From 1947 India built 2
Buildings:
Business as usual
and
low carbon scenario
Buildings now going green < 1.5%
Next 15 years: we build what we
built in last 50 years
billion sft.
This year alone : 65 million sft.
Going up in 2030: 2 billion sft/yr
Architects : <2% of all Buildings
ACE : <2% of the buildings
No precedents for solutions
2 innovations in 200 years
 We use . . .
Geysers

Building synthetic fertilizers or pesticides

chemicals for treating

the
No
water

Zero Energy Way HCFC CFC or ODS

toxic paints

We use . . . We use . . .
Bricks, clay blocks, clay tiles, LEDs, solar based or
ceramic tiles hybrids for external lights
forest timber

incandescent lamps
waste exported

No
municipal water imported
Only
composites
shallow aquifers
 Costs. . . ZED HABITATS SO FAR…

Same as a regular building 7

save 50% on energy bills

2005- 08 T-ZED T-ZED Embodied CO2 Emission Reduction

T-Zed: 92 Homes

Embodied CO2 Reduction:

20,000 tons CO2
26,500 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
6253 tons for T-Zed Homes

Operating CO2 Reduction:

1260 tons per annum
1862 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
602 tons for T-Zed Homes
T-ZED Embodied CO2 Emission Reduction T-ZED Operations CO2 Emission Reduction

T-ZED Homes T-ZED Homes

Basement retaining wall External wall

Energy Saved
Energy Saved
24,000 GJ 3,000 GJ
Reduction in Co2 Emission Reduction in Co2 Emission
7,000 T 780 T
T-ZED Homes T-ZED Homes

Internal Flooring Slab

Energy Saved Energy Saved

2,100 GJ 200 GJ
Reduction in Co2 Emission Reduction in Co2 Emission
600 T 50 T

T-ZED Homes T-ZED Homes

Pathways Home lighting

Energy Saved
Energy Saved
3, 600 MWh/Yr
13, 400 GJ
Reduction in Co2 Emission Reduction in Co2 Emission
3, 750 T 3, 750 T/Yr
2007- 09 Zed Collective 2009- 12 ZED WOODS

Zed Collective: 72 Homes Zed Woods: 60 Homes

Embodied CO2 Reduction: Embodied CO2 Reduction:

1450 tons CO2 1520 tons CO2
4464 tons for Conventional Homes Vs 4771 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
3015 tons for Zed Collective Homes 5255 tons for Zed Woods Homes

Operating CO2 Reduction: Operating CO2 Reduction:

885 tons per annum 473 tons CO2/annum
1370 tons for Conventional Homes
Vs 484 tons for Zed Collective Homes 740 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
265 tons for Zed Woods Homes

2010- 13 ZED EARTH Project Afforestation Seedball Distribution

ZedEarth: 150 Stand alone

Homes

Embodied CO2 Reduction:

6994 tons CO2
17,264 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
10,270 tons for Zed Earth Homes

Operating CO2 Reduction:

3773 tons CO2/annum
5685 tons for Conventional Homes Vs
1912 tons for Zed Earth Homes
 Carbon Sequestration Urban Farming- reaching out to 2000 households in Bangalore

Number of seed balls distributed so far: 4.5

million

Carbon sequestration by trees (last 1 year):

7.2 Million tons

Source: http://www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/apdj_14_2/6_Jindal_Kerr_Nagar.pdf
Note: Per tree CO2 sequestration ranges from 10-16 kg/CO2e/year

Carbon Sequestration Total Carbon Sequestration in the past 10 years

Carbon sequestered per acre: 2 tons/year

Total projects landscape area: 68 acres 7,244,525 tons of CO2 savings from Zed Projects

Total carbon sequestration: 136 tons/year*

*Note: For calc, only 1 year is taken into consideration

 Some Innovative Products we use Some Innovative Products we use

Free of 45 blocks/day of
riverbed sand blockwork
cement Vs
construction water 20 blocks/day of
curing conventional concrete
Special pre-polymerised bonding
adhesive Engineered masonry blocks

Some Innovative Products we use Some Innovative Products we use

The Zed
atmospheric water Zed vertical wind
generator mast
Converts water vapor into Generates electricity using wind
potable water power
 Some Innovative Products we use Some Innovative Products we use

Zed offers energy-

Zed compact water efficient ACs in
treatment plants Portable and split
processes waste water to give
clean water. formats at 0.8 to 2
tons capacity

e: kanchana@zed.in
w: www.zed.in