JUNE 2021

ENERGY AND
BUILDING
vastu kala academy
college of acrhitecture
Q.DESERT SETTLEMENT - SUSTAINABLE
MEASURES & TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS

Masdar City combines passive design and smart design, showing how the urban
environment
can more effectively adapt to a denser population. Urban buildings have 40% lower water and
energy requirements than ordinary buildings in Abu Dhabi. According to Estidama's pearl
building classification system, each building must meet at least a 3 pearl rating:

1. Wind Tower:

● The tower, strategically placed on this nicely deliberate town, pulls air from above the
town and brings it right all the way down to floor degree.

● The innovation and making plans that made this wind tower feasible may be very
impressive. The wind tower can cool the streets of the town as much as five tiers Celsius in
accordance to The Masdar Corporation.

● The number one cause is simple: a tall cylinder is able to scary a convection contemporary
as warm air rises truly via way of means of status there. This creates a herbal
contemporary of air flowing from the road degree of the town and up out the pinnacle of
the tower - the breeze it creates pulls warm air out of the town and makes existence with
inside the plaza beneath
considerably greater pleasant.

● The secondary cause is simple Since it is a very experimental town, Masdar desired to
position a few effort and time into know-how the social blessings and compromises of
residing in a zero-carbon town. The town will in the long run music and report on all
factors of its
power and water use. This records can be used to analyze what's and what isn't working,
and to make wanted tweaks.

● ED lighting run up every of the 3 legs of the tower. When they're green, the town is
strolling at higher than it is each day aim for power consumption, whilst the lighting are
red the town
has surpassed its limits via way of means of a few amount.

Benefits:

According to Masdar, wind towers can reduce the temperature of city streets by
up to 5 degrees Celsius.
The temperature change of 5 degrees Celsius in the city makes staying on the street
comfortable and pleasant.
This temperature difference in the shady streets of Masdar will boost the local economy.
Because companies will flood into this city.
Applicability In India:

Wind is a location-specific and variable energy resource, so a comprehensive wind resource

assessment is required to select potential locations. The expansion of the wind power industry has
brought about a strong ecosystem, project operation capabilities, and a production base of
approximately 10,000 megawatts per year.

2. Solar Panels:

● Solar panels or photovoltaic modules are a group of photovoltaic cells installed on

the frame. Solar panels use sunlight as an energy source to generate direct current. A
group of photovoltaic modules is called a photovoltaic panel, and the panel system is
an array.

● Taking Masdar City as an example, a large area of power supply land was
discovered near the research institute. A 54-hectare photovoltaic system was built,
which can provide 10
megawatts of electricity. The area receives approximately 5-6 hours of sunshine every
day.

● Masdar’s 10 MW solar photovoltaic system is the first grid-connected renewable energy

project in the United Arab Emirates. When it opened in 2009, it was the largest of its
kind in the Middle East

● Thermal panels are different from photovoltaics-heating panels The panels use pure
solar heat to generate energy, while photovoltaic modules directly convert sunlight
(photons) into energy. Because of this technology, electricity can be stored without
large and expensive
batteries.
 ● The plant produces approximately 17,500 MWh of clean electricity annually,
offsetting 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. The system consists of
87,780
polycrystalline and thin film modules from Suntech and First Solar.
Benefits:

The greatest environmental impact of solar energy is that it does not cause CO2 emissions, so
the use of solar energy causes less environmental pollution than the production of
energy from conventional sources such as fossil fuels,

For example in the case of Masdar City, Deambi (2011). lists the saving of 15,000
tons of CO2 emissions per year as one of the benefits likely to result from the use of
solar energy. The cumulative savings are equivalent to 4,500 cars off the road.

Applicability In India:

Solar panels are additional economical in several a part of the Indian cities apart
from the areas that are vulnerable to sand storms.

3. Water production through Reverse Osmosis :

The idea of seawater desalination in the Arabian Gulf and the UAE is to use the heat
generated by factories to boil seawater, then cool the seawater to produce fresh water,
which is then sent to various departments for their use.
Reverse osmosis is a membrane separation process in which spring water flows along the
membrane surface under pressure, pure water penetrates the membrane and is collected,
while concentrated water containing dissolved and undissolved substances does not flow
through the membrane. , Discharged into the sewer system.

Benefits:
The projected development prospects of the cost of reusing contaminated water.
Support Sustainability and preserve resources .

Applicability In India:

As a country, India has 16% of the world's population and 4% of freshwater resources. Due to
industrialization and rapid development, in developing countries such as India, the
possibility of wastewater reuse is increasing. It is an important part of our life
support system.
It plays a vital role in the economic development of India. However, some common
pollutants such as arsenic, fluoride and iron are of geological origin, while pollutants
such as nitrate, phosphate and heavy metals are caused by various human activities.
Including
domestic sewage, pesticides and industrial sewage.
4. RVC(Reinforced vitrified concrete) :

As far as Masdar is concerned, this is the biggest benefit. It is made of sand,

fiberglass and concrete. Its panels are used on the facade of the building.
The biggest advantage is that it is not easy to get dirty, so it is not dirty. It does not need
to be cleaned as often as a glass panel. This saves premiums.
Sand will interfere with the good interaction with the sun, covering solar panels,
but also protect the city from the impact of renewable energy generated by solar
energy.
Austin Relton, the architect of Masdar, uses RVC (Fiberglass Reinforced Concrete) as the
bedroom facade. RVC effectively insulates, does not need to be cleaned, reduces water
consumption, and effectively solves the problem of insufficient air conditioning. And the
strange way of using water. Since summer temperatures reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit, such
materials are needed.

Applicability In India:

The popular architecture in India originated when humans began to create refuges
from surrounding materials according to the situation. This is a simple answer to
the needs of society, making it possible for people to build climate-sensitive
structures.