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I am happy
present you Green
Inspiration for your
to
An inspiring interview with
Ar Karan Grover.
mind. The articles we
have compiled this
time are focusing on 4
Our green project of the month,
the Future of Green
Buildings, and I am sure some of our articles will Suzlon One earth, Pune.
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move you and motivate you. I had the pleasure
to sit together with Architect Karan Grover and
Architect Christopher Charles Benninger for an
interview, and besides all their great building Ar Yatin Pandya, explaining the
designs they have even more fascinating ideas for nuances of green design.
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the future of the Green Building Movement. You
can read about futuristic green building design, get
some ideas from Suzlon's One Earth headquaters
in Pune and get to know different Green Building Future of green buildings, and technologies.
Rating Systems around the world. Special thanks go
to our Sponsors who made it possible that Inspired
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Our passion is to motivate people to go Green and Thought provoking discussion with
spread awareness on how to build Green. Over the Prof. Charles Benninger
past few month we have been working together
with our Initiators from Aluplast, Breezair,
Everest, Nippon Paint, Supreme Petrochem,
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Roca and Team Sustain on an innovative Green An article explaining the Sustainability and
Building Concept: ZERO ENERGY SPACE. It is a green building rating systems around the world
new dimension of building design with the latest
Green Building Technologies in the market. This
space gives people the chance to experience a high
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comfort indoor environment with (net) zero energy Article explaining the green features of
consumption. Experience the ZERO ENERGY Paharpur Business Centre
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in Chennai, Economic Times ACEtech in Mumbai
and at Economic Times ACEtech in New Delhi and
see the website www.zeroenergyspace.com Article briefing the concepts of Building
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Inspired to be GREEN I Volume 8 I 3
AN
INSPIRING
INTERVIEW
WITH
Ar.karan
grover
“In twenty years, a green building in India will reflect the Indian
Karan Grover. I entered his house
prepared with 8 questions and after culture much better than these days where we are striving
a wonderful 60 minute session, I towards modern buildings copied from the West. Design
walked out with a recipe on how to elements like “jalis” and other passive strategies which keep the
change the world.
building cool will be followed. We will rediscover the roots of
Here is the recap of this inspiring the past what will influence the aesthetics of the new buildings.
interview with the maestro himself…
For every place and every climatic region buildings will show
We started with one simple question;
How will a green building look 20 different design features which support natural ventilation,
years in to the future? natural lighting and cooling. Looking at developments around
From this we moved from topic to the world it is fascinating to see that modern buildings in the
topic, with Karan Grover expressing West are taking advantage of Asian design elements like screens
his views and opinions…
and numerous passive strategies.
• Look at the orientation of the building. Make sure that smaller surfaces
are facing east and west.
• Design buffer zones on east and west facades like verandas, equipment
rooms and staircases.
• Integrate screens to allow natural ventilation and cross ventilation to
cool the building.
HNG Corporate Office, Kolkata
• Design inclined windows on the south façade to avoid direct sun
radiation on the windows.
• Try to avoid any openings like windows on the east and west.
• Use ceilings which reflect the natural light and bring
it deep into the room.
• Use green roofs and green walls.
• Design rainwater harvesting pits to collect all rainwater from the site.
• I believe the success of developing a Green Building Community lies
in sharing information without making yourself to the key-person.
Teach people what they need to know to make a green building.
Everyone Is Green:
I can see that every second developer promotes his project with the help of
the word “green”. Most of the times it is only a word, and there is actually no
element which is eco-friendly, energy-efficient or sustainable in this project.
We should employ “green watchdogs” who will ask developers, builders
and product manufacturers to prove their green statements. Consumers
The Park Hotel, Pune
have the right of information and under no circumstances they should be
mislead with the word “green”. Stand up and ask for the green features –
and if you don’t feel it is green, speak up!
Inspired to be Green thanks Architect Karan Grover for his valuable time towards
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Water Efficiency
The following measures have been taken to improve the Jet fans for parking ventilation: As opposed to conventional
building envelope design: ducted arrangement, fresh air is drawn through large openings
provided on the periphery of the basement, and pushed
• Optimized Orientation - Mass Articulation / Mutual
by PLC controlled dual speed jet fans towards the center
Shading High Performance Glazing
of the basement. The foul air is picked up at 10 locations
• The exposed glass is 4mm Clear Annealed + 0.76mm
and exhausted onto the terrace level by exhaust fans. The
PVB + 6mm KT 455 + 12mm Air gap + 6mm Clear
connected load is brought down to 216 kW as opposed to
Heat Strengthened. U value- 0.32 Btu/hr.ft2.ºF;
472 kW expected in conventional ways. The operation of fans
Solar Factor- 0.26
is based on signals received from CO sensors which further
• Over Deck Insulation
reduces electrical consumption.
• Interior lighting power density <0.8W/sqft (350 Lux
Average) Task Lighting at Each Workstation/ Daylight Harvesting
• Use of Day lighting and Occupancy sensors Design/ Exterior LED Street Lights: The building envelope
optimizes its daylight harvesting potential, thereby greatly
Some of the HVAC system Green Building features are: reducing the energy requirement of the building.
• HVAC equipment efficiencies have been designed to
exceed the ASHRAE 90.1 2007 Efficient Lighting Design: Making maximum use of daylight
• System Flexibility Of Variable Refrigerant Volume System helps to save a significant amount of energy. The 9-ft full height
• Pre-cooling And Heat Recovery glazing coupled with a narrow floor plate - 79 ft in general
• Direct-indirect Evaporative Cooling and 59 ft in block F and G - provide tremendous potential for
daylight harvesting. This potential has been fully utilized by
HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) Systems: nonobtrusive placement of enclosures like conference rooms
Air recycling systems that filter and also cool the air before and the use of intelligent lighting controls.
re-supplying have been introduced to reduce load on air Cutouts along the periphery wall in the basement and a
conditioners. The indoor unit’s cooling operation offers large one at the centre of the building cut down the need for
flexibility to the user to control the desired temperature in any basement lighting during the daytime.
location in the premises according to individual preferences.
The lighting system in the interiors incorporates dimmable
Controls for switching on or switching off, scheduling,
ballasts, electronic ballasts, occupancy sensors, motion sensors
temperature and air flow are possible for each enclosed space. and daylight sensors. These ensure that lights get switched on
Such flexibility of operation based on users’ needs curtails only when required. The general lighting level from the ceiling
wastage and enables substantially higher energy savings than luminaries is fixed at 350 lux. The artificial lights can be dimmed
conventional systems. up and down from 0% to 100% depending on the adequacy of
available daylight to meet the 350 lux requirement. The task
Direct-indirect evaporative cooling: Systems such as Indirect
lights have a built-in occupancy sensor in conjunction with a
Evaporative Cooling have been used in certain areas to help continuous dimmer. Lighting of individual offices is controlled
maintain comfortable temperatures of 25°C and eliminate the by combined daylight and occupancy sensors.
need for air conditioners. This has helped reduce the total air
conditioning required for the project substantially. Exterior LED Based street lights: The project also showcases
enhanced energy savings due to a LED based Outdoor Lighting
The Renewable Energy system to generate on-site green system, which results in around 65% savings (in terms of
power consists of 18 Wind mills combined with 243 Solar wattage) when compared with a conventional scheme. All the
Panels and 5.69% of the building’s energy is being provided by outdoor lights are controlled through the Integrated Building
on-site renewable energy. Management System.
Materials
The Suzlon One Earth team has taken measures to ensure a very high level of indoor
environment in this project. Some of the Green features pertaining to IEQ are listed below
• Campus is non smoking.
• CO2 Sensors have been provided in densely occupied spaces and workstation
areas to monitor and control CO2 levels inside the building.
• HVAC system is designed for 30% additional ventilation rates required by ASHRAE
Standard.
• Low emitting materials - To reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants Low
Emitting Adhesives, Sealants, Paints and Carpets and composite wood products
have been used.
• 3M Mats are being used at the entrances to prevent dust entering into the
building. Separate exhausts for the photocopier rooms, separate plumbing at
selected service rooms.
• Task lights are provided for individual control for all the workstations and
occupancy sensors are provided for all the areas such as cabins, meeting rooms
and workstation areas.
• For Thermal Control openable panels are provided in the glazing for more than
50% of building occupants.
• Also there are remote controls for each Indoor VRV unit for thermal control.
• Multi occupant spaces provided with multi functional light module, DSI Smart
Sensor occulux, CEFL PIR Occus switches.
• More than 75 % of spaces have been designed to get daylight & more than 90%
of occupants have views to outdoors. The workstations are designed with low
partition for better external view.
• The basement is designed to be an active part of the structure and not a dead end
meant only as a parking area. It houses the cafeteria and the central plaza and
receives useful daylight through punctures in the upper slab. The result of this
approach is a sense of openness and visual connect in the basement, making the
area activity oriented even while ensuring optimal use of space.
GREEN DESIGN EDUCATION – Suzlon has in place a ‘Green to make people understand that resources such as paper,
Design Education’ policy through which green design education cardboard, food, etc. should be used responsibly in order to
in given to the new recruits, green awareness program to achieve a green office environment. The policy will project the
employees as per training calendar & continuous Green fundamental understanding that waste management starts
Education Programs, distribution, display and dissemination of at an individual level and that the person generating waste
green education information. should be aware of its importance.
GREEN HOUSEKEEPING POLICY –Suzlon with help of CBRE has Suzlon has identified various processes to recognize and
in place a ‘Green Housekeeping’ policy through which a green develop the human behavioral skills necessary to understand
housekeeping products and process has been implemented. and appreciate the inter-relationship between man and his
bio-physical surrounding. The entire One Earth campus is based
EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN REGIONAL MATERIAL – The upon the principle of initiating and promoting awareness about
project has achieved exemplary performance by using regional sustainability. Among the various communication strategies
materials which measure to about 50% of the total value of the adopted at Suzlon One Earth are Green Design Education,
materials in the project Green Signage, and the Green Tour. These strategies consider
the built environment in its totality and create a continuous
CONSTRUCTION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY - The project process for effectively communicating the goals of social
offsets more than 50% annual energy consumption used sustainability through the building and its users.
during construction with renewable energy. This is the most
unique approach taken by any project to ensure dedicated CONSTRUCTION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY - Suzlon made
concern towards environment. an attempt to offset the environmental impact of energy
consumed by the facility, since the Offsite Green Power
Zero Waste Policy - In addition a Zero Waste Policy has produced is more than 50% of Project’s Energy Consumption.
been formulated that is slated to become a very ambitious,
committed and synchronous part of Suzlon’s already Summary of Power Consumption from DG & MSEB
established list of Green Corporate Social Measures. The Zero From Total Actual power
From DG generated from
MSEB Consumption
Waste Policy will guide people to redesign their resource use offsite windmill
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Glasswool – Green Insulation Material
for GREEN BUILDINGS
By Mr.Biswajit Roy (U.P Twiga Fiberglass Ltd.)
T he efficiency of resource consumption and an impact of the built environment on human health & natural
environment during the building lifecycle can be significantly influenced by opting for the right insulation.
Thermal insulation material offers significant resistance to the path of • BS 476 part 6 & 7 - Class ‘O’ /Class 1 rated. Probably the only
heat flow and helps to: insulation that conforms to ZERO spread of Flame.
• BS 476 part 5. - Class P rated (highest class for ignitability test)
• Reduce energy requirement
• Reduce green house gas emission.
• Save scarce environmental resources like fossil fuel Durability
Hence, thermal insulation materials are used in buildings to provide a Glasswool helps to increase the life span of the system as it is -
comfortable working & living environment efficiently.
• Chemically almost neutral & hence minimum or zero reactivity
Glasswool is one of the best thermal insulation materials known to with any material.( pH value is close to 7)
mankind. As a green building material, it is a preferred option by • Non corrosive ( it does not contain impurities like sulphur,
specifiers and users from among all the insulation materials available, chloride)
owing to its superior performance as mentioned. • Hydrophobic (water repellent chemicals are added in the
product). There is no capillary (wick-type) action and hence
does not retain significant quantum of moisture. In ‘wet to
Thermal Performance dry’ cycle, it breathes out moisture and regains its original
Glasswool helps in reducing energy loss through roof and wall by up performance.
to 30% owing to:
Environmental Performance
• Low and yet wide range of thermal conductivity values
(K values; in range of 0.03 to 0.04 W/m.K) pertaining to its Glasswool is classified as a “Green Building Material” for following
wide range of densities (10 - 130 Kg/cu.m), Uniform fibre reasons:
distribution, Resilient and Hydrophobic nature.
• Raw material is silica sand, the earth’s most abundantly occurring
• High and stable thermal resistance (R-value) over long time natural material which replenishes itself in nature. Unlike in
period. other insulation material, primary raw materials are not based on
fossil fuel
Glasswool when used in optimum thickness and mass in building • Recycled content like glass cullet from industrial waste is used
envelope conforms to U-value as recommended in various standards which otherwise would be destined for landfills .
like ECBC 2007, Ashrae 90.1,2007. • Site waste of glasswool can be sold off to various local equipment
manufacturers. Even when it is disposed off to landfill, it does not
Fire Performance create any kind of environmental pollution.
Glasswool will not support combustion even in direct prolonged • Normally no adhesive is used for installation of glasswool in
contact with flames as it is made from pure silica sand.It emits no toxic buildings. It is easy to apply and easy to reclaim.
fumes or smoke, the two biggest hazards to health and life. It is in • Glasswool is packaged through a vacuum packaging system that
compliance with stringent fire norms as per the following standards - reduces its volume significantly (e.g reduction ration 1:7). It
saves transportation cost and energy.
• FM • No VOC as the material is oven-cured and no CFC present as
• International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• BS 476 part 4 – Non combustible there is no blowing agent present.
Glasswool Compliance with LEED India NC, Green building rating system
NOTE: No individual building material enables a credit point taken within LEED
Inspired to be GREEN I Volume 8 I 17
Mr. Yatin Pandya
Architect, Footprints E.A.R.T.H (Environment Architecture
Research Technology Housing), pandyatin@gmail.com
Redefining the
Greys of the Green
G
reen has been a fashionable word these days. Unfortunately, more often than
not it has remained a word rather than a colour. As a result it gets interpreted in numerous
shades. While on one hand fully glazed buildings using a photo sensitive glass product may
be rendered as green, on the other end building with adequate comfort conditions without
use of air conditioners would not find favours with the LEED rating system. There needs to be a
boundary defining the blacks and whites of the green. No doubt that with the current state of
affairs, which has rendered the environment dismal grey, every possible shade of green may
be a welcome tone. Range is vast but we still need to define priorities.
While, turning off the television at night, rather than keeping it on a standby mode can save
billions of Rupees worth of Energy (50 million pound estimated for entire UK in a year). We still
need to identify our own spectrum of green and chart strategies around the same. It has to be
a contextual resolution rather than a global statement. Universal-global norms have been one
of the major factors in aggravating the problems. For example, even for the basic essential
tasks there are such diverse norms existing in the world that universalising them with the higher
denominator as the benchmark will only remain unduly wasteful. For example, an average
consumption of water in USA is 600 litres per person per day, in Europe it is 250 litres, 135 litres
is the Indian average while in Africa they manage with as little as 30 litres per day. India has
8 vehicles per thousand as compared to nearly 800 of America. Ninety percent of word’s
cars are owned by sixteen richest nations accounting for only one fifth of world population.
Need India follow the suit? India ironically ranks fifth in the energy requirements. Of which
buildings account for nearly forty percent. (Residences 23.4% and Commercial buildings 6.6%).
Industries follow next with 36.5% and agriculture 30.7%. As a development agent dealing with
the building industry it makes us quite responsible for our decision making.
I n a daytime use building nearly ninety two percent of energy is spent
in cooling (60%) and day lighting (32%). The same figures for residential
buildings are 64%. This makes it quite logical for us to prioritize cooling and
day lighting to be the preoccupation of the sustainable designs. How does
our decision matter in these aspects? For example a building type can be
a critical decision for its energy demands. A multi owner high-rise residential
building has energy demands of (59.8KWH/sq. M) one and half times that
of the single owner low rise building (40 KWH/sq. M), owing largely to the
elevators and the energy intensive services. Entertainment centres guzzle
three and a half times (135 KWH/ sq. M) while hotels and data centres
are ten times more intensive. But topping all the list are the recently found
shopping malls pegging energy needs at 565 KWH/sq. M. Needless is the
debate whether after all these if they even measure up to the plurality and
vitality of the traditional street bazaars. Air conditioners take up nearly half of
the energy demands consuming at 1000 watt unit rate versus a fan which is
only 80 watts. Do we need to chart an agenda for twenty percent reduction
of air conditioning load to resolve to find comfort without one? It is also a
fallacy to think that modern times imply more comfort. Electricity has been
invented and applied since over two centuries but the energy consumption
of entire year of 1950, even after 150 years of its invention, is equivalent of
today’s consumption of six weeks only. And yet it remains inaccessible to
over 40% of world’s population. Where has it got consumed and what are its
alternatives? Entire estimated stock of fossil fuel of the world is equivalent of
eleven days of solar energy. Moreover one kilowatt of solar panel saves one
ton of carbon dioxide. In last fifty years world’s population has doubled and
that along with the enhanced consumerism has put strain on the resources.
Not to mention the severities of alarming pollution levels. In this reality of
world and times of inundated construction can we pull ourselves back to
question the taken for granted conclusions?
D) Elements of Space making: This forms the essential Here is one of the interpretations to demonstrate sustainable
syntax of the architecture and thereby it’s interactivity with builtform using recycled waste material.
external conditions. For example a pavilion like structure
Manavsadhna Activity Centre is the very different
with prominence of inclined roof form versus lightness-often
interpretation of sustainability. A community centre in a
absence- of wall is the syntax of hot-humid climate. Conversely
squatter settlement, it uses the building components recycled
predominance of wall and subjugation of roof is the grammar
from the domestic and municipal waste. The entire building
of hot-arid climate zones.
is the demonstrative application of waste recycled products
E) Material and Construction techniques: This is vital in setting indigenously developed. Recycling the waste answers the
forth the chemistry of building with external elements through call of environment through reduced pollution, empowers
its thermal coefficient, material properties and dynamics and employs the poor through value addition processes,
of its physics. If sunburnt clay block is taken as an unit of and helps towards affordable and durable housing as these
energy demand of material, cement is nearly ten times products are cheaper and more performing than the present
as energy intensive, steel thirty times, PVC 120 times and options. The building uses fly ash bricks, dump fill site waste
aluminium 160 times. residue bricks, stabilised soil blocks, wood crate panels,
glass bottles and waste filled plastic bottles etc. for walling
f) Finishes and surface articulation: Although seemingly micro, options. It uses cement bonded sheets with clay tiles, stone
the skin rendering turns out to be the first aspect of building slabs, glass-plastic bottle filled filler slabs etc. for the roofing,
to negotiate with environmental conditions. As the first line wrapping waste reinforced F.R.P., oil tin container panelling,
soldier it takes most of the brunt of the vagaries of nature. wood crate panelling etc. for the doors and windows and in
Dark versus white or very light colour rendering with glossier parts waste-fly ash-china mosaic tiles and blocks for flooring.
surface can create up to five degree temperature difference These become live demonstrations for the urban poor to
within through its high reflectance value. emulate in their homes.
The team at Inspired to be Green would like to thank Architect Yatin Pandya for sharing his valuable time and insights on
Green and Sustainable Architecture with us. We will be covering 2 very interesting projects by Ar. Yatin Pandya in our next issue.
The projects are the Environmental Sanitation Institute and the Gandhinu Gam Ludiya.
S
ustainable development as defined by the
Brundtland Commission is “development
that meets the need of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs”. The world is now
confronted with the challenge of optimizing the use
of the currently available resources in a way to meet
the needs of the present generation without affecting
the following generations.
How Does It Work? The vertically oriented blades of the wind turbine
are suspended in the air above the base of the machine, replacing the
need for ball bearings. The turbine uses “full-permanent” magnets,
not electromagnets — therefore, it does not require electricity to run.
The full-permanent magnet system employs neodymium (“rare earth”)
magnets and there is no energy loss through friction. This also helps
reduce maintenance costs and increases the lifespan of the generator.
I had a wonderful conversation with Christopher Benninger at his breathtaking office and residence, “India House,”
at Pune. ~ Isabelle, Inspired to be GREEN
Isabelle: Sir you have designed many sustainable buildings and most
recently the Suzlon One Earth campus that is LEED Platinum rated
Prof. Christopher and also received the Five Star rating from TERI-Griha – what is the
Charles Benninger secret behind your sustainable design?
CCB: We are applying a lot of thought when we design a building; we are using the
given conditions of the place to our advantage to save energy and save resources.
For example, here in India House, the orientation was chosen to maximize natural
ventilation. The open courtyard allows the wind to enter and cool down the building in
a passive way. Louvers in front of the windows are designed to block direct sunlight,
allowing tempered natural light to enter deep into the rooms. Since they are operable
we can control the light throughout the day and in different seasons. We have selected
a good reflective color that bounces the light deep within the rooms. We have used a
thermo-isolative material on the roofs that cuts temperatures by five percent and the
light reflective tiles on them reflect the sunlight and further cool the roofs. It is easiest to
start the battle at the envelope edge than to bring it inside the structure.
Green design is not only the concern of architects. It is the task of the entire project team
and the owner who must bring a passion for green design in to the building process. A
good deal of the approach deals with the location selection, the site development and the
Director, Christopher day to day management of the earth works, vehicles, and the attitude toward the people
Charles Benninger working on the site. You can’t just put the whole responsibility to the architect, thinking
Architects Pvt.Ltd that by sitting in his studio he will just specify and design the solutions. The leadership
and the sense of mission, and the passion for a sustainable world must emanate from the
client. We all need to bring ideas on to the design table. This is the only way we create
a green community and build sustainable structures.
Isabelle: You are talking about a green points than you,” was a very good idea. I think the green rating
community, what status will green buildings have systems are trying to make bad things a little bit better. This
teaching tool and game is a good beginning. But it is not the
in the future?
way to solve the world’s environmental problems. I would like
to start at “Point 0” and outline the picture.
CCB: Buildings in themselves are microcosms of cities and
we should start to treat buildings like that, as a micro unit If you look at the pattern of early human civilization you can
of a bigger system. Green buildings are micro models of see that villages always developed around a micro-watershed
sustainable systems that must be amplified to the macro scale. catchment area, with dense vegetation and forests housing flora
While the number of rated green buildings is expanding, it and fauna and a wide variety of biomass. The insect and bird
will always be a miniscule share of the total built fabric of life was intermixed into an ecologically balanced system, of
urban form. We now have to think of “ Sustainable Cities” of which mankind was just a small part. As villages grew people
which these individual structures are just like the biological required more and more land for agriculture and firewood . . .
cells of the city, or small parts of urban fabric. Their roles are and here the problem starts. More land for agriculture means
to demonstrate and to show the way. They are not the solution. that forests, and the supporting biomass were cut and burned and
transformed into fields. During the monsoon, after the biomass
There is a natural way of building. We all used to do that by is removed through harvesting, the topsoil of the gets washed
nature several decades back. It was just the way we worked into streams, rivulets, rivers, lakes and oceans. The rainfall in
that made us design buildings that had cross ventilation, thick the catchment areas remains within the same volume and the
walls for insulation and plenty of light off of the verandahs. carrying capacity of the drainage systems are reduced through
Here were vents at the top of the ceilings to release the hot air siltation. Filling in from the bottom the streamsides erode and
that rose up. widen, collecting more silt making the rivers shallower! This
Maybe ten years back we had just ten building materials on results in flooding and the powerful flood currents erode more
our pallet and they all came from nearby areas. Suddenly we and more land. Meanwhile the cutting and burning of the hill
had a plethora of complicated, new and composite materials. slopes and tops continues unabated. The forested hilltops are
We started to air condition everything. Aluminum Composite denuded of their firewood! Goats and other domestic animals
graze over the barren lands, eating the biomass coverage and
Panels cladding everything became the in thing. Hermetically
chewing away even the roots of protective plants leaving the
sealed, stuffy and dark rooms became the norm. From green
hills unprotected. What soil is left is blown away in the hot, dry
by nature we started designing bad, irresponsible and rude
summer winds covering the countryside with dusty polluted
buildings that insulted one’s sense of good manners. Now that
air. Dense forests with wildlife and fish filled streams became
we switched from designing in a “green by habit manner,” we
desolate wastelands.
started designing just plain bad buildings that guzzled energy,
polluted the air, wasted water and required artificial lighting. At the same time our population continues growing. We try to
We were specifying toxic materials that required a huge carbon solve this problem by using chemical fertilizers and pesticides
footprint to produce and to transport. Then the idea of making to grow hybrid plants that promise abundant harvests. These
us learn by numbers came on the scene. Giving us points for weak crossbreed plants cannot survive without chemical
doing the wrong thing a little bit better caught everyone’s treatments. The treatments are toxic and these poisons
imagine. We are all basically children. We are anal-retentive deteriorate very slowly, nesting into aquifer systems and
seekers of attention. So “Hey, look at me, I have more green poisoning the subsoil layers.
About CCB:
Christopher Benninger’s early career was as a teacher at Harvard University and in India, where he founded the School of
Planning at Ahmedabad and the Center for Development Studies and Activities under the University of Pune. Sixteen years
ago, well past the age of fifty, he gave up a thriving academic and United Nations consulting career, starting an architectural
studio nearly from scratch. Along with his partner, Akkisetti Ramprasad and senior colleagues Rahul Sathe, Daraius Choksi,
Harsh Manrao and others, an architectural studio was quickly turned into an internationally acclaimed “design house,” winning
the prestigious American Institute of Architect’s Award, India’s Designer of the Year Award amongst others. Their studio’s
patrons have ranged from the King of Bhutan, Queen Noor of Jordan, Nelson Mandela, and the United Nations to corporates
like the Kirloskars, Suzlon, the Bajaj Group, Cochin Refineries, the Taj Hotels, the Mahindras, Tata Technologies, Executive
Ship Management (Singapore) and many more. They have served voluntary agencies like the SOS Children’s Villages, YMCA,
Arthabod, the Good Sheppard Homes and the TGBMS. Their present focus is on the new campus of the Indian Institute
of Management at Kolkata, the new National Capitol Complex in Bhutan and the Azim Premji University at Bangalore.
(More information on projects and ideas at www.ccba.in/home.htm)
Inspired to be Green thanks for this great conversation beyond green buildings and towards more sustainability. It was a
pleasure to listen to the vast experience and knowledge of Architect Christopher Charles Benninger about the connections of
our ecosystem.
LOW TEMPERATURE
LAUNDRY
Mr. Abhay Desai
Director Marketing South Asia,
Diversey India Pvt. Ltd.
T
he On Premise Laundry (OPL) segment of the deposit on the fabric and machines which lead to reduction
market is defined as Healthcare or Hospitals, Hotels in machine and fabric life. Thus:
and large Flight Kitchens that launder their own
• High energy leads to high fuel consumption which
linen in their own premises or in-house. The washers in
these segments range in the size from 10 to 200 kgs capacity increase the cost
machines. These accounts choose to process their own • High temperatures leads to high linen deterioration
laundry in-house for the following reasons: which again results to higher cost
• High temperature systems will have wash formulas
• In some cases it is more cost effective to wash linen on designed of high alkaline, that provide the potent
premise.
cleaning force which helps to mask stains. However
• It gives the user complete control over the wash quality
when the same is discharged to sewage, would increase
of linen which in the long term helps in controlling
the COD and BOD levels, resulting in an increase in
cost on account of linen discards.
• It helps the user to set and maintain linen standards. sewage treatment cost.
To offset all the above critical points, OPL are now moving
The five basic variables that affect cleaning performance to a new concept of low temperature and low alkalinity wash
in any laundry operation are: process. The distinctive advantages of the low temperature
• Water system are:
• Agitation or Mechanical Action • Energy savings up to 30% due to lower temperature
• Time • Water savings up to 28%
• Chemicals • Productivity savings up to 30% due to shorter wash
• Heat or Temperature processes
The proper balance of all the above brings about maximum • Affluent reductions up to 30% due to reduced water
cleaning economy and efficiency. To maintain work quality consumption
when one variable is changed, we have to compensate by • Extended linen life up to 30% due to lower temperature
changing the other. All OPLs typically try to maintain this wash processes.
proper balance. The laundry wash formulas which are a
series of operations or steps designed to loosen, suspend A low temperature wash process provides the user
or remove soil from linen are also critical in ensuring that with the above mentioned possible savings because of
we achieve the desired economy and efficiency. Most of the a combination of:
OPL today use the standard high temperature wash process, • Good wetting agent
which involve high temperature, high alkalinity and high • Low temperature bleaches
detergency action. This in turn leads to higher water,
energy and power cost. This low temperature system, which uses a milder bleaching
Once the soil is removed from the surface or linen, the left system and lower temperature, will be the future of OPL. As
over is stain which needs bleaching action will mask or resources like water, energy, power are scarce & expensive,
decolorize it. it will become the need of the hour for all OPLs to move
Bleaching operation predominantly has both Chlorine to a processes which will consume less water, energy and
and Oxygen as bleaching agents. However excessive power. Many local municipal corporations today have
temperature can be detrimental in some parts of the wash already regulated supply of water to OPLs and to full fill
cycle. Bleaching in high temperature can cause fabric balance needs, many of them get water supply from wells,
damage or can result to setting of stains in initial stage. tube wells and tankers.
High temperature systems also mean higher consumption of
energy which is required to achieve the desired performance. As water is the largest consumable in Laundry and single
most important factor that can affect the quality of wash
Many OPL today, sometimes have machines which because performance, it becomes important for all OPLs to
of technical or mechanical problems are unable to provide adopt the system. This not only saves water, but also low
the required high temperatures. In such cases most users temperature bleach provides a superior performance. The
end up compromising on wash performance. There are also low temperature system saves an over all operating cost and
concerns of water hardness in many parts of the country also helps preserving the environment and hence achieving
which can be an issue. In high temperature system, scaling the mission and goal in reduction of Global Warming.
A cleaner,
healthier
future.
As JohnsonDiversey, you expected us to deliver the best,
most effective portfolio of cleaning products. You relied on
our world-class innovation and service to make cleaning
and sanitation more efficient. You valued partnering with us
to address the most challenging needs. You looked to our
leadership in making a cleaner, healthier future for the world.
A
Net Zero building which is energy efficient as well products and strategies. The concept is exhibited at the
as generates all it’s power needs with PV panels Indian Green Building Congress 2010, Chennai from 6th-
on the rooftop - a Green Building par excellence. 9th October (Asia’s largest Green Building Conference),
The growth of Green Building materials and products ET ACEtech, Mumbai, ET ACEtech, Delhi (Asia’s largest
has been very encouraging, but awareness needs to Construction related Exhibition).
improve within the design & construction community. Yes, the Zero Energy Space can do all of that and more.
Since most of the green building materials and This building is independent of the electricity grid and
strategies are different from conventional construction is powered by solar-energy only. It shows the latest
practices it needs efforts to educate people and make technologies and materials used for construction of
them realize that green practices can be incorporated energy efficient buildings without compromising on
in every building. high comfort and healthy indoor environment.
Reaching out to 250,000 people by 2010 The Zero-Energy-Space is on a building awareness tour
We believe in a holistic approach to education, where through India starting it’s way from Chennai to Mumbai
industry stakeholders can understand the concepts and Delhi. With prominent exhibitions like the IGBC
through “hands – on” approach and are able to see Congress and ET ACEtech exhibitions this program will
“sustainability” in action. Showcasing a building which reach out to more then 2.5 lakh people in 2010. Leading
by example is the motto for this initiative sponsored by
actually works without grid connection inspires people.
Aluplast Windows, Breezair, Everest Industries, Nippon
Visitors get more confident about using/applying green Paints, Supreme Petrochem & Roca.
Can green building design and materials reduce the energy consumption of an
air conditioned space by 60% or more?
This is an innovative marketing and awareness campaign from inspired to be green. To receive more information &
join the concept.
Experience the ZERO ENERGY SPACE in your city at the Green Building Congress in Chennai,
Economic Times ACEtech in Mumbai and at Economic Times ACEtech in New Delhi and see
the website www.zeroenergyspace.com
Sustainability and
Green Buildings
around the World!
By Joe Koizen,
LEED AP &
Jeslin Varghese
PMP, LEED AP
(Principals at
Green Building
Research Institute,
San Antonio,
Texas, USA)
GBI - Green Globes USGBC and CaGBC – it establishes a vision for a project’s
environmental and social responsibilities from a new vantage
Green Globes is an environmental point. With more than 60 registered projects spanning the
assessment, education and rating length of Canada, the buildings are pursuing certification
system that is promoted in the United States by the Green under a more vigorous performance standard than the normal
Building Initiative, a Portland, Oregon-based non-profit. LEED process. The Living Building Challenge is not meant
The system, which is an on-line interactive software tool, to compete with LEED and in fact has been endorsed by both
awards points under multiple categories. Currently, Green the USGBC and CaGBC.
Globes has over 250 certified projects in the US.
IGBC Green Homes Platinum Certified - TZED Banglore GRIHA 5 star rated - CESE, IIT Kanpur
Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC™ - STIP) has been conducting it’s business
in a environmentally friendly manner since it’s inception some two decades ago and it firmly believes that care for
environment is intrinsic to its business.
Introduction:
Paharpur Business Centre & Software Technology Incubator Some of the notable initiatives taken by PBC have been in the
Park, is an SME, & is engaged in the business of providing area of energy saving, water conservation; water harvesting
furnished office space on a “plug n play” basis, to a host of and indoor Air Quality (IAQ).
multinational and Fortune 500 companies planning forays into
the Indian market place, in a mountain fresh air ambience and Environmental Responsibility:
facilitating business through it’s suite of twenty-eight support Our service business must have minimum impact on our
services at one stop. All it’s offices are equipped with state of surroundings, neighbors and environment. Our motto
the art facilities & services. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” is applied wherever practicable in
our business without sacrificing quality of life.
Motto: A good environment ultimately
In accordance with the above, the PBC has formulated a
leads to sustainable development. number of procedures and processes to improve and sustain
Under this PBC signed a MoU with MCD and adopted a 4-acre their environmental performance.
area that was a slum and converted it into a beautiful park by
To begin with the Business Center at Nehru Place Greens
planting more than 2000 trees and shrubs. This tremendously
is a No Smoking Building – much before Government of
improved the air quality in the area, as prior to this it was a
Delhi made it mandatory for all commercial buildings in the
concrete jungle with no green space.
city to be “No-Smoking” buildings. The occupants are not
PBC™ - STIP strictly follows the principle of 3 R i.e. “reduce, allowed to eat in offices; the PBC has separate designated
reuse and recycle” as stated in its environment policy. Over the areas for both smoking & eating. This was done in order to
past many years it has taken several environmental initiatives for improve the quality of indoor air & to fight the ill- effects of
sustainable development without sacrificing the quality of life. sick building syndrome.
Indoor Air Quality A View of Green House
The Indoor Air Quality at PBC™ - STIP meets the specified PBC offers, near mountain fresh air, in the heart of New
ASHRAE (American Society for Heating Refrigeration and Delhi – for those who work in the building which improves
productivity, as a person does not get tired and feels fresh, thus
Air conditioning Engineers) Standards. A dedicated Indoor
leading to good health, fewer sick days.
Air Quality division equipped with a lab has been set up to
continuously monitor and improve the indoor air quality. PBC A study was conducted by CPCB – MOEF, Government of
India & as per this, it was found that providing cleaner air
uses bio-technology originally developed by NASA to purify the
reverses the effects of pollution. People working at Paharpur
air. This process makes use of plants like Sensevieria Trifasciata
Business Centre in Nehru Place, which has filters to clean
that produces oxygen at night, Areca Palm and Money Plant. pollutants from air, were found to have 10-12% less lung
impairment than those working in Nirman Bhawan & Mausam
PBC has been practicing this natural system of air purification
Bhawan, where there are no air filters.
through plants for nearly two decades now. This ensures lower
Compared to other buildings in Delhi, the incidences of
CO2 levels that result in higher blood oxygen and higher
Eye irritation reduced by 52%, Respiratory symptoms by
productivity. This is done through a very scientific system: air
34%, Headaches by 24%, Lung impairment by 12% and
from a height of 120 ft is sucked in, passed through a water Asthma by 9% at PBC.
shower to free it from any water soluble particles / pollutants,
PBC posts air quality readings on their website: www.pbcnet.
it is then pumped into a chamber / Green House which has
com, please log on for the day’s readings.
more than 1500 plants that enrich it with oxygen and increase
its humidity. The oxygenated air is then fed into the AC plant Growing Fresh Air at PBC:
for cooling. This treated fresh air is provided to all the floors
A Natural Way of Purification………
through individual AHUs.
…….. By Using Green Plants
The AC plant has been so designed that it does not reuse the
Areca Palm
air but takes in fresh air every time. To save energy, a heat • Produces Oxygen during the day
recovery wheel is placed that exchanges heat. It reduces the • Removes Chemical Toxins
temperature of the incoming air. A chemical cartridge has also • Easy to maintain.
been installed in the wheel to reduce the poisonous gases like
Sensevieria Trifasciata
SO2. As a result of this we have been able to maintain SO2
• Produces Oxygen at night
levels to below detectable limits. Other than this there has
• Removes Chemical Toxins
been partial reduction in NO2 and SPM levels. The HVAC • Easy to maintain
system provides fresh air supply to 20 cfm per person. The
Apart from initiatives taken in the field of Indoor Air Quality, the
building is designed to accommodate 400 people at a time
PBC has also taken initiatives in the field of waste management,
with 4 plants per person.
energy & water conservation.
Motion Sensors have been installed in the bathrooms in • This technology has been provided by the Centre For
order to control electricity wastage. Science And Environment, New Delhi.
• The effective water saving at normal rainfall at PBC is
AT PBC™- STIP all General Lighting Solution lamps (GLS)
183,000 liters per annum.
have been replaced by Compact fluorescent Lamps (CFL),
while maintaining the same lux levels this has resulted in a • The surface water from the surrounding areas is diverted
net saving of 6.04 MW per month. to a well in the NPG park from where the ground water
is recharged.
This initiative has also been extended to the PBC Team that
• All the balconies in the building have a large number
has also taken the step forward and replaced the GLS lamps
of plants that are being watered with drip irrigation to
at their home with CFL lamps. Assuming that 60 W lamps
avoid water wastage.
were replaced by 11W CFL lamps, there was a straight
saving of 49 W thus, resulting in a cumulative saving of • Sensor Taps have been installed in all the Washrooms to
approximately 12 MW per month. avoid water wastages.
This is based on the declaration by each Team member that • The Water monitoring that is done at all the major water
three lamps have been replaced per house and based on five consumption points is also compared on a monthly
basis.
hours of lighting per lamp per day.
• Use of dual flush Toilets.
PBC™ - STIP replaced 1,600 old tube lights with 1,200 new
TLD true light & electronic ballast while maintaining the • Use of effluent water for gardening.
lux level as per DIN 5035 standards. This initiative resulted
in saving of 9.29 MW per month i.e. a saving of 15 W per As a part of the ongoing campaign to endeavor to improve
Hour per tube light. the Environmental Performance, the project has installed
Waterless Urinals in PBC, by this a savings of 19,500
As a results of various Energy conservation initiatives liters of water every month and 234,000 liters in a year
the project’s MDI has come down from 735 to 392 KVA can be achieved.
Green Building Certification: LEED
Existing Buildings
With the goal of maximizing operational efficiency while PBC’s efforts & initiatives have been widely recognized and
minimizing environmental impacts, PBC™-STIP aims to get rewarded by the Industry and Government alike and some of
certified for USGBC LEED(EB) - “Platinum” certification the awards & accolades received by us for the responsible
by 2010. In this regard, PBC™ - STIP has changed the entire actions in the area of environment are Greentech Silver Award
HVAC system with energy efficient equipments. The new
2002, Ethics is good Business award in December 2005 from
system has the following advantages:
H.E. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Hon’ble President of India,
• New Trane water screw chiller is energy efficient, Golden Peacock Award 2007 for Environment Management,
with a COP of 6.15 Greentech Environment Excellence Gold Award 2007,
• Variable frequency drives (VFD) are installed at pumps, Commendation Certificate from Delhi Transco Limited
AHUs & cooling tower fans to regulate energy as per for the efforts towards promotion of Energy Efficiency &
heat load requirement.
Renewable Energy Measures, Special Jury Recommendation
• Complete HVAC system is monitored & analyzed in
Award for “Innovative System Design in IAQ” from Bry-Air
terms of energy consumption and heat load through
in 2008, G-Cube Shrishti Award for Good Green Governance
Building Management System (BMS).
• The system has CO2 sensors to regulate the fresh air on April 22nd 2008 from the Honorable Chief Minister of
inlet inside the air-conditioned space. Delhi Ms. Sheila Dikshit, etc.
• There are UVC emitters installed in AHUs to keep the
air clean of indoor air contaminants. The Road Ahead
• There are VAV units installed in the supply air ducts that
PBC will replicate similar initiatives but on a much larger &
can sense the heat load in that area and adjust the airflow.
advanced level in their new project that is being promoted
• The combination of pre filters (MERV 8), bag filters
by the management of PBC™ - STIP – Green Spaces™, a
(MERV 13) & electronic filters (at fresh air) put in the
AHUs can remove most of the air borne particles. notified SEZ, 1.67million square feet of commercial building.
• Double skin AHUs reduce the noise generated and hence This will be built as the World’s Greenest & most energy
reduce discomfort to the users. efficient commercial building.
• Cleanliness of the supply air ducts is checked regularly. This project will help to demonstrate that it is economically
possible to reduce the energy use in commercial buildings
The Recognitions: from 40% - 10% through technology, lifestyle changes
and design. The project will look to demonstrate that
PBC™ - STIP has effectively demonstrated that small
the GreenSpaces™ model is sustainable and thus can be
environmental initiative can result in substantial savings
replicated across geographies.
for an organization, enhances its corporate image and
contributes towards sustainable growth of the organization. For more information on this new project log on to the
Thus, contributing positively in nation building and saving website: www.greenspaces.in
the environment for the future generation.
Inspired to be GREEN, thanks Veenu Kapoor - Manager Corp. Comm, Paharpur Business Centre & Software Technology
Incubator Park, for sharing this information with us.
ABSTRACT:
Buildings across the globe consume 60-70% of the total energy demand in a building is due to “Building Envelope” which
electricity generated and are a major contributor to the contributes to 60-75% of the heat gain/loss. Recognizing the
greenhouse gases. The maximum share of this energy usage need to save energy and minimize green house gases, efforts
is in conditioning (heating or cooling) the building interiors. are being made to increase the awareness and importance of
In India, which has a tropical climate, insulation of building reducing energy loads in a building.
envelope would result in major energy saving and minimizing the
Insulation of building envelope has become one of the key
greenhouse gas emissions which would contribute to a green
practices across the globe to effectively manage heat incidence
and sustainable development. This paper dwells on the various
in the buildings and save on the high energy cost.
aspects of “Total Insulation” of building envelope that includes
moisture insulation (waterproofing) and thermal insulation. For roofs, both LEED-India and GRIHA advocate over-deck
insulation as against the conventional way of under-deck
insulation; green credit points for building envelope insulation
INTRODUCTION: are credited for over-deck roof insulation.
It is estimated that across the total life-cycle of a building, the In over-deck insulation, a thermal insulation with waterproofing
design and construction of a commercial building constitutes just is provided over the RCC as a barrier against direct solar heat
20-30% of the overall cost; the rest comprises of operations and on RCC roof slab. This prevents the RCC slab from heating up.
maintenance costs. Hence, it is important to actually consider The conventional method is under-deck thermal insulation
how the high cost of operating can be reduced substantially. by using methods like false ceiling or extruded polystyrene.
Today’s modern buildings – marvels in terms of architecture and However its effectiveness is always a question since the
technology – have led to an adverse impact on the environment. thermal barrier is provided under the RCC roof slab. Some heat
Buildings are responsible for more than half of harmful passes through the under-deck insulation and decreases the
greenhouse gas emissions in most major cities of the world. comfort level of the room. If the building is air-conditioned,
this heat leakage increases the AC load. Hence it can safely
The maximum energy demand 50-70% in a building is for be concluded that over deck insulation has its own advantages
conditioning (heating or cooling) the interiors. This major against under deck.
BUILDING ENVELOPE INSULATION – A HOLISTIC APPROACH:
Brick Bat Coba:
The love of the Indian construction industry is the use of brick bat coba for
roofs. This system consists of putting brickbat on flat roofs to give a slope
and then grouting the same with cement mortar admixed with some water
proofing compounds. This is mostly finished with IPS topping with a tile pattern
cut into the top to form crack inducer joints to prevent cracks from appearing;
alternatively China mosaic is done as the top wearing course. There is a myth
that brick bat coba offers waterproofing and also insulation against heat.
Nobody can rightly call it a waterproofing material because it is porous and
allows the entry of water into it very easily, serving as a reservoir. Neither is
it, by any stretch of the imagination, a thermal insulation product. In fact the
heat absorbed by brick bat coba it is the same as that absorbed by concrete.
Advantages:
• Provides Slope: This system provides an excellent • Cracks Up: Brick bat coba cracks up due to
slope for the water to drain away. As water does temperature variation and movements due to
not accumulate and as it has a certain capacity to thermal stresses. Once cracks appear, water travels
absorb water, there is no leakage. below the coba and leakage starts. It is very difficult
to trace the inlet point & repair it.
Disadvantages: • Difficult to Dismantle: Some parts of the coba stick
• Impose Dead Load: This system puts unnecessary so well to the concrete that an attempt to dismantle
dead load on the structure. the system may damage the slab.
Advantages:
• Cheap
• Suitable for AC sheet roofing
Disadvantages:
• Not UV Resistant: Tar/Bitumen - the binder in the system disintegrates
on contact with 'UV' radiation leading to biodegradation of reinforcement
leading to collapse the system.
• Debonding: Vapour trapped inside exerts vapour pressure resulting in
debonding of the membrane.
Mud Phuska:
In this conventional system of providing thermal insulation, a [Reference: SP 41, Handbook on functional requirements of
10 cm layer of puddled clay mixed with grass straw is applied building (Other than industrial buildings), Part 1-4, Bureau of
in slope on a sand-bitumen waterproofing layer. This layer is Indian Standard (1988)]
consolidated and plastered with 13 mm of cow-dung mortar.
The traditional and conventional systems of waterproofing and
Tile bricks are laid flat on plastered surface and the joints are
thermal insulation in India worked well for ages to suit the
grouted with cement mortar.
Indian construction and economics. However, these systems
The Thermal and surface properties of mud phuska do not have a long life and require frequent maintenance.
These systems also do not suit the complicated site dynamics
Density = 1622 kg/m3 of today’s construction and do not offer insulation values to
Thermal conductivity = 0.750 W/mK comply to ECBC norms.
Specific heat capacity = 0.88 kJ/kg-K
To provide over-deck roof insulation that complies to ECBC Peripor Board: The Water-
requirements, a composite built-up is required which consists of resistant insulation.
a thermal insulation material with high “R-value”, coupled with a
When building components
suitable waterproofing and complete with a light weight material
are subject to pressure and
for the slope built-up for water run-off. A typical schematics of total moisture, the insulating
insulation built-up would be as shown in the diagram below. materials used should absorb
as little water as possible
since water absorption has a
significant detrimental effect on thermal insulation. Peripor
Board has been developed specifically for such applications.
It is a high-quality thermal insulation product with a water-
resistant bead surface. This combination of properties
greatly reduces water absorption and is thus suitable
for use in the tropics.
3. SLOPE BUILT-UP
ThermocreteTM:
A need is felt for a suitable material to replace brickbat coba
for the purpose of making slope/fall on the flat roof slab for
the purpose of water run-off and also for the protection of
waterproofing and insulation layers.
Neopor Insulation Board: This high performance thermal insulation board is used in SENERGY EIFS
• Contains Infrared absorbers/ deflectors
• 20% higher energy efficiency then EPS
• Flame retardant grade (B2)
• K value of 0.032 W/m.K
• Free of CFC, HCFC or HFC
CONCLUSION
Buildings consume a major portion of electricity a one-stop 360O solution for the building envelope
generation and put a lot of stress on the society at insulation. Adopting Green Building practices
large in terms of electricity shortage and emission will substantially reduce or eliminate adverse
of greenhouse gases. With the fast depleting fossil environmental impacts and improve upon
fuel reserves and ever increasing electricity prices, it existing unsustainable design, construction and
is imperative to adopt energy saving measures. It is operational practices.
necessary for the construction industry to adopt green
measures which would benefit their own pocket and For additional information on Building Envelope
the society. We should adopt workplace strategies Insulation, contact author at BASF Construction
to meet sustainability goals while reducing overall Chemicals (India) Pvt. Ltd., C-68, TTC Industrial
occupancy costs. Today, global companies are offering Area, MIDC Turbhe, Navi Mumbai-400613.
to the Indian construction industry, new products, Phone +91 22 4157 7777, Fax 022-4157 7766.
technology, systems and application expertise as e-mail: himanshu.agrawal@basf.com