SUBMITTED BY :

AARTI PAL M.ARCH

(1ST SEM)
Suzlon One Earth, Pune ROLL NO:20001506001
SUZLON ONE EARTH,PUNE
Owner PROJECT TEAM
Suzlon Energy Limited HVAC Engineer
Occupied In Synefra
2010 Green Building Consultant
Location Environmental Design Solutions
Pune Architect
Building Type Christopher Charles Benninger, Pune
Commercial
Operating Hours
9 hrs/day
Total Floor Area Unit
SQ. M.
Total Floor Area
76180
Air-conditioned Area
40418
Building Name
Suzlon One Earth
Parameters of Green Building Certification

Principles of sustainability from site selection, design, engineering, construction, material and operations.
• Sustainability solution and the practices are integrated towards Efficiency in:

➢ ENERGY EFFICIENCY

➢ WATER EFFICIENCY

➢ MATERIAL EFFICIENCY

➢ WASTE MANAGEMENT

➢ HEALTH AIR QUALITY

➢ OPERATING PRACTICES
CHOOSING THE SITE
➢ Opposite the well known Magarpatta City, the 45,393 sq. m. site had the advantage of
being located within an already developed area, flanked by corporate offices and
residential areas.

➢ The construction would have the lowest environmental impact.

➢ The site was located in an urban area with existing infrastructure, where they could
also protect the existing biodiversity and preserve the habitat and natural resources.

➢ The chosen site was located within an existing minimum residential development
density of 10 units per acre.

➢ It also had easy access to basic services such as a bank, place of worship,
convenience grocery, day care, cleaners, fire station, medical/dental clinic, pharmacy,
etc.
➢ The site plan enhances the drainage streams on the western edge of
the plot, turning it into a biodiversity park, and re-establishing the
channel.
➢ This area remained the habitat of native birds and insects.
➢ The barren land was reforested with plantation around the periphery.
➢ More than 50% of the site is open softscape, and thus provides
evapo-transpiration and shading.
➢ Underground storm drains maintain preconstruction watershed
during drainage channels.
➢ The roofscape includes planted areas.
➢ The main central courtyard is planted with indeginous trees, shrubs
and grass species thus maintaining the neighbourhood fabric of the
local area.
➢ Together, these systems create an on-site eco system
Sustainable Site Planning –
➢ Dust screens provided around construction area to
prevent air pollution.
➢ Soil erosion control measures adopted on site.
➢ Utility corridors designed along roads and pathways on
site
BUILDING DESIGN

➢ Orientation
Legend:
• Facades of the building face north, south, north-west and south-east 1. Sun lounge
2. Sky lounge
3. Tree lounge
➢ Window 4. Aqua lounge
• High Performance Glass 5. Water body/cafeteria
6. Sky cylinder
7. Suzlon excellence academy
➢ Built mass and open space ratio : 8. Welcome lounge
9. Electric service yard
• Building foot print creates an enclosed open space in between the built mass
which becomes a central plaza and landscape area for visual and thermal comfort.

➢ Landscape as part of building :

• landscape runs along the building providing clear views inside the campus.

➢ Water body :
• a water feature that cascades into a water body at the lower level with a deep
stambh is a special attaraction in the central plaza. Since it is surrounded by the
building mass cool air spreads around the court, keeping the environment
thermally comfortable.
➢Landscape as part of building : landscape runs along the building providing clear views inside the campus.
➢Water body : a water feature that cascades into a water
body at the lower level with a deep stambh is a special
attaraction in the central plaza. Since it is surrounded by
the building mass cool air spreads around the court,
keeping the environment thermally comfortable.
➢ Linkage of office spaces to the outdoors: to link the indoors and the
outdoors there are semi open decks. These semi open decks are
informal work areas surrounded with shrubs, flower beds and water
bodies. The water bodies help in controlling the micro climate around
these break out spaces.
➢ Glass cylinders: Glass cylinders in the main entrance cores bring direct light
into the lobbies. At the lower ground floor level these glass cylinders are heavily
planted. They thereby act as natural chimneys for the lower ground floor. Thus
they serve a dual role of getting natural light as well as exhausting the lower
ground floor passively.Cut outs along the periphery of the lower ground floor
bring light and even work as fresh air from the outdoors. At floor level these
areas are heavily planted and serves as an oxygen source for this level.
•During design stage, installed load reduced from 6.5 MVA to 4 MVA due to energy
efficient installations of HVAC and Lighting
•Total Connected Electrical Load – 4 MVA. Anticipated demand during full operation
of campus – 2.3 MVA
•Energy Efficient devices like VFDs, LED lights etc. are used extensively throughout
the installation and centrally controlled though IBMS.
The power demand during the operations is substantially low as compared with the
buildings designed and built as per the National Building Code and ASHRAE
standards.

The following measures have been taken to improve the

building envelope design:
• Optimized Orientation - Mass Articulation / Mutual
Shading High Performance Glazing
• The exposed glass is 4mm Clear Annealed + 0.76mm PVB + 6mm KT 455 + 12mm
Air gap + 6mm Clear
Heat Strengthened. U value- 0.32 Btu/hr.ft2.ºF; Solar Factor- 0.26
• Over Deck Insulation
• Interior lighting power density <0.8W/sqft (350 Lux Average)
• Use of Day lighting and Occupancy sensors
Renewable energy in the urban context
•63 MVA capacity off-site Wind Turbines to compensate with the total
installed electrical load of 4 MVA. While the demand would be around 2.3
MVA.
•Solar –Wind hybrid system shall generate 154.8 kW with a break as:

18 Solar – Wind hybrid domestic windmills of

85.50 kW
4.75 kW each

243 conventional solar panels of 230 watts each 55.89 kW

128 Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV)

13.44 kW
panels of 105 watts each

Total 154.83 kW

• Approx. 35 kW of renewable energy is connected to communication

server and hence the communication server at One Earth functions on
green energy.
•100% external lighting is on renewable energy.
•Partly air-conditions and internal lighting load is also on this system.
•Around 5% of the total energy requirement of One Earth will be fulfilled
from on site renewable energy installations.
•100% renewable energy campus with on and off site renewable energy

Building layout showing areas receiving direct

sunlight (represented in orange)
Indoor and outdoor
•LED lights are used extensively for external general lighting to achieve desired levels of
energy conservation.
•Total load of external lighting is only 50 kW for the entire campus.
•External light design is on the basis of minimum light pollution at night.
•Maximum day light through glass & louvers
• Large parking spaces, Common meeting rooms, individual cabins are provided with
occupancy sensors.
•Parking areas and open work stations are equipped with day light sensors to control
lighting load and wastage thereof.
•Entire office space is provided with task lighting over the working areas.
•1850 meters of LED strips used for external lighting gives the building a floating effect.
✓ no UV,
✓ no heat dissipation from the usage of this lights.
✓ their lifespan is for 30,000 and 5,000 burning hours.
•The deepstaImbh (tower of light) located as pivotal campus element uses fiber optics for
all the forty arms of the tower which come out of a single box, which is maintenance
friendly and that makes the lamp accessible for repair etc.
•One Earth is the first project in India to deploy Water Cooled Variable VRV
(Variable Refrigerant Volume) system manufactured by Diakin, Japan.
•The power consumption is as low as 0.5 k W/TR.
•The water being used in the air conditioning system is entirely generated
through the sewage treatment plant.
✓ A/C load has been reduced by 40 per cent as compared to any other
conventional building of this scale.
• The main air conditioning system is water cooled VRV based.
•The short occupancy zones like lift lobbies, learning center lobbies,
cafeteria, gymnasium etc are air conditioned by indirect evaporative cooling
system.
•HVAC load was substantially reduced right at design stage by value
additions such as:
• Providing insulation at roof
• Use of high performance glasses
• Energy recovery from return air using Treated Fresh Air units
(TFAs)
• Use of multi stage evaporative cooling systems for common areas
such as cafeteria, basement cores etc.
• Treated fresh air units installed in each floor designed to provide
30 % fresh air in the office area as compared to 20% as per the
guidelines mentioned in the ASHRAE standards.
• Treated Fresh Air (TFA) units connected with CO2 sensors and
are controlled through IBMS.
• Jet fans for parking ventilation: The connected load is brought
down to 216 kW as opposed to 472 kW expected in conventional
ways. The operation of fans is based on signals received from CO
sensors which act only when required resulting in further
reduction of electrical consumption
•Total peak water requirement is 250 cum/day.
•Water is sourced through bore well, rain water harvesting, recycling water.
•Water storage tanks designed to store 3 days water requirement. (Capacity 750
cum.)
•Rain water harvesting tank designed to collect 3 days rainfall. Capacity 1000 cum.

•Raw water treatment plant capacity – 120 cum/day.

•Solar water heating system capacity for employee washrooms and showers – 10
cum/day which would save @ 1.4 Lac kWh of electricity per annum.

•Landscape area water collected centrally and circulated through rain water
collection system.

•Sewage treatment plant (STP) of capacity 120 cum/day and recycled water is
reused for HVAC and gardening. Total recycled water from STP is 100 cum/day

•100 percent Waste water treatment through onsite sewage plant and recycling which
is used for landscaping, air-conditioning and washroom flushing.

•Innovative rain water harvesting system integrated with storm water drastically
reduces water run off and waste of this natural resource

•Use of low flow faucets, touch less urinals with bytronic sensors and concealed dual
flush
•CO2 sensors in densely occupied spaces and near workstations to monitor and control CO2
levels in the building.
•HVAC system designed for 30% higher ventilation rates than ASHARE standards.
•Use of low volatile emitting adhesives, sealants, paints, carpet and composite wood products
to improve quality of indoor air.
•Suzlon One Earth is a NO SMOKING zone for overall health benefits and environmental
quality improvement.
•Zero waste management policy at ‘Suzlon One earth”.
•Waste minimization steering committee to work towards minimization of waste.
•Waste segregation to be done at source.
•Organic waste generated from the cafeteria, garden and paper waste from office bins to be
converted into manure by organic waste converter of capacity 100kg/hr. The organic manure so
generated is used for gardening.
•Electrical and electronic waste i.e. e-waste treated through pollution control board authorized
agency.
•Recyclable waste is segregated and sold out to recycling vendor
•Green housekeeping practices with appropriate systems and certified products
Customised Indoor & Outdoor Artworks
 SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC

➢ WATER QUALITY ➢ EDUCATION ➢ STAKEHOLDER PROFITS
➢ AIR QUALITY ➢ HEALTH ➢ MATERIALS FOR
➢ NATURAL RESOURCES ➢ POVERTY PRODUCTION
➢ CRIME ➢ JOBS

Suzlon-CSR-Annual-Report-2016-17.pdf
Renewables
• The installed capacity of solar energy: 13.44 KW
• The installed capacity of wind energy: 18 windmills of 4.75 kW each
• 250000 kWh of electricity generated annually

• Ratings
• GRIHA 5 Star rating
• LEED Platinum rating
• Awards
• Best Corporate Building Award to Ar. Christopher Benninger by AESA (Architects, Engineers, Surveyors Association)
• Best Commercial Project of the Year 2010 by Economic Times ACETECH Leaders in Infrastructure Awards
• Best Interior Award to Space Matrix in association with Tao Architecture by Economic Times ACETECH Leaders in Infrastructure Awards
• Best Architecture Awards to Christopher Charles Benninger Architects (CCBA) by Economic Times ACETECH Leaders in Infrastructure Awards
• Best Eco – Initiatives Awards: Environmental Design Solution, Century Ply – Aces of Space by Economic Times ACETECH Leaders in Infrastructure Awards
• Design Awards 2010 – Ace of Space
• Commercial Project of the Year to CCB – Ace of Space
• Sustainable Design of the Year to CCBA, Realty Plus Award
• Environment-Friendly Project of the Year 2010
• Commercial Property Award
• Green Building of the Year 2010
• CNBC AWAAZ CRISIL CREDAI Real Estate Awards 2011
• Publications
• https://greenbuildingsindia.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/suzlon-one-earth-leed-rated-green-building-in-pune/
• http://www.grihaindia.org/images/casestudies/pdf/Suzlon-one-Earth-final-rating-1May2013.pdf
• http://www.suzlon.com/about/suzlon-one-earthhttp://www.mgsarchitecture.in/projects/460-suzlon-one-earth-pune.html
• http://www.synefra.com/suzlon-one-earth/#tab-id-2https://www.coa.gov.in/show_img.php?fid=101