Introduction

The Experion Towers are Office complex in sector 15, Gurgaon

for Experion Developers which is a reputed real estate developer
committed to sustainable development.
The building has occupancy of about 1500 persons with a
banquet facalities included on first floor. Buiding provides
facility for parking of about 150 cars and 4 commercial vehicles.
Building also includes facilities like mess, cafetaria, gymanasium,
indoor and outdoor sports etc.

Gurugram
Gurugram is a city in the Indian state of Haryana and is located
near the National Capital Region of India. It is 32 kilometres
(20 mi) southwest of New Delhi and 268 kilometres (167 mi)
southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. As of 2011,
Gurugram had a population of 876,824.
Gurugram is a leading financial and industrial hub with the third
highest per capita income in India which has local offices for
more than 250 Fortune 500 companies.

Site Analysis
Elevation: 226 m above MSL Topography: Planar
Soil Type: Loamy Sand Area: 2.4 Acres
Earthquake zone: IV Orientation: E-W
Access: Two (both from East side)
1, from 12 m wide service road of NH-8
2, from 24m city road

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E-W orientation of the site
Site is in city of Gurgaon along NH-8

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Composite climate of Gurgaon
Low wind speed

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Irregular site shape provides scope for
innovation

T
Site lies in earthquake zone IV with
loamy sand soil type

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Following Experion Developers Vision and Values
Book Cafe Sectional 3D View
INTEGRITY

The integrity of the spaces can be experienced when one

steps out of the elevator leaving the service core and entering
the office and furthermoving through the leisure spaces to
reach more workstation and back to the use.The building is
amalgamation of variety of spaces which blend into one Western
another. Office Block
Eastern
TRANSPARERCY

Open Planning Strategy is utilized to create simple layaouts Office Block

which are easy to understand by the users.The two Atria
contribute to open planning scheme and large strech of
Leisure
glass in exterior adds transparency to massive building facade
Western Activities
thereby making it light and elegant.
Service Core
INNOVATION

Eastern
Solar energy is extensively produced by installation of pannels Service Core
over windows facing south and the stepwell which even
Parking
shade the space. Banquet
Hall Office
Mess
INTERACTION

The planning of the building is done in such a way that the

office space in the 2 towers are connected to liesure spaces
to break the monotany of working where people can relax Reception
and interact leading to interaction and healthy relationship.

Local Vegetation Form Evolution Climate Analysis

Gurgaon is now scarce off trees due to rapid urbanization. Climate Type: Composite
The forest ecosystems nearby are moderately diverse. The
species composition and population structure of trees are WIND ROSE
influenced by soil conditions, differences in local climatic Buildable TEMPERATURE
space RANGES DIAGRAM
conditions, and some biotic influences. The species richness
can be found to be greatest in dry deciduous forests of after
Gurgaon district. setbacks
Few of trees/plants good for this type of envirnment are:
Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham)
Acacia nilotica (Babool)
Azadirachta indica (Neem)
Polyalthia longifolia (Ashoka)
Ficus religiosa (Peepal)
Delonix regia (Gulmohar) Major Area
Micro climate Analysis
Syzygium cumini (Jamun) Blocks within
Mangifera indica (Mango) PSYCHOMETRIC
Boundary
Cassia Fistula (Amaltas) ANALYSIS
Moras Alba (Shahtoot) ACCESS
WIND

Turfgrass: Evapotranspiration rates of grasses suitable for EXISTING BUILDINGS Comfort Zone
Right for winter clothing
Indian hot climate are very high. Water use of turfgrasses is Left for summer clothing

SUMMER
evaluated based on the total amount of water required for
Form
18 07

growth and transpiration (water loss from the leaf ) plus the 17 08

amount of water lost from the soil surface (evaporation). 16 09

following
17

Transpirational water consumption accounts for over 90% of 15 10

08

Site
16 14 12 11
13

the total amount of water transported into the plants, with

09
15
14
10 WINTER
1 to 3% actually used for metabolic processes 13 12 11

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 Car Parking

South Elevation North Elevation Ground Floor Parking Plan Basement Floor Parking Plan

Surface Area VEGITATED FILTER STRIP

Building Ocupancy : 1500 persons

PARKING LOT
LEISURE
TO PREVENT STORMWATER ACTIVITIES MAIN ENTERANCE
BIOSWALES DISCHARGE OUT OF SITE

Surface area to Floor area ratio should be less to gain more thermal comfort

Baowri BUS
(Rainwater Catchment) PARKING

Area Statement VEHICULAR EXIT

Reception : 350 sq. mtrs BIODIGESTER

Mess: 350 sq. mtrs
Tennis Court
Banquet Hall: 500 sq. mtrs MATERIAL EMBODIED

Cafetaria: 3 X 150 sq. mtrs BRICK

ENERGY (MJ/m3)
5170
Office Space: 11,100 sq. mtrs GRASS

LIMESTONE LAYER
AAC 1000-2000
Office Core: 4250 sq. mtrs
GROWING MEDIUM

FILTER FABRIC

Parking: 4000 sq. mtrs

DRAINAGE/STORAGE LAYER
INSULATION
DRAINAGE PIPE
WATERPROOF MEMBRANE
PROTECTION BOARD
PERVIOUS
ROOF DECK PAVING
TERRACE GARDEN

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Office Block
Regenerative Elevator System
Regenerative drive converts the excess
energy generated by an elevator into
electricity that can be reused elsewhere
in the building. With conventional drives,
this energy is converted into heat, which
then needs to be removed from the
building by air conditioning systems.
A regenerative drive has a substantial
impact on an elevator’s energy
consumption and is, therefore, a must
have feature when selecting an energy
efficient elevator for a green building
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Daylight
Core is provided in both the towers. All the services occupy the east-west side of the building complex.
East-west directions experience maximum inlet of sunlight so office spaces are not deigned in these
directions hence reducing huge costs of cooling.
Acoustic Privacy
Office buildings all need acoustic
privacy along with visual privacy.
This can be achieved by use of
sound absorbing materials like
fibreglass in partitions, carpet
and pad in the floor and gypsum
boards in the ceiling.
Atria are increasing air flow within the building
because of stack effect
Daylight
Occupancy Sensors
Installation of occupant sensors
inside the office spaces is done
which controls the power supply
in a space based on its occupancy.
It halts the supply in times of zero
occupancy which saves a significant
amount of electricity.
Plan
Earthquake Mitigation
The building used water tanks
as dampeners which dissipates
the vibrational energy caused by
seisemic waves. These water
tanks act aopposite to the inertia
of the building.
Sector 15, Gurugram
Other Facalities
Book Cafe
Plan
Three book cafes are designed in the building
on the fourth, sixth and ninth floor which club THE SOIL EXCAVATED
the function of a library and a café. Several DURING PRE
types of seating are provided and a sky garden CONSTRUCTION IS
is designed adjacent to the café giving an USED IN THESE
PLANTER BOXES.
experience close to nature.
Section of a Book Cafe
Banquet Hall N
Plan
A large banquet hall is built on the first floor
of the building complex. The hall is spacious
enough to accommodate enough people in
times of any gathering, functions etc. A
kitchen is present near along with a green
room and an audio control room on both
sides of the stage area.
Leisure Activities
Human beings spend over 15% of lifetime in
offices on an average. Therefore a good working
atmosphere is required. Experion Towers
encompass numerous leisure spaces to enhance
the mood of the workers and maintain harmony
in working spaces.The eighth floor of the building
contains a gym cum indoor activity space. It
encases several gym equipments where the
office workers can come and relax. Moreover,
the space also accommodates other indoor
activities including fooseball, pool table, chess etc.
A tennis court is constructed at the back of the
towers at a height of five meters above the parking
space. It is covered with net on the periphery and
is open to sky.
Rock Garden
Ordinary grass lawns consume high quantities of
water and maintenance. Therefore a rock garden is
proposed which grows little shrubs and contains
boulders, gravels and pebbles. These also help
reduce surface run off and contribute in ground
water table. Maintenance also decreases.
Therefore rock garden helps save water and costs.
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 Fenestration Design Lighting Analysis

Lighting levels (lux)

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PV Panels @ 30 tilt
SUN POSITION AT MID-DAY

ALT. AZIMUTH HSA VSA

SUMMER SOLSTICE 82.7˚ 134˚ -64˚ 86.8˚

WINTER SOLSTICE 37.7˚ 174.5˚ -23.5˚ 40.2˚

Lighting levels Required in Particular Spaces Lighting levels on 8th floor of office blocks

BENEFITS OF ETFE (ETHYLENE TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE)

South Facade During Summers
EXCEPTIONAL LIGHT TRANSMISSION
SOLAR CONTROL/SHADING
Ventilation Analysis
ELASTICITY (UPTO 600% AT BREAKING POINT)
LONG LASTING
The major wind direction is towards north west.
ACOUSTICS (70% ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION) Building is perfoming cross ventilation with optimum
ENERGY EFFICIENT
COST EFFECTIVE
wind velocity required inside the building. Building also
RECYCLABLE performs well even when the wind direction is towards
IN A SINGLE LAYERED APPLICATION,
YOU CAN ACHIEVE ABOUT AN west. Wind is circulating with a speed of 1 m/s when
R-VALUE OF 1 AND IN A TWO- LAYER
SYSTEM, APPROXIMATELY AN wind is 2 m/s outside running .
R-VALUE OF 2.0. WHEREAS, A THREE-
LAYER ETFE SYSTEM HAS AN
R-VALUE OF AROUND 2.9 DEGREES F
H / BTU OR A U-VALUE AROUND .35
BTU/(H DEGREES F FT2).

Wind Tunnel Analysis with wind running towards west @ 2m/s Wind Tunnel Analysis with wind running towards South east @ 2m/s

Heat Gain Analysis Structural Design

Buildings constructed using conventional building materials
such as brick, glass etc gain a good amount of heat thus de-
manding more energy in cooling.
The Experion Towers make use of AAC (Autoclaved Aerated
Concrete) blocks and ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene).
These give a lower value of SHGC (Solar Heat Gain Coeffi-
cient) and U-value and create significant reduction in the
energy required to cool the building.
U-FACTOR=1.0
FOUNDATION: 16m deep pile foundation for structural
stability and resisting earthquake loads.
Column Size: 0.4x0.6m (material used Precast concrete)
Collector Beam Depth = 1m, Feeder Beam Depth = 0.7m.
Structural system is organized in Two Way System such
that diaphragm (floor) transfers load to Feeder beam which
is collected by Collector beam then transferred to columns
to the foundations.

HEAT GAIN
South Facade During Winters
143
kWh/m/yr
2
155
kWh/m/yr
2
Large water tank on the top floor act as passive damper
and also help in fire protection.

The fundamental time period of vibration of soil for larger

Conventional wall Window System tower is 2.0575s and for smaller tower is 1.45s. Since the
LIGHT GAIN T>1, the two flexible long period towers dissipate energy
SHGC 0.99 U- Factor 6.9 through motion and tend to attract less lateral force.
SHGC=O.64 Wall conduction 2.7 k/sq. m K
The towers don’t have sharp edges at corner; it prevents
the air mass from leaving the building surface and creating
dead air zones of negative pressure which results in the
reduction of the lateral load due to wind.

104
kWh/m/yr
2
109 2
Shear walls at east-west ends of the larger and smaller
towers respectively are the major lateral load resisting
kWh/m/yr mechanism.
Evaporative
Cooling
Wall Window System with AAC Blocks and ETFE
SHGC 0.64 U- Factor 1.0
North Facade Wall conduction 0.5 k/sq. m K

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Energy Mangement Chilled Beam
Water Mangement
Waterless Urinals
Primary Air

4L 96
Cooling Coil
Induction Nozzle 1797kL
18 260
Water saved Total no. Total water
Room Air
in urinal per of flushes saved using
Times flush Office operates
flush waterless
is used in a day in a year
Mixed Air urinals
Sealant based waterless urinals
(avg.) (avg.)

Wash basin water reuse

A chilled beam is a type of convection HVAC system designed to
heat or cool large buildings. Pipes of water are passed through a
"beam" (a heat exchanger) either integrated into standard suspended
2L 144 2246kL
PV Panels
ceiling systems or suspended a short distance from the ceiling of a
30 260
Panels on
Roof
Tilt Angle

5.59
Performance
Ratio 0.75 room. Chilled Beams use 30% less electricity then conventional Air
Conditioning System.

1mx1.7m
Water used Total no. Total water
(Summer) in per Times wash basin of Office operates saved in
Energy Produced Annually handwash is used in a day wash basins reusing water
44.2 152.3MWh Total Production in a year
432
Size of one PV panel from wash
(avg.) (avg.)
of PV Panels
15%
Solar (Winter) basin
(total)

ce
Panel

235.8
Yeild Rainwater Harvesting

0.60

du
Panels on
1820kWh/m 2
South Tilt Angle Performance
Ratio
800kL
672mm

Re
MWh/yr
Facade
Annual Avg. incident on panel

0.85 1400m
468kWh 30
2
Energy Produced Annually

Energy produced by one 300 83.5MWh Run off

Annual
Rainfall
Total water
collected

Re
PV panel per year
(total) Total Roof
coefficient (avg.) Annually
area
from roof

use
Waste Mangement Drip Irrigation
Provision of garbage bins both inside and outside the
towers aims toward proper waste segregation and
Drip irrigation is a form of irrigation
that saves water and fertilizer by
18000
Water used per year
kL 4800 kL
Water save per year
management. Four different bins are placed in order to

26%
allowing water to drip slowly to the

Recycle
sort four types of wastes: compost, only trash, roots of many different plants, either
mixed recycling, only paper. The segregation of onto the soil surface or directly onto Water
wastes at the preliminary stage reduces the the root zone, through a network of saved
effort in manual sorting of the waste thereafter. valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters.

StepWell

Offices produce paper wastes in an enormous amount.

And office papers are high quality papers which are easy to
recycle due to the presence of low ink. Thus a lot of
paper wastes can be recycled and put to use. Moreover,
beverage containers and other cardboard trash can also be
collected and recycled. The strategy is to consider the
potential of the waste in and around the building and
utilize the same as a resource.
Greywater Treatment
As greywater contains fewer pathogens than domestic wastewater, it is generally safer to handle
and easier to treat and reuse onsite for toilet flushing, landscape or crop irrigation, and other
non-potable uses. However, the use of non-toxic and low-sodium soap and personal care prod-
ucts is recommended to protect vegetation when reusing greywater for irrigation purposes. The
application of greywater reuse in urban water systems provides substantial benefits for both the
water supply subsystem by reducing the demand for fresh clean water as well as the wastewater
subsystems by reducing the amount of wastewater required to be conveyed and treated.
The stepwell situated at the back of the towers is designed so as
to collect water from the whole site. It is deep
enough to collect water from even the lowest level on site.
Photovoltaic panels are placed above which add to the solar
energy produced by the building. The whole space is shaded. The
stepwell thus becomes a good area for recreation and relaxation
and is purposefully designed so that it can even be utilized for
gathering and interaction leading to mood enhancement of the
workers as well as healthy work relationships. Above all, the
stepwell is not covered with concrete at the bottom rather earth
is used to let the water seep underground thereby contributing
in ground water table.

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