The Energy and resources

institute earlier known as Tata

Energy Resources Institute

Project details

A powerful and effective

combination of modern
science and traditional
knowledge.

Site location
: 30 km south of Delhi, in northern Haryana at GUAL PAHARI
Site includes : Forestry , Micro propagation technology park (MTP) , Patchy greens,
Retreat centre ,
Golf range , Golf Course
Site area
: 36 hectares
Climate
: Composite
Building type : Institutional
Architects
: Sanjay Prakash and Teri
Year of start/completion
:19972000
Cost of the project Civil works : Rs 23.6 million; Electrical works - Rs 2.5 million
Cost of various technologies : Rs 18.54 million

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SITE
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RETREAT
CENTRE

Residential training facility for executives

Self sufficent & independent of external supply
Two seminar blocks one behind the other
South block comprises of 24 single occupancy & 6
suites
north block comprises the conference hall for 100
people with
dining space with kitchen, recreational area ,
computer room and
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GEOMETRY OF THE BLOCK

The north block is made
slightly concave towards
the front. South forms a
hybrid convex surface
facing the winter sun.
The point of the south
block broadly falls on the
surface of large imaginary
cones that generated the
slightly free geometry &
this allow the architecture
to break away the grid iron
apporach normally
associated with solar
architecture.

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BASIC DESIGN VECTORS

To integrate functionality of building with energy
applications.
To minimize energy demand in the building through
architectural intervention. (eg. Passive concepts such as
solar radiation, lattice work for shading, insulation and
landscaping).
To meet the space conditioning and lighting demands
through energy efficient system.
To meet the electric energy demands using renewable
energy sources

Solar lights used in

gardens

Solar street
lights

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DESIGN
FEATURES
Roof insulated with vermiculite concrete and china mosaic
white finish.
Insulated walls using expanded polystyrene insulation.

Vermiculite concrete
China mosaic white finishpolystyrene insulation

skylights

Shading devices and fenestration have been designed to

cut off summer
sun & let in winter sun.
Glare free day lights used through specially designed
skylights.

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 Building designed as such wind direction can be redirected.

Deciduous trees used in the south to shade the building in
summers.
in winters these shed their leaves thus letting in winter sun
Building oriented along east west axis so as to have
maximum exposure
along north-south.
South side partially sunk into ground to reduce heat gains
and loses.
East and west devoid of opening are shaded

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ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEM

(Four
tunnels of 70m long and 70cm diameter layed at a
EAT)
depth of 4m.

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Solar chimney

EARTH AIR TUNNEL (EAT

Four fans of 2 hp each force force the air in and solar

chimney force the air out of the rooms.
Temp. remains 26 C 4m deep in gurgaon throught year.
Rooms cooled at 28 C when temp. is 40 degree during
daytime in summers.
In winters temp. recorded was 22 degree when the ambient
temp. was 10 degree Celsius.

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AMMONIA ABSORPTION
CHILLERS
A set of eco-friendly chillers

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run on LPG and require

minimum energy 9kw.
As LPG is non-renewable
sources of energy so efforts
are made to run the chillers
on producer gas generated by
wood burning gasifires.
For conference hall of 100
people temperature requires
less than 25 degree Celsius
which can be attained by
these chillers.

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ENERGY EFFICIENT
LIGHTENING
Uses energy efficient compact

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fluorescent lamps in the

residential quarters, corridors,
lobby & toilets.
The conference rooms enjoy
glare free daylight through
skylights.
Time based controls switch off
lights at present time.
skylights

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ROOT ZONE SYSTEM

PHRAGMITES PLANT

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WATER COLLECTING
SYSTEM

Waste water is recycled by root zone technique in which

the roots of phragmites plants with special capabilities of
collecting the waste at the roots are used to clean the
water which is used for irrigation. It cleans 5metre cube of
water every day.
Water harvesting and watershed management are
proposed in entire area.

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RENEWABLE ENERGY
SYSTEM
SOLAR HOT WATER PANELS

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24 hot water panel forms a

part of parapet walls inclined
at 70 degree instead of 45
degree.
Fulfills the daily
requirement of 2000 litres
daily at 65 degree celsius.
In winters gas derived from
burning twigs, dry leaves etc.
serves as a back up source
to heat the water.

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BIOMASS GASIFIER
SYSTEM
The biomass gasifier is the main

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source of power during the day

Apart from fuelwood, the gasifier can
also use straw, small twigs and
branches, and other crop residue. To
make such fuel easy to handle, it is
chopped into small pieces which are
pressed together to form compact
cakes or briquettes. The 50-kilowatt
gasifier runs a generator, whose
diesel requirements have been cut
down to 30% after appropriate
modifications; the rest of the fuel
comes from the gasifier in the form of
producer gas. One unit of electricity
produced needs 1 kg biomass and 90
ml of diesel.

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Solar water heater taps the suns energy

Photovoltaic panels
directly, a series of photovoltaic panels
capture the energy and store it by
charging a bank of batteries. A number
of panels, each measuring 1.1 by 1.2
metres, are joined and form an integral
part of the roof of the building. The
panels can generate up to 10.7
kilowatts peak of energy, which is fed
into a 900 ampere-hour/240 volt
battery bank. Independent panels power
most of the lights located outside the
building. Each such light has a pair of
small photovoltaic panels (roughly a
metre wide and half a metre tall) and is
thus a self-sufficient stand-alone unit.
The sun is the powering force of
RETREAT, where solar panels are used
to form a 'solar roof'

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Photovoltaic panels also run a

water pump

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ABHINAV
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GAURAV YADAV

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