Case study of an ECBC Compliant, Energy

Efficient Building: Aranya Bhawan, Jaipur

Prashant Bhanware
Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP)

2nd REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON ECBC IMPLEMENTATION IN STATES

March 15 & 16, 2017 | Hyatt, Ahmedabad
Outline of the Presentation

• About Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency

Project (BEEP)
– Overview of BEEP charrettes
• Case study: Aranya Bhawan, Jaipur
• Learnings

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Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency
Project (BEEP)

Phase I: 2012-2016

Phase II: 2017-2021

To assist Government of India

in mainstreaming thermally
comfortable and energy
efficient building design in
India

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Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency
Project (BEEP)

Building Design Design support to large building projects

Building
Energy Efficient Building Envelope
Technology

Building
Design Guidelines for Residential & Public Buildings
Policy

Training &
Trainings, Seminars , Web , …
Information

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Energy Efficient Building Design

• Technical support to18 building projects

(IT buildings, hospital, offices, residential
Hospital Educational campus
complexes, academic institutions,..) Residential township
• >1.4 million m2 built-up area
• 25-40% estimated energy savings

Training institute & govt. office

World Trade Centre
Office & Retail complex

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 Integrated Design Charrette Approach for ECBC
Compliance

100%
Energy Consumption

Passive Measures On-site Renewable

(Orientation, WWR, Active Measures Energy Generation
Business As Usual (Free cooling, ERW,
glazing, Shading,
Insulation, natural Evap. Cooling,
ventilation, Chiller selection & Net Energy
daylight…) operation,
innovative
technologies,…)

Minimize heat gain, Efficient HVAC &

Maximize Daylight lighting system

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Integrated Design Charrette Approach for ECBC
Compliance

Integrated Design during

Early-Design Phase

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 What is Energy Performance Index (EPI)?

Renewable
electricity 
✓
Grid Main Total
Electricity Meter electricity
(kWh/y)

DG ✓
Electricity
Built-up area (m2)

Built-up area: Total built-up area excluding the basements used for services and/or parking

Source: BEE Star rating for Office Building & BEE Star rating for BPO
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 PUBLIC OFFICE, 70
BENGALURU
46

ARANYA 78
BHAWAN, JAIPUR
53
Buildings

PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING

IIIDEM, NEW 114
DELHI
80

MIXED-USE 158
DEVELOPMENT,
PUNE 85
Before Charrette

MIXED-USE 132
DEVELOPMENT,

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BENGALURU 84

WORLD TRADE 134

Energy Performance Index (EPI) - kWh/m2.y

CENTER (WTC),
GANDHI NAGAR 55

PRIVATE OFFICE 134

PRIVATE OFFICE/IT BUILDING

BUILDING,
BENGALURU 89

MIXED USE 129

DEVELOPMENT,
NOIDA 84
After Charrette
EPI of BEEP Charrette Projects: Commercial

INTERNATIONAL 44
TRAINING
CENTRE, PUNE 35
TRAINING

SYMBIOSIS
UNIVERSITY OF 85
Energy Performance Index (EPI) - kWh/m2.y

APPLIED
SCIENCES, 65
INDORE

MIT UNIVERSITY, 122

UJJAIN
ESTIMATED ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDEXES OF CHARRETTE PROJECTS

68
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

JUPITER 155
HOSPITAL, PUNE
120
HOSPITAL
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CASE STUDY:
ARANYA BHAWAN, JAIPUR

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Jaipur: Climate

Jaipur

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 Aranya Bhawan

Aranya Bhawan is the new office building of the Rajasthan Forest

Department in Jaipur, inaugurated in March 2015.

• Built-up area: ~10,000 m2 (excluding basement parking and service area)

• Number of floors: Five (G+4) + one basement for parking and services
• Number of users: ~350
• Types of spaces: Offices, museum, library, auditorium, guest rooms
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 Aranya Bhawan: Project Timeline

December 2012 2013-2015 March 2015 2015-2016

• Design • Construction • Inauguration • Energy

Charrette • Technical Monitoring
support by
BEEP

• Client: Rajasthan Forest Department

• Executing Agency: Rajasthan State

Road Development and Construction
Corporation Ltd. (RSRDC)

• Architects: Mathur, Ugam and

Associates

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Aranya Bhawan: Passive Measures
Roof Insulation
U-value: 0.6 W/m2.K

Reduction in
Glazed Area
Double-Glazed
Windows
Wall Insulation

U-value: 1.8 W/m2.K

SHGC: 0.24
VLT: 36%
U-value*: 0.5 W/m2.K
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Reduction in Cooling System Size

Cooling system size (TR)

250

28% reduction
200

150

100

50

0
Before the charrette After charrette

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Aranya Bhawan: Cooling System

Water Cooled Energy Efficient

Chiller (using water after waste
water treatment)

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Aranya Bhawan: Solar Energy Generation

Grid connected rooftop solar PV

• Capacity: 45 kWp (annual production:
~60,000 kWh)
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 Aranya Bhawan – Energy Monitoring
• Detailed monitoring of 2 weeks in Winter (Jan.16) & 2 weeks in Summer
(May.16) + Monthly electricity bills for 1 year

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Monitoring results Aranya Bhawan
Winter (Nov-Feb) Annual Energy Consumption
Miscellaneous HVAC
4% 0%

STP Lighting Lighting

10% 17% 6%

Office
HVAC Equipment
53% 31%
Office
Equipment
69%

STP
3%
Miscellaneous
7%

Summer (Mar-Oct) Break-up of HVAC energy consumption

Lighting AHU
5% 15%

Office Condenser
Equipment Pump
26% 12%
CT Fan
4% Chiller
HVAC 54%
60% Secondary
Pump
10%
STP
2%
Miscellaneous
7%
Primary Pump
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 Electricity Consumption: Simulation &
Actual (EPI)
Monthly EPI Comparison: Simulated vs. Actual
Simulated EPI Actual EPI
7.0 6.7
6.1

6.0 5.7
5.5

5.4

5.3
5.3

5.2
4.9
5.0

4.6

4.5
4.5
kWh/m2.month

3.9
3.9
3.9
4.0

3.4
3.4

3.3

3.2
3.0

2.0
2.0

1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1

1.0

Actual EPI: 43 kWh/m2.year

0.0
May-15 BEE 5 star benchmark: 90 kWh/m2.year
Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16

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Aranya Bhawan: Overall Cost and
Performance Summary

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 ECBC Compliance
Buildings applying
for ECBC Compliance

Meet Mandatory
Provisions

Whole Building
Prescriptive Method
Performance Method

All building components need Envelope Trade-off Annual Energy Simulation

to comply the code individually Method of Whole Building

Allows trade-off among envelope components (Wall, Roof &

Fenestration) based on total Envelope Performance Factor kWhproposed ≤ kWhprescriptive
EPFproposed ≤ EPFprescriptive

Other building components need to comply the code

individually
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ECBC Compliance of Aranya Bhawan: Whole Building
Performance Method
ECBC Prescreptive* Proposed#
Opaque Wall U-value (W/m2.K) 0.44 0.5
Roof U-value (W/m2.K) 0.409 0.6
Fenestration
- SHGC 0.25 0.24
- VLT 0.27 0.36
- U-value (W/m2.K) 3.3 1.8
LPD ("building area method") (W/m2) 10.8 7
HVAC: Centralised system
- Water cooled screw chiller (COP) 4.7 5.8
- AHU Constant volume Constant volume
AHUs + FCUs

*Day use office building in Composite climate; Glazing distributed in all 4 sides equally; Baseline
model simulated for 0, 90, 180 & 270 degree orientation and average value taken

#Same building operation assumptions (thermostat setpoints, schedules, internal gains, occupant
loads, etc.); Finalized based on calibrated energy simulation model
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ECBC Compliance of Aranya Bhawan
Annual Energy Consumption
6,00,000
An ECBC compliant Net Grid Electricity
5,13,657 building design: consumption to
5,00,000 ~20% energy saving reduce by 60,000
kWh/y (Estimated
4,00,000
4,04,554 generation from 45
kWp SPV system)
kWh/y

2,95,245
3,00,000

2,00,000

1,00,000

-
ECBC Prescriptive Proposed Actual
(Simulated) (Simulated) (Measured)

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Learnings

• The approach for energy efficiency/ECBC

compliance should always be reducing the
demand first through passive measures, use
efficient systems with controls and then
integrate renewable energy system.
• Integrated approach at early design stage for
energy efficiency results in 20-40% energy
savings. Charrettes help in estimating the
techno-economics of energy efficiency measures;
helping in decision making and identifying
acceptable measures for implementation; thus
help in achieving ECBC compliance.
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To download BEEP publications, know about BEEP charrettes

and to apply for a charrette, please visit
www.beepindia.org
THANK YOU !!!

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