NEW OFFICE BUILDING FOR HAREDA ,

PANCHKULA

An attempt at Net-Zero

Siddhartha Wig and Anant Mann

THE ELEMENTS building with nature
 BENCHMARKING

 To reduce water consumption by 40%

 To achieve complete water sustainability

 To reduce lighting energy consumption by

25%

 Use photovoltaic to completely offset the

state grid for energy required lighting,
computers and fans.
The forecast for energy consumption in
similar buildings is -

 For conditioned buildings – 90kWhr/m2/year

(6 days operation per week x 12 month)

 For passively or low energy cooled and

ventilated buildings – 30 kWhr/m2/year (6
days operation per week x 12 month)

SOUTH FACADE
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C 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

L jan 11.4 13.3 15.5 17.6 19.2 20.2 20.6 20.2 19.3 17.9

I fe b 13.2 15.3 17.7 19.9 21.6 22.7 23.1 22.7 21.7 20.2

M mar 17.7 19.9 22.4 24.7 26.5 27.7 28.1 27.7 26.6 25.0

A apr 22.8 25.1 27.7 30.2 32.0 33.2 33.7 33.2 32.2 30.5

T may 28.1 30.4 32.9 35.3 37.1 38.3 38.7 38.3 37.2 35.6
E jun 29.5 31.4 33.4 35.4 36.9 37.8 38.2 37.8 37.0 35.6

jul 27.9 29.2 30.6 32.0 33.0 33.6 33.9 33.6 33.1 32.1
A
aug 27.0 28.3 29.7 31.1 32.1 32.7 33.0 32.7 32.2 31.2
N
sep 25.4 27.1 29.0 30.7 32.1 33.0 33.3 33.0 32.2 31.0
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L oct 21.3 23.6 26.3 28.7 30.6 31.8 32.3 31.8 30.8 29.0

Y nov 16.2 18.6 21.4 24.0 26.0 27.3 27.8 27.3 26.2 24.4

S de c 12.0 14.2 16.7 19.0 20.8 22.0 22.4 22.0 20.9 19.3

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 PASSIVE FEATURES

 Well oriented site and building (cardinal

directions)
 Glazing coordinated to take advantage of
direction
 Horizontally protected south glazing
 Almost no east and west openings
 Reasonable north glazing with vertical
protection
 The courtyard is covered with angled louvers
that maximize winter sun on the south face of
the north wing and shade the atrium in the
summer while allowing diffused daylight in
 The south face has solar chimneys to aid
ventilation in some of the non a/c spaces
(which are mist cooled)
 All workspaces of the building are daylit
The habitable spaces (excluding atrium, corridor, toilets ) are about 4200 sqm.

Of these, 700 sqm are deemed apex at 25 1 C (apex offices, guest rooms, conference) to be
always a/c,
1400 sqm are deemed controlled at 25 3 C (other offices, exhibition) to be cooled in summer
and chilled in monsoon, and
2100 sqm are passive 25 5 C (workshops, etc.) to be cooled in summer and ventilated in
monsoon.

Therefore,
Misting from March to May for all controlled and passive spaces; the fog cooling system/misting
is in the atrium and the fog is allowed to pervade all these spaces; in this season only apex spaces
are air-conditioned for June - September, there are centrally chilled controlled spaces and
ventilated passive spaces; the chilled water system will be designed for high temperature, say
condenser water set at 15 C)
 Max rain water can be collected minus runoff
Water requirement for gardning + Domestic (inefficient system)
Water requirement for gardning + Domestic (Efficient system)

10000

1000

100
m3

10

1
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

0
 RainfallofChandigarh:(Averageover4years)

600

500

400

300
m

200

100

0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Note: Data obtained from Centre state of environment
HAREDA WATER CALCULATIONS
NO. OF LITRES/PERSON TOTAL WATER
USERS (NBC) REQUIREMENT(litres/
person/day)

Office Use 50 45 2250

Water Requirement for Garden

Total site area - 4047 sqm
Total built up area – 1700 sqm
Remaining area – 2347 sqm
Landscaped area – 1173.5 sqm
Landscape watering days - 300
Water requirement for landscaping -
4litres/sqm/day
Garden water requirement per day –
4694 litres/day
HAREDA WATER CALCULATIONS

Reclaim from waste water

Grey water volume – 50% of the total water consumed = 1125litres/day

Reclaim capacity – 90%

Output from the treatment plant – 1012.5litres/day

Grey + Black water reclaim

Water Input to STP - 2250 litres/day (assuming sewage treatment plant of total wastage)

Plant Efficiency – 90%

Output from the treatment plant – 2025 litres/day

 Quantity Quantity of Water Landscap Water reused for
of water water requirement of e demand building (kL)
treated harvested the building (kL)
(kL) (kL) (kL)/ Water
demand

Total 1021 1119 1021 765 1097

Water reused Water reused Water Water Reuse (%) Water

for landscape from recharged Recharged (%)
(kL) harvested (kL)
rain water
(kL)

143 954 1457 100 130%

Rainwater Calculation

Type Area in ft2 Area in m2 Runoff as per Area in m2

Griha

Site Area 43333.3 3900.00

Roof area 11695.7 1052.61 0.95 999.98

Hard Paved area 11422.2 1028.00 0.95 976.60

Soft area 12055.6 1085.00 0.3 325.50

 Water tank size to become water self sufficient

No recylcing

Grey water recycling

Grey & Black

recycling

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

m3
HAREDA LOAD CALCULATIONS
S.NO. DESCRIPTION LIFTS FIRE AC PHE EXTERNAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
LIGHTING LOAD LOAD

1 BASEMENT 3.5 2.73

2 GROUND 5.8 21.56

FLOOR

3 FIRST FLOOR 10 15 70 8 5 3.6 9.8

4 SECOND 3.8 4.55

FLOOR

8 KW 10 KW 55.31 KW 8KW 5KW 22.5 KW 16.19 KW

GRAND 125 KW
TOTAL
Composi
EPICommerci
Mi477.00
10.87
38.37
7.17
3627.00
39.00
day-xedteim/ ware occupancy
maandl Buihumild@i/n5hotgdays/and wdreeky

Air conditioned area – 477 sqm

energy consumption – 39 KWh/sqm/year

Non – Air conditioned area – 3637 sqm

energy consumption – 7.17 KWh/sqm/year
Composi
EPICommerci
Mi477.00
10.87
38.37
7.17
3627.00
39.00
day-xedteim/ ware occupancy
maandl Buihumild@i/n5hotgdays/and wdreeky

Total connected load for internal lighting 22.5 kw

Total connected load for space conditioning 55.310 kw

Building having 55,000 sqft built up area is connected with 125 kW electricity load which amounts
to 2.27 W/sqft.

The total simulated energy consumption in the building is 13.5 kWhr/m2/year compared to a
conventional building of 140 kWhr/m2/year.

42.5 kWp Photovoltaic cells (PV) to cater the energy demand which amount to 100% of the yearly
energy
MISTING IN CENTRAL COURTYARD
MISTING IN CENTRAL COURTYARD
SOME ADDITIONAL FACTS

HAREDA energy consumption <15 kwhr/m2/year

Energy Required by HAREDA 62415 kwhr

Energy Production from solar PV 67343 kwhr

Excess Energy Produced 4928 kwhr

CO2 Credits 308 Tonnes/year

The Team
Sanjay Prakash & Associates, for Energy efficiency, Sustainability & Structural Design
McD Built Environment Research Laboratory Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru for MEP, HVAC and
Simulation
Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Panchkula for Project Management Consultancy