality in Mumbai

We are used to luxury and modern design elements in the best hotels around India and“Green” did not play much of a role in the hospitality sector in India up to now…

Niranjan Hiranandani who has been the pioneer of greenbuildings and hotels at Powai says, “Green buildings andgreen surroundings are what we believe in. Green structuresare not only benecial for the planet but also the residentsand travelers. Meluha - The fern is our latest modern deluxe

ecotel ready to envelope you in a green lap of luxury!”Meluha the Fern is an Ecotel oering a luxurious stay withoutcompromising comfort and design. It is Asia’s rst designerEcotel. When you walk through Meluha the Fern you will notobserve a major dierence compared to any other 5-starhotel. The design is modern the service is friendly and yound all the amenies you would wish for. But the dierenceis in the detail: The lobby and restaurants are ooded withdaylight and no light will be switched on during the day,theses makes guests feel very comfortable and it saves onoperang cost. All the owers – mainly orchids - are poedbecause of the “no cut owers” principle of Ecotel.

The hotel does not use boilers to heat water for thebathrooms and kitchen; instead, the excess heat generatedby the air condioners is reused to heat water up to 50°C,with the heat pumps acng as a back-up during the winterseason, when higher water temperatures may be required.

In the rooms you nd a green buon on the AC control,a simple measure to reduce the energy consumponfor air-condioning by increasing the temperature by2 degrees. There is also a rewarding system in place forguests who pracce energy-conservaon during their stay.Another strategy to reduce the air-condioning load of the hotel was a sustainable designed building with shadedwindows and double glazed units.

Water conservaon is as important as Energy conservaon,one reason for the hotel to implement low-ush toiletsand low-ow xtures. The waste water is treated bya Sewage Treatment Plant and later on the water isused for irrigaon purposes.

The choice of materials follows the green pathway: Insteadof hardwood all the wood used in the hotel is rubber wood –a rapidly renewable alternave to hardwood. All signboardsand paper is made from recycled paper. All groceries usedin the kitchen are bought in reusable packing to avoidplasc wrapping. The chef is certainly inspired by the greenmessage; he is creang a menus with organic and locallygrown products and he mixes the masala’s himself. Thehotel is following a strict waste separang policy and theyeven generate income through that! Organic waste is usedin the hotels own vermiculture unit where the waste turns

into natural ferlizer for plants within a few weeks.

Well, most amazing is the sta which is trained to conserveenergy, water and resources and has to take regular examsin those subjects. The people at Melhua the Fern areinspiring their guests with the green message and so wewould hope that this way of operang a hotel is gengmore popular in the future.

Punish Sharma, General Manager of Meluha the Fern in

Mumbai is convinced of the Ecotel benets: “Our guests

love the concept and return frequently, this is a reason for

us to sck to our concept. The operang cost of our hotel

is lower than compared to hotels at the same standard,

because we save a lot of energy and water.”

Restaurant Bed with 'no fresh linens' board



You can inspire yourself during your next trip to Mumbai. Visit www.meluhafernhotel.com for more informaon.

Ecotel cercaonThe Ecotel cercaon in India was introduced by Mr ParamKannampilly chairman and managing director of ConceptHospitality. The Ecotel Cercaon is based on ve areas of environmentalism, each of which is designated by a Globeaward. These ve areas are referred to as the ‘cornerstonesof environmental responsibility’ or simply as ‘Globes’. TheseGlobes are:

Energy conservaon

This requires the existence of a formalized framework toactually reduce the energy consumpon of the hotel. Theenergy-ecient design of the hotel is as important as theinvolvement of the guests as well as the employees.

Water conservaon

The eecve conservaon of water in all departments of the hotel, across all levels is a prime segment of the Ecotel

cercaon. The extent to which water is recycled andulized is also considered an important factor. Again, allemployees are expected to be well-versed with the waterconservaon operaons of the hotel.

Solid waste managementThe hotel must eecvely recycle and manage wastewherever generated. Proper systems for collecon, recyclingand disposal of these wastes in all departments of thehotel are a must for the Ecotel cercaon. Moreover, allemployees of the hotel must undergo training in the basicsolid waste management techniques.

Employee environmental educaon

Evaluates how involved the employees are in the eortsof the hotel to contribute towards the environment. Thehotel should has training modules in place for employeesat all levels to familiarize them with the eco-friendlyiniaves of the hotel.

Environmental commitment

The hotel must demonstrate the existence of a formalizedcommitment towards the preservaon and enhancementof the natural environment. It must, through all operaons,acvies and wrien statements, communicate itscommitment to the environment. For e.g. the mission

statement of the hotel/ resort must menon its environmentaldedicaon. Addionally, every hotel should have a greenteam headed by a member of the top management ensuringthat all departments are working in consonance with thehotel’s mission of environmental responsibility.

Watersaving Toilets

Waste Collecon and Separaon

No Plascs Policy in the rooms

Vercal Garden with Swimming Pool on the Rooerace




The Young

Environmentalists

spreading the

Green message

The Young Environmentalists Programme was

founded in 2005 when Mumbai went under the

oods, after much research the trust found that

the nullahs, rivers and lakes were clogged together with

the stormwater drains with plastic bags and thus startedthe Cloth Bag revolution in Mumbai. Today its founder

Elsie Gabriel who has studied environment law and is a

mass communications post graduate works together with

her team for corporates and hotels to empower them withenvironment change making programs. Elsie is also the

winner of the Mayors award in 2010, and International

GIANTS awards for her work in the eld of environment

social work.

If we want to keep environmental protections of our air and

water, our endangered species, our wilderness, and so much

more - and create a green vision for the future, we must

continue to lead public education campaigns and grassrootsorganizing efforts and support the next generation of environmental activists and leaders. We aim to recognize

the outstanding leadership efforts of communities across

the country that is working on environmental conservation,

preservation, and restoration as well.

“We have the rm belief that young people, when informed

and empowered, when they realize that what they do trulymakes a difference, can indeed change the world, is at

the very heart of our program. This powerful message of

hope inspires us all. Our program is dedicated to inspiring

tomorrow's leaders today—not only motivating young people

to learn about pertinent issues facing our local, national andglobal communities, but help them actually design, lead and

implement their own projects as a means of solving them.”

Elsie Gabriel, Founder President, Young Environmentalists

Program Trust www.youngenvironmentalists.com

GREEN BUILDING

DISCUSSION

WITH EXPERT

DEEPA SATHIARAM

Syntel Global Development Center, Chennai

Everyone talks about LEED Platinum rated

buildings, but how important is this certicationwhen we talk about Green Buildings in general?

Certication is basically a validation of the good workdone and should be looked at as a by-product ratherthan the end goal. Any rating system be it LEED or

GRIHA or any other green building rating systemis only a tool to achieve recognition of the goodwork done. The effort should be to see how we canmeaningfully achieve energy efciency, water savings,resource efciency etc. through sensible design andselection of materials and in a cost-effective manner.The rating and certication will then come in any casesince the project is doing all the sustainable measuresin the right manner. Certication has its own benetssuch as an independent 3rd party validation of thegood work done, a mechanism by which one caninstitutionalize sustainability and ensure continuityetc. but it should not be the only end goal. From

a marketing and brand building perspective toocertication is important but like I said we shouldfocus on doing the right things then the points andrating will automatically come.



Within the last 4 years Green Buildings and rating systems have gained a lot of importance in India. How will it develop in the future, in your opinion?

In the future too it will gain further momentum andmore importance and sustainability is becoming akey focus point not just for organizations but also forgovernments and legislatures. However we need to

be cautious and mindful to ensure that in this processwe do not dilute the requirements and the sanctity ofwhy its important to go green. Today honestly to planand construct green buildings is relatively simplerwhen to continuing to maintain it green throughoutits lifetime. We are focusing a lot on sustainability indesign and construction today which is good and easy.The more difcult part is to ensure sustainability inoperations and maintenance which is a very criticalcomponent to ensure that the building continues to begreen. The green building movement is going to gaina lot more momentum in the years to come and that’swhy it becomes critical to ensure that the existing green

buildings continue to perform as green buildings andset good examples for future buildings to emulate.

What is more important in a green building project: The materials or the design?

Green is an integrated approach we need to look ateverything – the design the materials, the systems,how the occupants would use the building etc. Onlythen we would have a holistic approach and the endproduct would be truly sustainable. The rst step is ofcourse the design of the building itself and also equallyimportant the design of the other areas excluding

the building. The approach for the design should bekeeping in mind the region, climate, location wherethe building is coming up and what the eventual enduse(s) of the building is going to be. We are in a tropicalenvironment and our focus should be to reduce heatcoming into the building since no matter how efcientyour air conditioning systems are you are boundto use energy once the heat has come in. So designsshould focus on how to mitigate heat but bring in lightthrough effective passive techniques including form,orientation, external shading, mass walls and roofs etc.So the design plays a key role in reducing the coolingloads for the building and thereby the reducing the

overall energy consumption itself. Good designs mustbe supported by good materials which can also playa signicant role in reducing energy consumption,reducing carbon emissions etc. Both are critical andit is important to achieve the right balance to createa good and performing green building.

Green Buildings are not only more energy

and water efcient but they also promisehigher comfort and better air quality for their

occupants. Are these additional benets having any importance in the Indian market?

There are a lot of intangible benets in green buildingsincluding better indoor environment and air qualitythat provides better health for all its occupants. Thereare many components that can lead to better indoor

environment including better fresh air, higher levelsof ltration, use of low VOC materials, more daylightfor spaces, reduction of contaminants and pollutantsetc. These are the softer aspects of green buildingsand usually not given enough credit still in Indiabut they can go a long way in terms of improvingemployee satisfaction, higher staff productivity, lowerabsenteeism etc. The softer sides of green are always

difcult to evaluate, but there are studies done in the USand rest of the world which show that people workingin green ofces or factories can have a 5-6 % higherproductivity because of better indoor environmentIn the last few years in India too these softer benetsof green are gaining attention with more and moreorganizations reaping the benets through betteremployee satisfaction, higher productivity etc.

What lies ahead for the Green Building movement in India?

In days to come more focus on existing buildings needs

to happen. Not every day that we build new buildings.Energy efciency and sustainability of existingbuildings is key for the green building movement in

India to move to the next level.

Ms Deepa Sathiaram, Executive Director of En3. She is a

LEED AP since 2003 and a leading international sustainable

design expert working with diverse project teams and

creating sustainable habitats in the U.S., India, Europe and

Middle East. En3 is today one of the largest green building

consulting rms in the country consulting for over 100

million sq ft of green spaces across India. She is a recognized

HVAC and refrigeration consultant. She is the Past

President of the ASHRAE South India Chapter and also the

Past National Environment Chair for the Young Indians (Yi)

arm of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Inspired

to be GREEN thanks Ms Deepa Sathiaram for her time and

insightful comments.




Emerson Climate Technologies Participated

At ACREX India 2011

Displayed Industry Leading High Efciency Compressor Solutions

& Held A Technology Symposium

An Ecologically Smart

and Unconventional Ofce Space

Emerson Climate Technologies, a business division

of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), displayed the entire range

of its industry leading and energy efcient end-to-end solutions in the HVAC&R Industry at its booth

at ACREX India 2011, February 24th – 26th, New

Delhi. Emerson also took an initiative of organizing

a technology symposium for key industry members,

where they discussed HVAC&R technology trends for

future.

Rapidly increasing global population coupled with

the demand for better living standards is spurring

the demand for HVAC&R systems around the world.

With experts predicting the decline of conventional

energy sources, there is a huge responsibility on the

HVAC Industry to reduce and conserve its footprint. Emerson Climate Technologies, at the forefront of technology, is committed to Energy-

Efciency and Innovation. At ACREX India 2011, Emerson displayed the following technologies:

High Efciency Residential Scroll – Emerson brings “Scroll” Leadership into Room split AC segment for the rst time in India. These high

efciency scrolls are able to achieve the Star 5 labeling and are twice as quiet as conventional a/c systems.

Commercial Air-Conditioning Solutions – Emerson has the broadest scroll compressor offering in the commercial segment – and a 40HP

commercial scroll using R410A was displayed.

Flow & Electronics – Emerson climate technologies’ Dixell solutions aid control, monitoring and system diagnosis. Emerson’s ow control

products are engineered for precise control of all important functions in the a/c and ref systems.

Refrigeration Solutions – Emerson offers a wide range of solutions for Cold Chain Industry, Dairies, Supermarkets, Rail, Truck Refrigeration

Segment and much more.

Besides the above, Emerson Climate Technologies Brand Initiatives include:

1. The Emerson Cup – India and South East Asia: A prestigious award instituted to recognize outstanding designs and innovations in the

HVAC&R Industry.

2. Online University – A web based repository of knowledge that contains practical and theoretical knowledge of HVAC/R topics

3. All-India Showroom Salesmen Training Campaign – A national initiative with the Bureau of Energy Efciency to train salesmen of electronic

showrooms across India, to educate the market to adopt more energy-efcient Air-Conditioners (Star 5)4. Cold Room Manual – A comprehensive technical manual compiled by Emerson that encapsulates all the information you need to consider

while setting up a Cold Room.

When we set out to build an ofce space in Bangalore we were sure of one thing – we did not

want to be like all our neighbors. We wanted to be different; we wanted to stand out from the

crowd, not just because our building was good looking but because it was good to the core.

Setting New Standards

Quasitum q-four is not only headed for certication as a LEED Platinum building but actually

exceeds the specications in many areas by investing in innovative design ideas and

commitment to protecting the environment. q-four is as vibrant and alive as a building can be.

Its dual layered walls breathe to keep out the heat and more than 75% of the workspace is

illuminated by indirect daylight. There is minimum use of cement and the walls are made of

local y ash and laterite building material.

Going Beyond Green

q-four offers unrivaled economic benets to tenants by signicantly lowering ongoing

operating costs. Insulated walls and roof, and windows set at an angle based on the sun

path to maximize daylight and minimize direct sunlight result in a projected 50% reduction in

total energy consumption compared to a conventional building and more than 35% reduction

compared to any other LEED certied building. The insulation and angled windows are

expected to reduce air-conditioning load by 60%. The project includes a water conservation

system and 100% reuse of all treated water for landscape irrigation and toilets. The savings achieved add to the tenant’s bottom line.

Preferred Location & A Better Work Environment

q-four is located in the heart of Electronic City with established blue chip companies for neighbors. The new elevated expressway and the

NICE Peripheral Ring Road make Electronic City more accessible to the entire city and shorten travel time for employees q-four combines

efciency of space, aesthetics and open green areas to create a safe and superior work environment. A central courtyard offers a tranquil

space for employees to relax and recharge. q-four is a testament to how effectively a two acre plot can be used to create a nourishing work

environment that inspires productivity.



Mainetti’s Green FactoryPlatinum Rated Green Factory Journey...

Green from scratch:

It is Mainetti India's belief that a factory does not become

green only by virtue of certications obtained and practices

followed over the years. A true green building is one which has

been designed green right from scratch.

Mainetti has implemented green architecture such as enabling

the longer façades of a naturally ventilated space to face

east-west direction. There by it has been made sure that

there is maximum cross ventilation and cooling by the virtue

of the east coast's wind ow eects. Correspondingly, the

best architectural practices have been ensured to design air-

conditioned areas. Here, the shorter façades are designed

to face east-west direction, which is followed by adequate

shielding through greenery and solar barriers on all the sides.

This ensures a minimal HVAC load and thereby maximum

energy savings.

In keeping with the same philosophy, over 95% roong of

the site's building footprint has been covered with reective

panels with a Solar Reective Index (SRI) of over 75 %. This

ensures that the whole site remains cool and minimises the

Heat Island Eect. Additionally, Mainetti has allocated more

than 30% of its site area for greenery. This along with its smart

landscaping practices has ensured a cool & green factory, that

also uses water smartly.



Mainetti’s Green Factory is a good example of how a factory can be more than “Just Green”. Mainetti’s

smart factory not only ensures tremendous savings on energy and water, but has achieved this without

compromising on the occupant’s comfort and aesthetics. Thereby the factory is “Green and Smart” at the

same time. Innovative concepts have been implemented at a very early stage, thereby paving way for a

New Green Bench Mark amongst Factories.

Sustainable Site:

Mainetti has made sure to minimise the carbon

emmisions arising from fuel combustion and

maximisation of fossil fuel utilisation in the

following ways:

a) Over 60% of the employees reach the workplace

via shuttle services provided by the management.

This transport pooling mechanism not only reduces

the individual carbon footprints but the companies

footprint on the whole.

b) All important amenities are present in and around

the site and hence Mainetti saves heavily on fuel.

c) Over 30% of the site is covered under the green belt.

Mainetti not only maintains the green belt within its

site but the greenery on the factory exteriors as well are

taken care of.

d) Over 95% of the site is covered with roong materials

that have an SRI of 75% and above. A signicant portion

of this roof cover uses PUF(polyurethane foam) panelsfor high insulation and heat ingress minimization into

the factory oors.

e) Provision of re-charge points for hybrid/battery cars,

provisions & designs for the dierently abled have also

been incorporated as a part of green design.

f) All lights are closed to sky and there is absolutely no

light trespass from the site.

Water Conservation

Mainetti has taken all the required measures to ensure maximum

water conservation on site. The following aspects elucidate the same:

Landscaping:

Where many organizations boast of a large green belt and heavy

landscaping, they might be doing more harm than good for the

environment. Know how? Turf is the most common greenery and

less do people know that turf is a huge water guzzler !!!

For all you know, the amount of carbon emitted in pumping the

water for turf maybe more than the carbon it absorbs.

This is the Change that Mainetti has implemented in a tremendousway. First of all, more than 30 % of the whole site is covered with

greenery. Of this region falling under the green belt, more than 75%

is covered by drought tolerant species, native species and shrubs.

Less than 10% is covered by turf and the rest of green area (around

15%) is untouched and thus accounts for the natural topography

retainership.

This way, Mainetti ensures the following:

1. Carbon absorption on site

2. Mainetti has Sprinkler and Drip irrigation in place as against

the conventional hose pipe watering methods which resultingheavy water loss due to leakage, misting and stagnation.

3. The water for the landscaping is STP treated water.




Low ow water xtures

• Mainetti has in place the most ecient water xtures

(reduction levels more than LEED & IGBC norms) in place

along with the employment of Bio-Blocks which result in

waterless urinals.

• These Bio-Blocks process the waste without generatingany odour and consuming water.

• The cumulative savings obtained by these two estimates

to around 70% annual water savings as compared to the

base case.

Sewage Treatment Plant

• Mainetti boasts of a STP on site that boasts of the latest

technology and a capacity to handle over 95% of the

factories’ sewage.

• The recycled water conrms to the pollution control

board’s norms by a huge margin and the treated water isused for landscaping requirements.

Rain Water Harvesting

• In an era where most of the project teams rely on

collection pits and percolation pits to collect Rain-Water,

Mainetti has adopted the latest technology called the

Injection well.

• This well instead of collecting or percolating the water

into the soil, injects the water to the water table or aquifer

directly by boring a well as deep as the water table itself.

• The head created by the accumulated water results in a

hydraulic pressure that injects the water to the aquifer

resulting in a capture of thousands of meter cube of water.

Energy Conservation

Mainetti’s success story has been dened by a very signicant

role played by the energy performance. Right from the

aluminium façade insulation to high performance glass; the

PUF panels to the 4 star AC’s; the CFL lightings to the highly

ecient machines; the building’s orientation to the cooling

turbo vents, every single component of the building had to bean ecient participant to ensure a saving of over 65% over an

ASHRAE base case.

The ASHRAE, by itself is a competent, energy ecient

standard and to score more than 65% over the base case was

never going to be a cake walk.

This is how they made it come true:

i) All the ACs are rated 3.5 stars as against the 2.78 starred

base case which requires more energy to operate.

ii) The rooms are tted with ERVs (energy recovery

ventilators) which unlike the AHUs extract the chillness

from the outgoing exhaust air and uses the same to cool the

incoming fresh air; thereby saving around 70% on AC load.

iii) The lights employed by the organisation (CFL) score heavily

over the Metal Halide base case lights. These ensure high

savings especially during the late evening and night shifts.

iv) The saving of more than 65% over an ASHRAE base case

has become a new benchmark in the industry.

v) 100% of the non-process loads and a signicant fraction of process loads too are catered by o-site renewable energy

from Bio-mass power plants.

Heat Jackets:

The Thermal Shielding Jackets ensure the following

a) Utilisation of spent heat during start-up and running

conditions.

b) Elimination of radiation into the atmosphere and

conservation of energy simultaneously.

Online Grinding Machine: REDUCE:REUSE:RECYCLEa) State-of-art closed loop process.

b) Direct feed of spent material enabling up-to 100% process

waste reduction, re-utilisation & recycling.

a) High reective panels

• 80 % of radiation is directly reected back.

• 15 % heat is absorbed by the PUF sandwich.

• Only around 5% of the total radiation penetrates into the

building.

b) Reectsol Glasses:

Saint Gobain’s trade mark Reectsol glasses that are not only

Double-glazed and tinted but lmed as well, are employed to

keep the heat ingress levels to a minimal level.



Material Conservation:

• The Glass for the factory was manufactured at the

neighbouring Saint Gobain glass factory.

• The manufacturing facility of the Metecno –

Manufacturers of High SRI Insulation panel installed by

Mainetti, are 300 meters away from Mainetti's Green

Factory.• The cement, concrete, bricks manufacturing units were a

stone's throw away from the construction site.

• The polycarbonate sheets, steel structures, aluminium

panelling, galvanized roong, glasses etc account

for a heavy percentage of recycled content in the

construction material.

For the occupants: (IEQ & Occupant comfort)

Mainetti, as mentioned above has taken more than adequate

measures to ensure levels of comfort which directly reect

upon the productivity and performance of its inmates.

a) All the zones of the factory have enriched supply of oxygen

by the following means:

i. All air-conditioned rooms have access to fresh air via an

Energy Recovery Wheel System that ensures heat recovery

up-to 70 %

Where as the Ashrae Base Case requires a minimum of 5

CFM per person for optimum oxygen supply; & the standard

demands over 30% betterment over the already competitive

Ashrae Base Case, Mainetti has incorporated systems thatbetter the Ashrae Base case by a whooping value of 80%

(aprox. 9 CFM of fresh air per person)

ii. For the naturally ventilated regions, the demands of a

oor to openings ratio of 2% and a ratio of 4% for enhanced

ventilation. Mainetti supersedes these values and goes on to

achieve an average of over 25% for all the naturally ventilated

zones.

iii. The Access to daylight is and working under natural lighting

conditions has been a proven method of stress reducer and it

can also have an impact on the productivity and satisfaction

of employees, students and even clients and retail customers.

In an experiment, stores that included skylights over certain

departments found that overall sales per square foot were

higher in the departments lit by natural light. Mainetti has

incorporated all the necessary features such as skylights, wall

lights and adequate glazing to ensure that it has the required

Daylight factors for more than 95 of the site areas. This has

not only made certain the increase in productivity levels, but

the savings in energy due to the disposal of an equivalent

amount of electricity, is huge.

iv. Facilities like Break-Out space for the employees

surrounded by greenery and under the cool wood shade

provide the much required relaxation, dash of fresh air and

stretch on a hectic day. The provision is centrally located and

hence not far from any point on the site.

v. The Gym is another such facility available for the employees

to improve on their tness and have a good session

of stress bust.

vi. To top it all, The factory is a no smoking zone and thus is a

healthy place to work in.

vii. Not only the factory is certied green, but even the house

keeping chemicals used in the factory are GS-37 certied.

These green certied chemicals are toxic-void and are very

safe on the house keepers, occupants and the environment

as a whole.

Inspired to be Green is happy to showcase this GreenMasterpiece of Mainetti. All pictures courtesy of Mainetti




Sewage Treatment Plants in Green Buildings

Based on SBR Technology

By: - Rajesh Jain & Dr. B.K.Guha

Green buildings have to minimise the impact on theenvironment during its life cycle in terms of water,energy and resource ulizaon, while maintaining

the comfort levels and healthy environment in termsof Indoor air quality. Any building envelope is all aboutmovement of air and water and their relave interaconto manage the external and internal heat loads and lighngetc. These lead to signicant energy consumpon andwater is also consumed in signicant quanes, not onlyfor direct usages (primary uses) such as drinking, wash andbath, kitchen and laundry but also for secondary usagessuch as cooling towers, horculture, toilet and ushing etc.The total fresh water consumpon of a building dependson the total water requirement for various applicaonsas primary and secondary usages and the extent of recycle / reuse of treated waste water. It is possible to treat

and recycle 80-100% of wastewater depending on therao of primary and secondary usages. Eecve rain waterharvesng and water conservaon measures can lead tominimal usage of fresh water.

An Integrated approach to water management withappropriate usages of fresh water from surface orground water as available, rain water harvesng andreuse of treated wastewater aer eecve and safetreatment besides water conservaon measures duringthe design stage are very relevant for a Green building intoday's water scenario. 100% reuse of wastewater/ zerodischarge are some of the stringent measures which canlead to signicant savings in water consumpon whichcan be a true measure of a Green building. Somemes,the wastewater can be segregated into grey and blackwastewater for eecve treatment and recycling.

Salt/TDS build up and nutrient build up besides turbidityand bacterial contaminaon issues may not allow one

to achieve 100% zero discharge status and thus a carefulwater management scheme must be designed to minimisethe buildup of these components. The total water

management scheme of a Green building should be wellintegrated from design to implementaon to O&M stage.Water procurement, storage, distribuon, treatment withsegregaon of fresh water and recycled water are someof the important design aspects of green buildings besidesre ghng systems where again water is required. Thewaste water management also becomes a part of thisintegraon system and plays a major role in the overallfresh water requirement within the complex.

The waste water treatment systems are mostly based

on biological treatment. There are several opons for

biological treatment systems being used within a modern

building complex such as SAFF, FBR/FAB, MBBR, MBRand SBR. All these processes have their unique features

in terms of space requirement, eciency of treatment,

sustainability of performance, energy consumpon,

maintenance requirement and cost of operaon. SAFF,

FAB and MBBR have all been operang in large number of

installaons but suer from the problem of inconsistencies

of performance results due to load changes and are mostly

based on manual operaon. MBR on the other hand

provides a very good quality of treated water, eliminang

the need for terary treatment in most cases (other

than that for the removal of dissolved solids). However,

the energy consumpon and frequent shut down dueto problem of membrane fouling (any membrane failure

requires a long shut down and needs re-commissioning of

the plant) make the system unsuitable for green buildings.

In addion the maintenance cost is high due to high cost of

membrane replacement.

Major Process Steps in SBR Technology

Fill Aerate Sele Decant

Rajesh Jain is Managing Director; Enhanced WAPP Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Delhi.He has over een years of experience in the sectors of wastewater management, environment management and energy

eciency in process and ulies.

Dr. B.K.Guha is Advisor at Enhanced WAPP Systems. Dr. Guha is Ex- Professor & Head, Chemical Engineering Department,

IIT-Delhi is an Environmental Engineering expert and has been an integral part of Enhanced WAPP Systems ever since its

incepon. He has rich experience in industrial processes, waste/environment management systems, various technologies &

design applicaons and his contribuon has been truly valuable in pung the company in its current leadership posion today.



Considering all these shortcomings with varioustechnologies, problems associated with them, the mostappropriate system with lowest energy consumponand most consistent in performance seems to be the SBRprocess, which is an old age proven process/technologydeveloped in early 19th century but upgraded withthe applicaon of modern developments in soware/

hardware for control systems to the State of Art technologyof 21st. century. The sequenal batch reactor (SBR)technology has disnct advantages and edge over all otherexisng technologies. By virtues of its potenal benets

and intended results SBR has automacally become

the prerequisite for Green buildings for treatment and

reuse of wastewater generated from it. Being futurisc

in nature with several unique features in terms of logic

control system, hardware design and fabricaon, overall

ability to design, install and commission the system and

exibility of operang the system with the changes in

norms/capacity/treated water quality etc during the

life cycle of the Green building SBR system has become

the most desired treatment technology. Above all,this technology is much more exible for operaon andmaintenance of the plant.

Nowadays, with the development of various wastewater

treatment technologies SBR system has also gone

through phases of development and come up as the most

modern state of art technology. The SBR system allows

the advantages of a typical batch process with beer

control over the treated water quality, the connuity of

treatment and regulated sewage feed into the reactor.

This is parcularly desirable in a building complex where

the wastewater generaon goes through typical cycle of

high peaks and prolonged troughs with low (or zero) ow

rates. This ability provides the unique advantage of the

SBR system in terms of very low residual BOD3 at 27oC

and suspended solids (SS) in the treated water. This is

most essenal in case of Green buildings as the treated

wastewater is always further treated for reuse in the

building, unlike in other cases where it is discharged and

needs only to comply with the requirements of polluon

control board. The results of some typical installaons

have shown the nal treated water SS and BOD content

to be mostly below 10 mg/l. The physical appearance

of treated water is also excellent with clear transparent

water with low turbidity (<15 NTU).

The system could be operated either in semi-automac or

fully automac mode through a logic controller and all the

data are recorded through a SCADA system. The advanced

version of the SBR also has the VFD system for the blower

drive to conserve energy consumpon as per the load

requirement. The adaptaon of these modicaonsreduces the power consumpon by 15% to 20% with

respect to other technologies. Another advantage of SBR

over other technologies is that energy consumpon in SBR

will be proporonal to ow rate of sewage in the plant

and even it could be possible to achieve an overall energy

savings of 25% to 30% in praccal operang condions.

The total system operaon requires very low manpower

and the operaon can be monitored from a remote place

through the data transmission system and CCTV. The

SBR process based plants can have an opon of manless

operaon i.e. fully automac.

A seconal view of SBR tank An overview of STP along with decanng system based

on SBR Technology

The SBR system has only few mechanical drives and hence maintenance requirements are quite low. In fact, the numberof process units, tanks etc. are lesser and consequently it requires minimal foot print as well as making it very simpleto install and commission the plant. SBR technology also removes the scope of using any kind of media/membrane etc.

which minimizes the overhead cost while operang the plant. The system design could be based on sucient redundancyso that the plant has the ability to connue operaon with some adjustment in load and be able to handle the problemwithout any major shut down. Flexibility in plant operaon and control according to the various treated water quantyand quality is another special quality of such system.




S.

N.Component

Extended Aeration

(EA)

Submerged Aerated

Fixed Film /MBBR

(requires floating

media)

Membrane Bio-

Reactor (MBR)

Sequential Batch Reactor

(SBR)

A

Wastewater

TreatmentProcess/Technology

It consists of an aerat ion

tank & a secondary

clarifier. Continuousaeration is maintained by

air supply through thediffusers.

Sludge recycling becomes

critical to ensure processstability

It consists of PVC

tubular media packed

in multiple layers,

facilitating growth of

micro-organisms whichfeed on the organic

matter. Sludge

recycling is not required

Membrane

bioreactor

combines thebiological process

with membranefiltration.

This system is compact, Flex ible

and modular in nature, does not

require separate clarifiers. Stage

wise capacity enhancement is

possible. No need of sludgerecycling as the entire reactor

tank serves as a clarifier during

the settle period.

1.

Overall Capital Cost

(Civil + Electro-

mechanical)

Rs.1-1.5 Crore /MLD Similar High Lowest

2.

(a)Operation Cost Rs. 5-10 per kl Similar

High (Rs.10-15 per

kl)Lowest

2.

(b)

Power consumption &

operating cost (Rs. Per

kl)

8-9 7-8 12-16 4-5

3. Footprint (in sq.m.) 1000 - 1200 700-900 500 – 700 500-700 (with EQT)

4.Secondary Sludge

generationHigh Medium Low Low

5.Ventilation

requirementsHigh Medium Medium

Minimal if bio-culture is used for

odor controls in EQT/process

6. Automation Level Low Low High Moderate to high

7.Modularity/Expandabi

lityTo be pre-planned To be pre-planned Very good Highly modular

8.Start up time &

stabilization period20 – 30 days 20 – 30 days 15 – 20 days 15-20 days

9.Plant upsets

(Restoring time)1 - 7 days 1-7 days 1-7 days 1-2 days

10.Effect of power failure

(tolerance)

Sensitive (1.5 hours), 24

hr power supply required

Moderate (2-4 hours),

24 hr power supply

required

24 hr power supply

required24 hr power supply not necessary

11.Screening

requirementsGeneral Fine

Very fine

mechanical

screening

Coarse

12. Water QualityBOD less then 20mg/l

after tertiary treatment

BOD less than 10 mg/l

after tertiary treatment

Very goodBOD less than 5

mg/lt. lowestturbidity

High quality of treated water BOD

less than 5 mg/lt. Nutrient

removal features.

13. Maintenance Cost Low High High Low

14. Plant Operation Continuous Continuous

Continuous. Process

to be stopped for

intermittent

cleaning of

membranes.Frequency depends

on type of effluent.

Batch Process/

Continuous

15.Media No media Fixed media

Hollow/ Flat Sheet

Membranes are

required

No media/ No clarifier

Comparave Data on Various Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Looking on the requirement and need, SBR plant has theunique capability of being able to be auto commissioned(e.g. dissolved oxygen, pH and sludge volume etc). It could

be monitored remotely and thus it involves minimal human

intervenons compare to other technologies. Also, there

are lesser number of process units in SBR technology and

minimum resource required to build the plant so minimum

waste generaon during the life cycle of the plant. Hence it alsoreduces the capital cost as well as operaon cost of the plant.

All biological processes have some advantages and

limitaons as energy consumpon, space requirement,

ease of operaon, reliability of treated water quality and

sustainability. Appropriate designing, proper implementaon

and aer sales services, operaon and maintenance are the

key factors for a successful STP installaon in a green building.

The data in table below shows the summary of all these

factors for dierent treatment systems for their comparaveassessment.

Enhanced WAPP System has been playing a pioneering role in the eld of water, wastewater and environmental engineering.WAPP, with its In-house R&D capabilies, has developed the WappSys-Oxy-Bio technology which is a variant of SBR system thatallows the treatment process to takes place in a single reactor with intermient lling.

*

* MLD = Million Liters per day



Green Factories make business sense – an inspired discussion

with the Ecologikol Team

Why should factories in India consider Going Green?

While Green Building certications are now very popularfor commercial buildings and residential developments,Green Factories are still rare. In a lot of cases factoriesdo not make use of daylight, strategies to reduce air-conditioning loads or establish a water treatment

plant. We are not only talking about the environmentaldamage caused by unsustainable planned factories, alsogreat economical losses occur for the company through

operating inecient factories. What a lot of peopledon’t know is that the incremental cost to gogreen is very small we are talking about 2 - 8 %

to achieve energy savings of more than 50% fora new building.

I understand that it would be better to build new andgreener factories but what solution do you see forexisting factories?

We have just received the highest rating of IGBC Green

Factories for the Mainetti Factory which was a retrot of an

existing factory. The Mainetti Factory saves 65% of energycompared to the base case which is a great achievement.

There are a lot of ways to reduce the energy consumption

for factories by implementing daylight strategies, right

choice of glass and insulation of the building envelope.

Old factories often use asbestos sheets for roong which

generates a high cooling requirement. Energy ecient

factories use PUF sandwich panels with a high insulation

value and a solar reective coating to reduce the loads on

the building. It is important to implement skylights this

way the factory does not require any articial lighting

during the day and saves on lighting energy.

What are new technologies which can beimplemented to reduce the buildings energy-consumption?

Geothermal and radiant cooling is a new strategy to

reduce the energy-consumption for air-conditioning. The

geothermal technology is quite new in India but there are

already a few successful implement projects which make

use of the relatively cold temperatures of the ground to

reduce the energy consumption of the cooling equipment.

Also solar energy is hardly used in factories, there is a bigpotential for the future.

What is important for the design of a Green Factory?

Buildings should be designed for the whole life cycle, if welook at a buildings lifespan we see that a core value lies inenergy savings. To achieve those savings the selection of

materials and systems is very important. Wall constructionmaterials, roong and selection of a glass which is blocking

the sun’s heat radiation but allowing visible light to enterthe building seem to be most important. The HVACsystem along with the lighting system should be selectedbased on their energy eciency. There is also a greatscope for the future in making buildings more energy-ecient through sustainable planning and evaluation of

ecient strategies to reduce energy consumption.

Ecologikol is an organization ofering end to end businesssolutions in the areas of climate change and sustainability.Ecologikol’s experts have worked with major corporates and are experienced in successfully managing and executingmore than 50 climate change and sustainability projects

across industrial and commercial sectors. More informationat www.ecologikol.com.

Ecologikol’s Green Experts: Mr Balachander G (Chief ExecutiveOcer), Mr Mahesh Kumar M (Principal Consultant), Mr Girish R Visvanathan (Senior Associate & Team Lead), Picturecourtesy of Ecologikol




Indian Green Building Council

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Knowledge Partner

Veera Chakra Dora+91 40 [email protected]

International Conference

on Green Buildings

Mithun G+91 40 44185172

[email protected]

Conference onGreen Homes & Green Cities

Somya Shankar Kundu+91 40 44185164

[email protected]

Workshop, Training Programme,

Mission

For further details, please contact

• Create awareness on green building concepts

• Expose the participants to the latest global trends in greenbuildings

• Exhibit green building products and technologies

• Provide a platform for networking

• Facilitate exploring new business opportunities

• Enable market transformation of green products andequipment

• Architects • Green product / Equipmentmanufacturers

• Builders & Developers • HVAC consultants• Corporate representatives• Interior designers• Contractors• International agencies• Educational institutions• Landscape consultants• Engineers• Lighting consultants• Energy modellers• Plumbing consultants• Electrical consultants• Project management• Green building facilitators

consultants• Government representatives• Town planners

• Architectural perspectives in green buildings• National & International experiences in green building concepts

• Green Building Movement – global & national trends

• Case studies on green buildings – national & international

• Green building rating systems

• Green building materials, equipment & technologies

• Public Policies

Who Should AttendObjectives

Focus AreasLe Meridien, New Delhi

Le Meridien, New Delhi

Le Meridien, New Delhi

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi




Event Schedule

Event Date Venue

20 & 21 Oct 2011International Conference on Green Buildings

Conference on Green Homes

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Cornelis became passionate with the idea of nding a soluon for thisproblem and experimented relessly with many ideas and concepts. In 1965he established the Verolme vacuum metalizing company and developed aprocess – sll unique today – of applying a microscopic layer of aluminiumto texle. Cornelis believed that if he could create metal backed fabrics thatcould be made into curtains and blinds, with the metal side facing outwards,heat and glare could be reected outside the building. By regulang this heatand light, buildings could not only benet by signicant energy savings butwould also create a much more comfortable environmental for occupants.The innovaons war born and the name Verosol was created from the rstfour leers of Cornelis’ surname VERO and the word SOL, meaning sun.

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The building sector contributes 40% of total energy

consumed in the country and expected to grow in thefuture with the increase in demand for the buildings,both residenal and commercial. HVAC and lighng

are the major energy guzzlers in a building. Therefore thereis an immediate need to conserve energy in the exisngbuildings as well as new buildings by selecng highlyperforming technologies without compromising health andwell being of the occupants.

Typically, energy consumpon in a commercial building for atropical region can be broken down into:• HVAC-50%• Lighng- 21%

• Equipment and Others- 29%The above stascs show that the lighng and HVAC are themajor energy consuming equipment in a building. These twoequipment oers tremendous scope for energy saving.

The load on the Air-condioners can be opmized by reducingthe building heat gain, besides equipment eciency. The heatgain in a building can be minimized by adopng appropriatetechnologies for wall, glass, lighng, fresh air, plug loads, etc.,The technologies and strategies to be deployed to minimizeheat gain would vary depending on the climac condion andlocaon. The pie chart on the right indicates the percentageof heat gain from each of the above menoned elements in

a building.India being a tropical climate, heat load in the building shouldbe reduced to lower the HVAC load. The heat ingress in thebuilding is mainly from the building envelope as it is directly

exposed to the solar radiaons. Designing an eecve building

envelope to reduce the heat ingress is an important step inachieving energy eciency in a building. The heat ingressin the form of conducon, convecon and radiaon occursfrom exterior façade glazing, besides wall and roof. Thereforehaving a plan in place in regard to the use of highly ecientglass, balancing important criterions related to lighng andHVAC will result in drasc reducon in energy consumpon.

LEED CS Gold rated - Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore- Used DGU with SHGC of 0.19 – SGG Evo Green Aura ET 425

Lights21%

Equipment29%

Cool-Chiller40%

Cooling Tower1%

HVAC Pumps2%

HVAC Fans7%

Building Energy Use

Fresh Air36%

Occupancy17%

Elec. PlugLoad18%

LightingLoad7%

Wall and glass22%

Cooling Load Energy

M Selvarasu, LEED AP, Faculty & Director,

LEAD Consultancy & Engineering Services

(India) Limited, Bangalore

P Rathnashree, IGBC AP & Manager,

LEAD Consultancy & Engineering Services

(India) Limited, Bangalore



Standards Guidelines for Glass in IndiaASHRAE 90.1 restricts the glass area to 40% (base casecondion) of the wall area as increased glazing increasesthe heat load. ECBC restricts the glass area to 60% withstringent glass recommended for glazing area in the rangeof 40% to 60%. Glazing is a crical element in the façadedesign to get more day lighng to the building interiors andprovide views for the occupants for beer performance.

The glazing should be more on the north and south side. Butsouth side glazing should be protected with external shadeto reduce the amount of direct sunlight entering the building.The glazing on the East and West orientaon should beminimized as maximum exposure to sun happens in thesedirecons and also can be protected by keeping buer zonein these two orientaons.

CriterionsWith the modern building architecture focusing on the glass,the right selecon of it has become vital; which is based onthe following criterions:

Energy Performance: Maximum heat gain in a building is

through solar radiaon, conducon and convecon, fromthe glazing. Air condioning systems are the major energyguzzlers accounng to 50-60% of total energy demand of abuilding. A high performance glazing can reduce solar andthermal heat penetrang into the building, thus controllingthe increase of temperature.

Day lighng: Use of right glass helps in bringing an opmalnatural light inside the building, thus reducing the useof arcial light. Visible Light Transmiance of the glassdetermines the amount of day light entering the building.

Role of U-Value,

SHGC, and VLTU-Factor - Measuresthe insulangperformance of a façade. A lowU-Factor indicatesa beer insulangwindow. SHGC –Solar Heat Gain Coecient is a measure of its eciency inblocking the heat from the sun. A lower number indicatesless solar heat coming through, ranges from 0 - 1. In a warmclimate, it is desirable to have a low SHGC glass. But for a coldclimate, where we need more heat to decrease the load on

heaters, it is desirable to have a high SHGC glass.VLT – Visible Light Transmiance is the amount of visible lightthat passes through a window. A higher number indicates

that more light passes through the glazing, ranges from 0 – 1.VLT and SHGC should be well balanced to have comfortableworking condions, and good energy performing building.

Therefore a glass with Low U value and low SHGC givesgood energy performance in a tropical climate, whereas aglass with Low U value and High SHGC gives good energyperformance in cold climate.

Intangible Benets of GlassGlass provides a psychological connecon to the outsideworld. Views through glass can reduce the visual fague.The sick building syndrome in the occupants can largelybe reduced and thereby improving occupant health andproducvity coupled with beer indoor air quality.

Working long hours in electric lighng is believed to bedeleterious to health; working in daylight will be morecheerful and create a healthy environment. Daylight provideshigh luminance and permits excellent colour discriminaonand colour rendering. These two properes mean thatdaylight provides the necessary condion for good vision.

Aesthecally, the building looks more appealing, modern,speaking today’s architectural language. This will increasemarketability of the property.

Tangible Benets of GlassUse of ecient glass with good VLT will give ample yetcomfortable lighng condions. Thereby, decreasing theload on lighng power required. Further, use of daylightsensors can help keep the room lit to perfecon withoutoverdoing it. This is done by sensing the amount of light in aroom and adjusng accordingly. Daylight Sensors can reducethe arcial lighng needs and increase the life of xture.They automacally infer the window orientaon and the

cloudiness levels of the current sky to predict the incomingdaylight and set window transparency accordingly. Around10% energy savings is achieved by adopng these sensorsthan not using it, without sacricing the user comfort.

A low U-Value and SHGC glass reduces the heat ingressthereby contribung to a decrease in HVAC load and thusreducing the Energy consumpon.

Glass contribuon to LEED cercaon cannot be neglected.It can contribute around four points in Energy Opmizaon,Daylight, and Views credits. Glass will also have impact onrecycled content and regional material credits.

In regard to GRIHA rang, glass will have great impact on

Criterion 13-Opmize building design to reduce convenonalenergy demand, and Criterion 14- Opmize energyperformance of building within specied comfort limits.

WWR < 40% 40% < WWR < 60%

Climate MaximumU-factor Maximum SHGC Maximum SHGC

Composite 3.30 0.25 0.20

Heat and dry 3.30 0.25 0.20

Warm & Humid 3.30 0.25 0.20

Moderate 6.90 0.40 0.30

Cold 3.30 0.51 0.31

Vercal Fenestraon U-factor (W/m2.K) and SHGC Requirements (ECBC Table 4.3)




Windows can conserve energy through two

different ways. The window material should

not consume high energy to produce or it

should not put much strain on our energy reserves

and natural resources and the window, once installed

should prevent any energy losses through it.

Let us rst look at the window material. The mostpopularly used material for window frames are Wood,

Steel, Aluminum and PVC or Vinyl. Using wood puts a

lot of stress on our already depleting forest reserves.

One can observe from the above that among the

window frame material PVC is the most environment

friendly material. Basic aluminum is extracted from

aluminum ore or Bauxite. This process consumes

about 56kWH of energy per Kg of aluminum

by the most efcient process of extraction#.

F E N E S TA

Green

W indo w s

PVC is 57% salt and rest is natural gas or petroleum

produced through a chemical process which consumes

lowest energy even among all the highly consumed

polymers. Natural salt is abundantly available and total

PVC production consumes only 0.3% of annual oil and

gas consumption and 10% of salt consumption*.

Both window frame section of both aluminum and PVC

are produced by a process called extrusion. The PVC

extrusion is a very low energy consumption process,

operated at a temperature of 1850C, the aluminum

extrusion is done at a temperature above 7000C.

Let’s have a look at how a window can be efcient in

conserving energy in a building.

*Source AAMA – VIB 2005

#Source: US Department of Energy

Heat loss / gain through a window can happen through

any of the following four ways:

1. Heat ow through a window: This is measured

by U value.2. Amount of heat gained from direct solar heat as a

factor of total heat falling on the window: Affected

by the glass used in the window and less affected

by the framing material.

3. Amount of visible light allowed through a window as

a factor of total visible light falling on the window:

Affected by the glass used in the window and less

affected by the framing material.

4. It is the amount of air that passes through a

window: This is affected by how the window is made

and installed, and depends on the design, type of

material used and technology used to fabricate the

window.

Energy Losses Through a Window

PVC has the lowest U value which implies it is the

preferred material for Energy efcient windows.

U Value of Frame Material

Material U-Value (W/m2K)

Timber 2.78

Aluminum 4.93

PVC 2.61

Energy and Crude oil use Critical Volumes for the Production of

For different Materials Different Materials

Material Energy Use Crude Oil use Material Critical volume of air Critical volume of Water

G joules/ton Ton/ton m3 of air /kg dm3 water/kg

PVC 53 0.63 PVC 700 3000

Steel 30 0 Steel 3400 4600

Aluminum 200 0 Aluminum 9320 27700



Insulation in Fenesta windows is further improved by

the use of sealants between the wall and frame, double

or even triple glazing and fusion welded joints thatleave no gaps. The potential for energy conservation

is enormous. The U value of a typical aluminum single

glazed window is about 6.591 W/m2K and that of

Wood/Vinyl 4.77 W/m2K. Apart from being energy

efcient, UPVC is also an environment friendly material.

Resource Reuse: UPVC is 100% recyclable. A report

by British Plastics Federation, states that PVC can be

recycled relatively straightforwardly. It is now common

practice to recover and recycle factory wastes and / or

off-cuts after the window has been fabricated. Today

technology is available to recycle UPVC 100%.Regional Materials: Thanks to producers like Fenesta

Building System (DSCL), UPVC window is locally

available across India.

Indoor environment quality: Today UPVC windows are

designed to perfection and fabricated in modern state

of the art factories provide windows with excellent

sealing to keep environmental pollutants like sound,

dust and even tobacco smoke isolated. With these

windows a sound insulation of more 30% is always

possible.

Life expectancy: As per British Plastics Federation the

life expectancy of a PVC window is over 40 years.Low emitting materials (adhesives and sealants): The

silicone sealants used for sealing window around the

periphery have nil VOC content and are safe to use.

Low emitting materials (paints and coating): The PVC

window is extruded pristine white and does not require

any maintenance. It can be easily cleaned with soap &

water and does not require any painting.

If you follow the LEED/ IGBC Rating system,

the use of UPVC windows can contribute to

the following credit points:

• Energy and Atmosphere under EA credit 1• Regional Material under MR Credit 5.1 and 5.2

• Recycled material under MR Credit 4.1 & 4.2

• Low VOC material under IEQ credit 4.1

How Fenesta UPVC Windows contribute to Green

Buildings:

Fenesta UPVC windows offer a number of benets

over conventional wood, aluminum and steel windows.

Some of these benets, that greatly improve quality of

life, are as follows:

Noise and Dust Proof: Silicon sealing, multi point locks

and non-conducting properties of UPVC make these

windows noise and dust proof

More Sunlight, brighter rooms: Strength of windows

allows Fenesta to make windows that are large in size,

allowing more sunlight

Monsoon proof: The company has engineered a special

windows for heavy torrential rainsWindows to withstand high wind speeds by imparting

additional strength.

Ventilation: Ease of use allows ample ventilation and

sunlight in the house

Maintenance free and long lasting: These windows

do not require paint or polishing and are therefore

maintenance free.

Saves Energy: These windows cut air conditioning

costs signicantly.

FENESTA

Fenesta Building Systems is India's largest UPVC

windows solutions provider, specializing in the design,

manufacture, installation and service of precision-

engineered made-to-order UPVC window and door

systems. Fenesta is an end to end service provider

right from extrusion of UPVC proles to installation

of windows. Part of 3500 Cr DSCL group, Fenesta

has an all India set up with 16 sales ofces and

6 factories. Besides, the company has nearly 100

marketing associates spread all across the country.

While purchasing a Fenesta product, the customer

is assured of design support, offsite fabrication, rm

commitments on deliveries and a trained installation

team, to ensure consistent quality.




Automated Window by GEZE

Why don't we just automate the opening and closing

of windows for everyday ventilation? Can a regular

window ventilation system help in achieving a green

atmosphere?

Why not !! Window drive systems can do this for us. It is

convenient and secure.

You can rely on the ventilation drive systems from GEZE.

There are models to suit the most wide-ranging window

shapes, types and sizes; including skylight windows and

light domes. Ventilator switches make them convenient

and easy to operate. Meanwhile, remote-controlled

operation provides barrier-free operating comfort and

with it quality of life – especially for the weak and those

with reduced mobility. Weather stations ensure the

automatic closing of windows in the case of wind or rain.

Electrical chain drives from GEZE are optically

discreet and are recommended for vertically installed

rectangular bottom, top, horizontally pivot hung

swinging, pivot hung and vertically pivoted windows.

They lie parallel to the window and are coloured to

match the window architecture.

Electrical spindle drives are compact solutions for

bottom, top and pivot casements, skylight windows and

light domes, and, thanks to their high performance, are

suitable for large and heavy (roof) windows. They can be

used as a "direct openers" or to lie in prole, as well as

in an opening and locking system.

Electrical linear drives are ideal in combination with

slimline fanlight openers. The slimline design allows for

elegant adaptation to the window frontage, including in

cases where space is limited. They can be installed to

the left or right of the window, vertically or horizontally.

Scissor drives from GEZE represent a design solution

for the very best room ventilation, including for broad

skylight windows, which have been vertically installed

and open inwards. The scissors and electrical motor

are integrated within a compact casing, thus providing

protection against dust and dirt.

The window drives can be connected to conventional

230-volt networks. A simple and fast installation, and a

retrospective tting are both possible.

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Hospitals

The healthcare building sector is experiencing phenomenal

growth rates. What are the “driving forces” behind that?

The health care sector in India has become a booming sector in the

construction domain after hospitality and retail. With a number of

multi-location based private hospital chains the building and interior

design of the hospitals have now gone beyond the standard functional

requirements. Hospitals also have an identity, focus on aesthetics while

of course they still maintain the performance required such as acoustic,

re, high trafc and hygiene. Building materials such as gypsum board

partitions and ceilings are ideal material for providing the desired

properties.

It wouldn’t be exaggerated to say today that there are hospital suites

that compare well with a luxury suite in a 5 star hotel. All this combines

with the need of building faster and more efciently, and has given ways to new technologies in construction and new materials in the designs

of the buildings.

The main factors that are responsible for innovation in the building sector

in healthcare are a growing demand, a growing importance of India as a

medical tourism destination (thanks to still comparatively lower cost for

an equivalent quality of treatment as available internationally) and also a

growing number of private players venturing into this lucrative business.

This results in a growing need to meet international safety and quality

standards, a need to differentiate and a growing information base about

new and efcient building materials (such as gypsum boards).

What hospitals parameters have to be considered for the choice

of the best building materials?

1. Acoustic:

Noise becomes a health hazard when people are exposed to it in large

quantities and when it becomes intrusive to an extent that patients and

staff are put under stress. Staff work more efciently, and patients may

recover more quickly, if their noise environment is appropriate. Noise

must be controlled in a number of ways. For example, the interior noise

environment must be sufciently insulated against local exterior noise

sources. Conversely, the site must not signicantly affect the exterior

noise environment. In rooms where communication is important or

low noise levels are essential, additional factors need to be taken into

account. For example, As per NBC the wall and the partition between

rooms should have min Rw- 40dB and it should be min Rw-45dB where

some noisy room adjacent to that room, and for ICU Dw (Weighted Level

Diffrence)of 45dB (A). It will be proprietary acoustic materials on walls

may be required to ensure that speech is intelligible and that noise

levels created in the room itself do not build up.

2. Fire Prevention and Safety:

Patients and staff safety is critical in the healthcare sector. The

immediate and total evacuation of healthcare buildings (particularly in

patient access areas) in the event of re may not be possible or desirable.

Patients with restricted mobility cannot always be disconnected

and moved rapidly without serious consequences. The principle of

progressive horizontal evacuation, is that of moving occupants from

an area affected by re through a re-resisting barrier to an adjoining

area on the same level, designed to protect the occupants from the

immediate dangers of re and smoke.

As per NBC 2005 (Part - 4) Hospitals under Group C-1 which is under

Firezone-1, and buildings under Firezone-1 shall conrm construct as

per Type-1. Type-1 constructions, all non load bearing walls should have

minimum 1 hour re rating.

3. Strength and Robustness Design (sustainability and lifecost):

International standards such as BS/ASTM denes the strength and

robustness of a partition. HTM 69 should be taken in to consideration

when designing hospital partitions. Healthcare buildings are particularly

sensitive to damage. Separating partitions in corridors for example, must

endure a lifetime of impacts. Building materials in healthcare buildings

are always submitted to patient, visitor and staff contact. Therefore our

solutions focus on durable partitions utilising impact resistant boards

to limit this issue, which in turn will reduce maintenance cost. We can

provide Gypsum board solutions include systems that go from LD (Light

Duty) to Severe Duty (SD) requirements.

For Hospitals we recommend to go with only severe duty drywall partition

systems.

4. Indoor air quality and ease of maintenance:

Apart from the above performance required by the hospital buildings the

focus on aesthetic, healthy indoor air quality and high quality of nish

are becoming important criterias while choosing the right materials

to design the hospital buildings. Unlike some conventional solutions,

gypsum boards are known for being a green solution, accredited by LEED

for improving indoor air quality. Also gypsum board systems have specic

solutions for dust free partitions with internal round corners. Another

factor that with the recent boom in this segment makes relevance is

the ability to build fast and to use lighter material while maintaining low

maintenance cost and easy reworkability for any future modication.

Hence building materials that can provide all the above performance

requirements while being easy to use, more efcient than traditionally

used materials, providing better value for money with enough information

support to ensure proper usage becomes an obvious choice.

Leslie Diamond Health Care Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Lafarge Worldwide projects)

India is experiencing a growing demand or modern building materials or hospitals and specialized clinics. The selection o Green Building

materials or these buildings is a dicult task. When one material needs to meet a dozen requirements rom re resistance to thermal insulation

the number o possible products is reduced drastically. There are specic requirements and the right selection o building materials can infuence

the perormance, comort, hygiene and aesthetics o the building in a positive way. Mr. Gregory Lukasik, CEO Laarge Boral Gypsum India Pvt Ltd

also agree to the act with Ms Isabelle H, Editor Inspired to be Green about the specialized material requirements or healthcare sector:



How modern building materials can be implemented

under cost restrictions and tight construction schedules?

Buildings like hospitals which are being built today at a high

pace would certainly nd building solutions such drywalls cost

effective simply for the fact that you can build 3-4 times faster

than with the conventional wet constructions (bricks). Further

the maintenance of partitions and ceilings done with gypsum

boards are much lesser than with the use of other materials,

which again is a way to reduce cost and prevent interruption

during the usage of the building.

There are not many building material solutions for interiors

that can combine all the properties of acoustic, re resistance

and mechanical strength at the cost level that gypsum board

systems provides. Lastly the weight of drywall solutions is 9-10

times lighter than conventional materials, therefore reducing the

weight of the structure.

Another advantage of drywall solutions are the space savings,

compared to conventional construction, drywalls are taking up

less oor space and that can give one more room per oor.

It is for these factors that hospital chains like Max Hospitals and

Medanta (Medicity) have extensively used the drywall concepts

enabling a world class interiors along with meeting their tight

completion schedules.

How does Lafarge research center contribute to high

quality building materials?

Lafarge as a building material company has the largest research

center in the world. Half of the research budget is dedicated

to developing solutions for sustainable constructions. For the

gypsum drywall technology Lafarge has a fully equipped test

laboratory equipped with high performance re furnace, acoustic

simulation chamber, test facilities on seismic simulation,

mechanical tests and humidity test chambers to simulate all

possible conditions adapted to buildings.

Lafarge has further developed a complete technical manual

specially dedicated to the needs of the healthcare segment.

This manual details all the technical systems that can be

provided with our systems in order to meet the international

needs of hospitals.

Research in the eld of drywalls has helped designed such

materials that can provide superior performance (acoustic, re

and mechanical) while maintaining light weight and high quality

of nish. Further constant research helps to develop segmentspecic products such as “Anti bacterial” ceiling tiles or low dust

jointing compounds.

How will a hospitals of the future look like?

Hospitals are changing fast if we look at the last 10 years. The

shift is from a functional building to a multispeciality modern

structure that not only can provide all the required medical

facilities but is also designed to provide the comfort that one can

expect from a luxury hotel.

Not to go on an imaginary space, atleast one point is denite that

in the near future hospitals, especially in India, would become

much more concerned about meeting all international standards

for re, acoustic etc and hence the choice for new building

materials such as gypsum drywalls would become an obvious.

Gypsum board systems for the interiors are denitely one of

the best solutions that can provide all the above requirements

and also bring along with itself the advantages of being green

materials contributing upto 14 points to the green buildings (67

is required to be rated as a Platinum Green building). This is much

higher than substitute materials such as bricks and traditional

material that scores much lower and not being able to contribute

much in term of green. LaGyp with its “Complete Solution

Approach” has made it a best choice in many new segments in

India such as hotels and even hospitals have started today.

EasyBoard

Oncology Hospital Center in Bydgoszcz, Poland (Lafarge Worldwide Projects)

For more details please contact Deepak Kr. Nagpal at [email protected] or visit us at www.lafarge-gypsum.in



Supreme Industries’ Thermal Insulation Division

offers cutting edge technology

Mr. Atul Khanna, General Manager,

Thermal Insulaon Division

The Supreme Industries Ltd

Founded in 1942, Supreme Industries Ltd. pioneered path-breaking plascsproducts by oering advanced soluons for various industries. Atul Khanna,General Manager, Thermal Insulaon Division - The Supreme Industries Ltd.shares his views about the thermal insulaon products oered by Supreme.

At Supreme, we have been innovang with the sole purpose of providing costeecve soluons. We follow the philosophy of S.A.V.E. – Supreme Always ValueEcient. Every requirement is understood meculously to select appropriatesoluons and implement them awlessly. Whatever be the value our customersare assured of the best soluon from Supreme. Research and developmentforms an integral element of our soluons to develop breakthrough insulaonproducts focused on energy eciency. Changing trends, shiing demands and

new technologies drive our development of advanced soluons.High crude oil prices underline the increasing need to curb consumpon of energy, which happens to be a major component of industry and commercialbuilding operaons. The building sector accounts for approx 30-35% of the

total energy consumpon in the country. According to esmates this sectoralone can reduce energy consumpon by at least 40% by choosing properenergy ecient equipments and thermal insulaon. The resultant savings inenergy cost directly benet building owners and occupants over the life cycle of the building. “As they say, energy saved is energy generated.” With an eye onpotenal energy savings the Government has provided an energy conservaonimpetus through the Bureau of Energy Eciency (BEE) under Ministry of Power.Thus, BEE has issued guidelines in the form of Energy Conservaon BuildingCode (ECBC) proposed for a voluntary adopon at the present stage.Energy conservaon eorts have long been taken by The Indian Society of Heang Refrigerang and Air condioning Engineers (ISHRAE) - A society of like-minded engineers for promoon of the art & science of HVAC & R. The

cause of energy savings has also been espoused by the Indian Green BuildingCouncil (IGBC) formed in the year 2001 to set up The Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design (LEED) India commiee to rate buildings onenvironmental criteria. Another system endorsed by the Government andpromoted by The Energy Resource Instute (TERI) is the Green Rang forIntegrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA). All these organizaons and systemsendorse the “Energy Savings Abhiyan”, which is essenal for the industry andthe naon as whole.

“Energy is the single largest operang expense and accounts for over $100billion in expenses for commercial buildings each year. With a view to improveeciency and enable conservaon of energy, The Thermal Insulaon Divisionof Supreme provides top-of-the-line insulaon soluons with its ‘INSU’ rangeof products. Backed by the understanding of changing trends, new-agerequirements, and state-of-the-art technology, our thermal insulaon divisiondevelops customized insulaon soluons for various industries. It oers newgeneraon alternave products to replace convenonal materials includingglass, rubber, metals, wood etc. for cost eecveness. Our insulaon productsare manufactured from virgin raw material without using any CFC / HCFC gases.At every stage of the manufacturing process, a stringent quality check assuresworld-class quality of our products. We also oer specialty products compliantwith naonal & internaonal standards like BIS, ASTM, RöHS, UL94, FMVSS etc.”

In our endeavor to provide world-class materials we now oer INSUshield - Class‘O‘ re rated material in FR, closed cell, chemically crosslinked polyethylene.We are the rst company to successfully commission India’s rst Extruded

Polystyrene Plant at our Nagothane Polystyrene Complex, which uses state-of-the-art technology to produce 1,50,000 m3 of Extruded Polystyrene ThermalInsulaon Board – INSUboard, using environment friendly CO2 as a blowingagent. The plant is capable of producing boards with various thicknessesranging from 25 mm to 100 mm & density ranging from 30 kg to 50 kg/m3.This shall go a long way in promong the “Green” concept and the energyconservaon promoted by the Bureau of Energy Eciency (BEE) and USAID.

Our insulaon products oer soluons in the following areas:• Ducng Insulaon in Hospitals, Shopping Malls, Airports, PEBs, IT/ BPOetc.

• Pipe Insulaon for Split AC Tubings, Chiller Piping, Drain Pipes, ChilledWater Lines etc.

• Floor Insulaon in Server Rooms, Data Centres, Medical & DiagnoscCentres, and Control Rooms for Petrochemicals.

• Underdeck Insulaon in PEBs, texle Units, Malls, Airports etc.• Overdeck and Wall Insulaon in Commercial Buildings, Residenal

Buildings, Cold Storages etc.

‘INSUshield’ is a non-brous, re retardant (‘Class O’ in Fire Propagaon and‘Class 1’ in Surface Spread of Flame), closed cell, tri dimensional chemicallycross-linked polyethylene foam. An ideal environment friendly insulaonmaterial, with a perfect soluon for all your insulaon needs for ducts, roofs,pipes, vessels, etc.‘INSUreector’ is a radiant heat reecve insulaon material made of polyethylene air bubble lm (ABF) laminated with aluminum foil on one orboth sides. The bright surface of the aluminium foil reects 96% to 99% infra-red radiaon received by the surface of a heated slate roof.‘INSUboard’ – Extruded Polystyrene is an ulmate soluon for buildinginsulaon. It enhances the durability of the building structure and resistsextreme ambient condions, absorbs thermal shocks, mechanical loadingand stresses without any deterioraon in insulaon properes of the product.The closed cell structure leads to negligible water absorpon and excellentthermal resistance. The 4 primary reasons why Supreme’s thermal insulaonis preferred by discerning customers is:• Quality: A stringent approach to quality ensures all our products are

durable. We adhere to internaonal quality standards of ISO 9001:2000and ISO 14001 cercaons and NABL accreditaon for our various plants.

• Experse: With intensive R&D you are assured of a high level of experse.• Network: Our products are backed by an extensive pan India network.

Timely deliveries and prompt service is imbibed in our culture.

• Environment consciousness: Our responsibility towards the environmentgoes beyond mere promises, with an emphasis on ensuring all ourprocesses, systems, and products are eco-friendly.

For further informaon please call Mr. Atul Khanna - +91-9810529116 or mail

us on [email protected]

Duct Insulaon

Under deck

Insulaon

Flooring Insulaon

Pipe Insulaon



Microber was invented in the early 1980’s in

northern Europe and introduced to the world

in 1986. This innovation was launched largely

on account of Environmental concerns as this technology

reduces the usage of clean water and less soiled water is

put into the waste stream. Also the longer durability of themicrober mop means that there will be a decrease in the

solid waste from worn out cotton mops.

What is Microber?

It is a man made ber not natural as cotton.. It is a

combination of two bers Polyester and Polyamide which

is a nylon by – product. The best of microber has 80%

of polyester and 20% of Polyamide. The polyester is the

scrubbing and cleaning ber and the polyamide is the

absorbing and quick drying ber.

The thickness of the ber is 0.13 deniers which is 1/100 th

of a human hair. Normally a cross section of the microber

would reveal triangular cross-sections. These triangular

cross sections result in a clean dry surface when compared

to an ordinary cotton mop. For cleaning purposes the

microber carries an electrical static positive charge thatdraws dirt (negatively charged) into the center where cotton

carries the dirt on the outside surface.

The density of this material enables it to hold 6 times its

weight in water.

Why consider Alternative mopping Techniques?

Using conventional cotton loop or Kentucky mops for

wet mopping of areas has long been the standard inoor cleaning for janitorial operations. However the

industry has taken a recent interest in evaluating hard

oor maintenance techniques in terms of employee,occupants and environmental health. To reduce the risk of cross contamination conventional mopping techniques

requirejanitors to change the cleaning solution after

mopping every two or three rooms meaning that cleaning

solutions (including chemicals and several gallons of water)

are constantly being disposed off and replenished.

How does Micro-Fiber help?

How much more sanitary is it to use a fresh mop for each

room? Reducing the risk of nosocomial infections in

hospitals is of utmost importance. According to the CDCthere are an estimated 2 million incidences related to

nosocomial infections annually. There are 80,000 deaths

from nosocomial infections annually ; 20,000 occur in the

US alone . The costs per year for nosocomial infectionssince 1992 are in excess of $4.5 billion.

Literature currently documents that reducing the nosocomialinfection rate is supported with the utilization of a new mop

in each patient room. From a cleaning perspective something

as simple as always having clean water in the bucket is also

more appealing to the staff, patients and visitors.

Microber v/s Cotton Top Down approach tomopping

The actual process of using the microber mops is a huge

improvement in and by itself over the conventional cotton

mop process.

• The Top down system actually consists of one 20 ltr

Red and Blue bucket, a set of 24 microber mops, a

Velcro frame and a suitable handle and a trolley to carry

the buckets.

• The Blue bucket is lled with approximate 4 ltr of water

and a suitable germicidal cleaning solution is added to

the same. The 20 mops are placed in the bucket and it iscovered with a hermetic cover and turned upside down.

After a couple of hours the mops would have evenly

absorbed the cleaning/disinfectant solution by osmosis.

• When mopping, a clean mop is taken out of the blue

bucket, hand wrung out and dropped on the oor. Place

the Velcro end of the mop head on the cloth and then

mop the entire oor of the room with the same.

• To change the cloth stand on the ends of mop, pull the

mop head and place it diagonally opposite on the cloth,

pick it up and drop it in the red bucket.

• Move on to the new room and then use another freshmop for the same.

• There is no relling or changing of the cleaning solution

and the soiled microber cloth does not go back in the

clean bucket.

At the end the soiled mops are send to the laundry for

washing.

Simply put the basic advantages of the top down methods

over the traditional way of mopping are:

1) no wringers required

2) no preparation of cleaning solution in the ward

3) no handling of dirty solution

4) weight reduction and less stress on the labor

Mr. Abhay Desai

Director Marketing South Asia,

Diversey India Pvt. Ltd.



LEED 2011

The latest version of the LEED rang system for India has been releasedby IGBC, signifying a major milestone in the history of green building

movement in India. Mr Mark McCracken, Chairman, US GreenBuilding Council and Dr Prem Jain, Chairman, Indian Green

Building Council have released the LEED 2011 RangSystem for India at the ACREX event.

The Green Building Movement in India, pioneeredby Indian Green Building Council (part of CII)

has today made signicant inroads. Today,India boasts of 955 buildings with a foot

print of 606 million sq.., which stands amongst the top 3 countries to have a largegreen building footprint. This has largely been possible due to involvement of

various stakeholders of the building sector - architects, builders, developers,manufacturers, consultants, etc.,.

LEED-India, which was launched in 2007 received overwhelming response fromthe industry. Based on the various feedback and experiences of the implemented

projects, the rang system is now upgraded and will be called ‘LEED 2011 for India’.

The following are the major aspects of LEED 2011:

• Enhancement in energy and water eciency baselines• Promotes naturally venlated buildings

• Encourages passive technologies• In tune with local regulaons and standards

• Adopts the latest versions of standards and codes

All new projects will be registered under LEED 2011 for India. Exisng projects under LEED India NC rang systemswould be provided an opon to transit into LEED 2011 for India, if so desired. The Abridged Version of LEED 2011 for

India can be downloaded at www.igbc.in

Source: Indian Green Building Council

Comparison between LEED India NC v1.0 & LEED India NC 2011

LEED India v1.0 LEED India 2011

Credit Description Points Variation Points

SUSTAINABLE SITES

SS P1 Erosion and Sedimentation Control R Credit Named as Construction Activity Pollution Prevention; No changes in

Process & Approach

R

SS CR 1 Site Selection 1 No changes 1

SS CR 2 Development Density & Community

Connectivity

1 No changes 5

SS CR 3 Brownfield Redevelopment 1 No changes 1

SS CR 4.1 Alternative Transportation: Public

Transportation Access

1 One more option added: Locate the project within 0.4km walking distance

of 1 or more stops for at least 2 rideshare options for 4 or more

passengers. Rideshare options include

passenger ferry terminals, vans and human-powered conveyances, such as

rickshaws.

6

- New Credit SS CR 4.2 Bicycle Storage and Changing

Rooms : Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 meters of

a building entrance for 5% or more of all building users & Provide shower

and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 meters of a building

entrance, for 0.5% of Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

1

SS CR 4.2 Alternative Transportation: Low Emission

and Alternative Fuel Refueling stations

1 As Cr 4.3: Preferred parking for alt fuel vehicle is increased from 3% (of

building occupant) to 5% of total parking capacity. New option added as to

provide 20% discount in parking fee, to all customers using alt fuel vehicles

(only if fee applicable)

3

SS CR 4.3 Alternative Transportation: Parking

Capacity

1 Renamed as Cr4.4 No changes though. 2

SS CR 5.1 Reduced Site Disturbance: Protect or

Restore habitat

1 Site disturbance limit for green field sites revised as 15ft beyond perimeter

roadway curbs (earlier it was 5 ft); and also added as 10ft beyond surface

parking. Rest all remain as same.

1

SS CR 5.2 Reduced Site Disturbance: Development 1 Credit Renamed as "Site Development: Maximize Open Spaces"; No change 1

leed 2011

for india

SUSTAINABLE SITES





SS CR 6.1 Storm water Design: Quantity Control 1 No significant change. 1

SS CR 6.2 Storm water Design: Quality Control 1 No significant change. 1

SS CR 7.1 Heat Island Effect: Non-Roof 1 No significant change. 1

SS CR 7.2 Heat Island Effect: Roof 1 No significant change. 1

SS CR 8 Light Pollution Reduction 1 For Interior lighting: No significant changes slightly eased with the aid of

technological additions. For exterior lighting: ASHRAE/IESNA Standard

migrated from 2004 to 2007

1

TOTAL 13 26

WATER EFFICIENCY

WE P1 Water Use Reduction: Prerequisite added, achieve 20% less water

than baseline calc.

R

WE CR 1.1 Water Efficient Landscaping: 50%

Reduction

1 Water consumption for landscape calculation needs to be taken for the

month with highest evapotranspiration rate.(50% reduction 2 Points, 100%

reduction of potable water use: 4 points)

4

WE CR 1.2 Water Efficient Landscaping: No Potable

Water Use or No Irrigation

1 Incorporated in WE Cr1 itself -

WE CR 2 Water Efficient in Air - conditioning system

:50% reduction

1 Credit not available -

WE CR 3 Innovative Wastewater Technologies- 50%

Reduction or 100% treating of water

1 As WE Cr 2 (Here AC Water consumption considered) 2

WE CR 4.1- 4.2 Water Use Reduction - 20%(1 Point) OR

30% (2 Point) Reduction

2 Water Reduction Percentages revised as 30 (2 Points) 35% (3) 40% (4)

Faucets baseline is revised from 2.5 GPM @ 80 psi to 0.5 GPM @ 60 psi!

4

TOTAL 6 10

ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE

EA P1 Fundamental Building Systems

Commissioning

R No significant change. Eligibility for CxA is that they must have documented

at least 2 projects prior to this.

R

EA P2 Minimum Energy Performance R Codes/ Standards upgraded from ASHRAE 90.1-2004 to 2007, And new

requisite added as to demonstrate a 10% improvement in proposed

buildings performance.

R

EA P3 CFC Reduction in HVAC&R Equipment R No change R

EA CR 1 Optimize Energy Performance –

10.5% (1 Point) 14% (2 Point)

17.5% (3Point) 21% (4 Point)

24.5% (5 Point) 28% (6 Point)

31.5% (7 Point) 35% (8 Point)

38.5% (9 Point) 42% (10 Point)

10 Codes/ Standards upgraded from ASHRAE 90.1-2004 to 2007. 12% (1

Point), 14% (2 Point) … with +1 point for every increment of 2% up to 44%

(19 Point) Percentage in savings are increased (along with no. of points) -

buildings need to perform marginally better than previous generation

LEED buildings.

19

EA CR 2.1-2.2- 2.3 Renewable Energy 2.5%, 5%, and 7.5% 3 Earlier it was 2.5% (1Point); 5% (2 Points); 7.5% (3 points) Now its 1% (1

Point) 3% (2 Point) … with +1 point for every increment of 2% up to 13% (7

Point)

7

EA CR 3 Additional Commissioning 1 No significant change 2

EA CR 4 Ozone Depletion 1 Earlier it was No HCFC or Halon’s; Now it turns out to be a calculation

involving the LCGWP + LCODP X 10^5 </= 100 (Imperial Units)

2

EA CR 5.1 Measurement and Verification 1 No change 3

EA CR 6 Green Power- 50% 1 Earlier it needs to be 50% of the building power consumption to be

supplemented as green power (anywhere in the country). Now its 35% and

that also needs to be done for 2 years only (as a contract.)

2

TOTAL 17 35

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

MR P1 Storage and collection of recyclables R No change R

MR CR 1.1 Building Reuse- Maintain 75% of existing 1 55% (1 Point); 75% (2 Points); 95% (3 Points) Applicable only for only for 3

walls, floors and roof. major renovation projects

MR CR 1.2 Building Reuse- Maintain 100% of existing

walls, floors and roof.

1 Changed as maintaining interior nonstructural elements in at least 50 % (by

area) of completed buildings. Only for MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS

1

MR CR 1.3 Building Reuse- Maintain100% of shell +

50% of non- shell

1 Not available -

MR CR 2.1 Construction Waste Management- Divert

50% from disposal.

1 50% (1 Point) 75% (2 Points) 2

MR CR 2.2 Construction Waste Management- Divert

75% from disposal.

1 Not available, Including in previous point itself. -

MR CR 3.1 Resource Reuse- 5% 1 5% (1 Point) 10% (2 Points) 2

MR CR 3.2 Resource Reuse- 10% 1 Not available, included in previous point itself. -

MR CR 4.1 Recycled Content- 5% ( Post-Consumer+Post -Industrial)

1 10% (1 Point) 20% (2 Points) 2

MR CR 4.2 Recycled Content- 10% ( Post-Consumer+

Post -Industrial)

1 Not available, included in previous point itself. -


WATER EFFICIENCY

ENERGY & ATMOSPHERE

MATERIALS & RESOURCES





MR CR 5.1 Regional Materials- 20% manufactured

regionally.

1 10% (1 Point) 20% (2 Points) 2

MR CR 5.2 Regional Materials- 50% manufactured

regionally.

1 Not available (Please note its 10% & 20% only) -

MR CR 6.0 Rapidly Renewable materials, 5% 1 2.5% (1 Point) 1

MR CR 7 Certified Wood- 50% of wood based

materials

1 No change 1

TOTAL 13 14

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYEQ P1 Minimum IAQ Performance R ASHRAE 62.1-2004 Upgraded to ASHRAE 62.1-2007 R

EQ P2 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)

Control

R No change R

EQ CR 1 Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring 1 No change 1

EQ CR 2 Increased Ventilation- 30% above ASHRAE

62.1 requirements.

1 No change (Base standards Upgraded to ASHRAE 62.1-2007) 1

EQ CR 3.1 Construction IAQ Management Plan-

During Construction

1 SMACNA guidelines upgraded from 1995 edition to 2007-08 1

EQ CR 3.2 Construction IAQ Management Plan- After

construction/ Before Occupancy

1 Requirements are same, but approach is defined wrt flush-out of both

cases - with occupancy without occupancy; Also the option of air testing is

defined

1

EQ CR 4.1 Low Emitting Materials- Adhesives,

Sealants

1 No change 1

EQ CR 4.2 Low Emitting Materials- Paints 1 No change (Assuming that Table 1 & 2 in reference guide refers to detailed

Ref Guide of LEED India v1.0)

1

EQ CR 4.3 Low Emitting Materials- Carpet 1 For carpets its same & limits also extended to all flooring systems (floor

covering products) limits defined wrt TVOC, BHT & PCH of same

1

EQ CR 4.4 Low Emitting Materials- Composite wood

& Agrifiber product

1 No change 1

EQ CR 5 Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source

Control

1 Permanent entryway system extended to 10ft from 6ft; other requirements

remain same.

1

EQ CR 6.1 Controllability of Systems: Lighting 1 No change 1

EQ CR 6.2 Controllability of Systems: Thermal

comfort

1 No change 1

EQ CR 7.1 Thermal Comfort: Design 1 No change 1

EQ CR 7.2 Thermal Comfort: Verification - 6 to 18months

1 No change 1

EQ CR 8.1 Day lighting & Views: Daylight 75% of

space

1 Daylight in Regularly Occupied Spaces must be between 270 lux to 5400 lux

(Earlier the upper limit was not there, it was just min 2% daylight factor)

1

EQ CR 8.2 Day lighting & Views: Views for 90% of

space

1 No change 1

TOTAL: 15 15

INNOVATION IN DESIGN

ID CR 1.1 Innovation in Design 1 No change 1




- One more ID point added (No change in approach) 1

ID CR 2 LEED Accredited Professional 1 No change 1

TOTAL: 5 6

REGIONAL PRIORITY

- Earn any 4 of these 6 credits to get 1-4 Points: WE c1, WE c2, WE c3, EA c1,

EA c3, EA C5

4

TOTAL POINTS 69 110

Certified: 26-32 Points Certified: 40-49 Points

Silver: 33-38 Points Silver: 50-59 Points

Gold: 39-51 Points Gold: 60-79 Points

Platinum: 52 Points and above Platinum: 80 Points and above

The above comparision reveals that though there are very few addions in the credits, the performance level to achieve the points

have been increased, and the standards associated with it such as the ASHRAE standards have been upgraded to the most latestones, which requires the buildings opng for LEED 2011 to perform much more eciently than the LEED v1.0.Inspired to be Green welcomes the LEED 2011 and wishes many more green footprint.

Comparision Courtesy: Santhosh Manavalan, Kalpakrit Sustainable Environments Pvt Ltd New Delhi.

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

INNOVATION IN DESIGN

REGIONAL PRIORITY



Imbibing the philosophy of 'Talk Green Walk Green', Godrej Interio has commied itself to

manufacturing products with low carbon footprint.

To ensure that a product is sustainable, its green quoent needs to

be on the higher side and for this many factors need to be taken into

consideraon beginning with the raw materials and up to end of life

reuse/recycle/disposal.

Let’s take a look at what entails in the producon of a green product.

Selecon of Materials

To reduce the carbon footprint, it is essenal to reduce the usage of

material overall. This is accomplished by adopng designs which are

minimalisc and simple, having fewer and lighter components. In our

case, the recycled content of raw materials range from 8-10% and

the eorts are on for increasing it. Hazardous materials such as PVC,

chrome, mercury and lead are used in minimum possible quanes.

Recycled materials are favoured. GREENGUARD compliant low

eming materials are used in eight of our green product plaormsnamely Vurv Green, Linea Green, Stallion Green, Spacio Green, Unite

Green, Ace, Kubix and Gallop.

Wood substutes like parcle board and medium density bre board

(MDF) are widely used as they are made of wood parcles rather

than core wood. Rapidly renewable wood like rubber wood is used

for some products.

Metals having high lead content, for example certain aluminium

alloys, are avoided as they are not eco-friendly. Steel which is

recyclable is used extensively for strength and durability.

Fabric such as coon is not green as its culvaon involves high

dependence on pescides, which contaminate ground water. So

instead, Interio uses pure polyester fabric which is recyclable.

Eco-friendly manufacturing processes

It is the processes which ensure opmum ulizaon of resources and

materials and also prevent generaon of waste. Hence, low-impact

manufacturing is followed by Interio.

Use of low impacng processes like powder coang, which is 100%

VOC free, is yet another step in this direcon. Powder Coang

ensures minimal wastage as it gives 95-100% usage of powder.

Moreover, powder coang has a relavely short cure process me

thereby saving energy. In terms of performance as well, powder coat is superior to liquid lm as its scratch and impact hardness is

beer and it also oers higher resistance to corrosion and abrasion,

ensuring a longer lifespan.

Packaging and Transportaon

Special aenon is given to packaging from the design stage of

the product. Almost all products have knock-down designs or have

a knock-down opon. Knock-down designs ensure at packing

which reduces volume of the product being transported, thereby,

saving transportaon fuel and related carbon emissions. Use of

greener packaging materials such as corrugated paper is promoted.

Environmentally hazardous materials such as metal foils, glass wool,

plasc and thermocol for packaging are minimized.

Products at work

Indoor air quality at the workplace is a concern which is gaining

increasing importance because poor air quality has adverse impact

on the health of people. Low-VOC (Volale Organic Compounds)

materials helps to reduce indoor air polluon which results in

enhanced well-being and greater producvity of people. Interio has

presgious US based GREENGUARD cercaon for several product

plaorms, meeng the most stringent emission norms.

Products at end of life

Interio’s product plaorms are up to 60% recyclable. Storage

products made of steel are extremely durable and 100% recyclable.

Intelligent designs facilitate re-conguraon of products for reuse

with minimum refurbishing.

And now, Godrej Interio will be oering recycling services for all

home and instuonal products with no bar on quanty, hence

closing the loop as a responsible manufacturer. With these services,

GI customers will have an avenue for eco-friendly disposal of their

products and hence we ensure our commitment to green throughout

the lifecycle of the product. Various materials from these disposed

products are extracted, recycled and put to alternate use.

“Environment conservaon is THE way of

life at Godrej Interio and our GREENGUARD

cered products are a tesmony to that.

Its good to see that the consumer now see

and believe in benets oered by Green

products and we are gearing up to come

out with more eco-friendly products in

near future for home and instuonal

space.” remarks Anil Sain Mathur, COO,

Godrej Interio.

Transportaon

In Use

End of Life

Life Cycle Assessment

Materials

Manufacturing

Packaging

High Green Quotient (GQ) at Godrej Interio

Inspired to Be Green v10

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