ARC: 416 GLASS ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

NZEB
CEPT UNIVERSITY
submitted by Harshavardhan
 ABOUT THE CEPT UNIVERSITY
LOCATION :
GUJARAT UNIVERSITY AREA, AHMEDABAD
ARCHITECT : B.V. DOSHI
AREA OF SITE : 12.5 ACRE
GENERAL INFORMATION :
ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF SPATIAL
PLANNING WITH INTERESTING PATHWAYS
CEPT UNIVERSITY WAS STARTED IN 1962
UNDER THE AHMEDABAD EDUCATION
SOCIETY AND WAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED
BY KASTURBA LAL BHAI A LEADING
INDUSTRIALIST AND PHILANTHROPIST.
THE SCHOOL BROKE AWAY FROM THE
CONVENTIONAL TEACHING COURSES
THE CONCEPT CHANGED FROM
ARCHITECTURE AS A TECHNICAL
DISCIPLINE TO ARCHITECTURE AS A
DESIGN DISCIPLINE.
WHAT IS NZEB (NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDING)

A NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (NZEB) IS A BUILDING WITH ZERO NET ENERGY

CONSUMPTION.
IN SUCH A BUILDING, ENERGY CONSUMED IS EQUAL TO OR SOMETIMES LESS
THAN THE ENERGY GENERATED BY INSTALLED RENEWABLE ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES.
VARIOUS PASSIVE AND ACTIVE STRATEGIES ARE DEPLOYED TO ENSURE THAT THE
BUILDING CONSUMES AS LESS ENERGY AS POSSIBLE BUT WORKS EFFICIENTLY AT
THE SAME TIME.
CONSIDERING THAT BUILDINGS CONSUME THE MAXIMUM ENERGY IN A CITY,
NZEBS CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
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 ABOUT NZEB(NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDING)
ON THE SITE

THE NZEB (Net-Zero Energy Building) is located at CEPT University,

Ahmedabad, which was analysed according to the climatic conditions
of Ahmedabad and finalised the design in March 2012.
They started construction in September 2012. They finished
construction in March 2016.
The NZEB (Net-Zero Energy Building) was planned on the site, near the
GIDC Bhavan, Faculty of design and Faculty of Technology.
NZEB The building has two accessibility’s on the site, one is from the north
side and the other is from university road
(Net Zero Energy Building)

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 FLOOR PLANS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

BASEMENT GROUND FLOOR
FLOOR PLAN PLAN First Floor has the admin area MEZZANINE
and meeting space. The
Basement Has A Thermal Ground Floor Has A Dedicated FLOOR
majority of the first-floor space
Comfort Chamber, Space For Building Systems The mezzanine Floor
is dedicated to equipment like
Seminar Room And Such as Chillers, Ahus, overlooks the first floor
Guarded Hot Box, Climate
Conference Room As Well Electrical Panels Along With and has workstations for
Chamber, Single Patch Sky
As Two Courtyards On Other Equipment For Radiant researchers and meeting
Simulator, Mirror Box, N etc. A
Either Side For Providing Cooling systems. It Also Has A space.
bridge connects the First Floor
Light, Ventilation And Large Multipurpose Semi-

to CARBSE’s existing research

Multipurpose Use. Open Space.
facility.

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South facing PV panels tilted North light for daylighting
to latitude angle
Radiant cooling and DOA
Vision, clerestories, light
integrates with natural
shelves on South bring in
ventilation
diffuse daylight with
occupant control
Lighting LPD at 4.7 w/ m2
with vacancy and daylighting
Stack effect design, chimney controls
for natural ventilation
Climate controlled spaces
zoned separately
Outdoor exhibit area reduces
conditioned area
Optimized envelope:
insulated walls and roof,
Ground heat exchange efficient windows with
separate properties for vision
and clerestory
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ABOUT NZEB ENERGY EFFENCY FEATURES

The NZEB(Net Zero Energy Building) had used both activitive

and passive desgin statergies in order to make the building
Energy Efficiency building

PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES

ORIENTATION
The building is north-south oriented with appropriate
shading and light shelves on the south.

DAYLIGHTING
Vision, clerestories, light shelves on south bring in diffuse
daylight with occupant control. north light is used for
introducing daylight into the building.

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ACTIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES

HVAC TECHNOLOGIES
1. Mixed-mode ventilation.
2. Radiant cooling floor and ceiling panels for
simulation lab and basement floor.
3. VRF for dedicated outdoor air system at 3.51 COP
with CO2 control.
4. Air-cooled chiller with 3.35 COP (ARI).
5. Passive cooling in non-summer months with
underground tank and evaporative fluid cooler.
6. Premium efficiency pump motors with VFDs.
LIGHTING DESIGN
1. Daylight autonomy 75% time for over 90% of spaces.
2. Daylighting and vacancy sensor control of lights at 4.7
W/m2.
3. Office equipment control with occupancy sensor control.

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ABOUT NZEB CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
Consumption
70 kWh/m2
The NZEB(Net Zero Energy Building) has incorporated with limit
various sustainability features like Integrated Passive and
Active Cooling Daylighting Controls Vacancy Sensor of Lights 3-1 building aspect ratio
Massing
Insulated Walls and Roof Task Ambient Lighting System 20% WWR
HVAC Controls Plug Load Controls Optimised Window
Glazing Dimming control of lighting
RENEWABLE ENERGY Lighting LPD 6.0W/m2
50% roof covered with 27
Occupancy sensor controls
kW PV panels tilted at 23º
facing south for on-site
30% reduction and occupancy sensor
generation equivalent to Plug load
controls
70kWh/m2/yr.

Direct evaporative system

HVAC Adaptive thermal comfort standard
CO2 control of outside air

PV panels 50% roof coverage

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BUILDING AND SYSTEM LEVEL SENSORS

There are 357 sensors for building level and system-level monitoring
which are connected with BMS. These are used to measure dry bulb
temperature, relative humidity, the surface temperature of the envelope,
globe temperature, occupancy, and CO2 at a 1-minute interval. They help
in monitoring and controlling the systems in the building. The data is
Actual energy consumption vs. generation through PV panels for the
stored and can be accessed and visualized using BMS. year 2016 (Vaidya & Chatti, 2017)
MATERIALS USED IN NZEB (Net Zero Energy Building)

ROOF FLOOR ISOMETRIC SECTION FIRST FLOOR ISOMETRIC SECTION BASEMENT WALL ISOMETRIC SECTION WINDOW ISOMETRIC SECTION

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REFERENCES

https://carbse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/NZEB-Report.pdf
https://carbse.org/net-zero-energy-building/
https://nzeb.in/case-studies/nzebs-in-india/nzebs-in-india-case-studies-list/cept-case-study/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEPT_University

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