Green rating systems

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SUSTAINABLE SITE
• Enhance outdoor-lighting system efficiency and use
renewable energy system for meeting outdoor lighting
• security lighting,
• street lighting,
• landscape lighting
• façade lighting, and
• parking lighting

• 25 % of total number or 15% of connected load with

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renewable energy
SUSTAINABLE SITE

• Plan utilities efficiently and optimize on-site circulation efficiency

• Integrate and use the existing utility and transportation infrastructure and
capacity to minimize the need for new infrastructure
• Select utility systems in accordance with the established natural system on-site
• Use gravity sewer systems
• Plan utility corridors
• Site utility systems with the landscape
• Analyse the existing road system and networks for parking; pedestrians to
form site circulation patterns
• Design the site plan to minimize the length of primary or secondary
circulation, pedestrian walkways, utility lines, and building footprint
• Improve safety and security
• Plan for the alternative traffic/transportation strategies
• Incorporate the use of telecommunicating strategies 3
SUSTAINABLE SITE
• Provide minimum level of sanitation/safety facilities for construction workers
• Guarding all parts of dangerous machinery
• Precautions for working on machinery
• Maintaining hoists and lifts, lifting machines, chains, ropes, and other lifting tackles
in good condition
• Using durable and reusable formwork systems
• Ensuring that walking surfaces
• Providing protective equipment
• Providing measures to prevent fires
• Providing sufficient and suitable light for working during the night
• Measures to protect workers from materials of construction, transportation,
storage, and other dangers and health hazards
• Safety policies of the construction firm 4

• Decentralized urinals, latrines

Water Consumption

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 Reduction in water consumption
 Buildings
• Efficient fixtures
• Low rate flushes
• Sensor based
• Waterless
• Tap aerators
• Dual pipe plumbing

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 Water use reduction (5)
 Water conservation in landscape (3)
• Efficient irrigation
• Native vegetation
• Xeriscaping

 Construction(2)
• Curing
• Storing

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 Waste water generation
 Aerobic reaction
 Anaerobic digestion
 Root zone treatment
 DEWATS
• Primary treatment: sedimentation and floatation
• Secondary anaerobic treatment in fixed-bed reactors:
baffled upstream reactors or anaerobic filters
• Tertiary aerobic treatment in sub-surface flow filters
• Tertiary aerobic treatment in polishing ponds

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DEWATS

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 Energy management
 Reduce conventional energy
 Louvers and shading
 Day light simulation
• 75% area with minimum light under overcast

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Energy Management: Fully air conditioned

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 Energy management (12)
 Comfort level
 BEE – energy conservation code 2007
 Comfort condition in NBC met
• 90% of occupied hours for composite, moderate and
hot dry climate
• 60% of occupied hours for warm humid climate

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 Use of Flyash (6)
 PPC
 High volume flyash concrete
 Cellular light weight concrete block
 Flyash based polymer composites
 Fly ash sand line gypsum brick
• 7 to 25 Mpa
 Clay flyash bricks
• 20 – 60%

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 Adopt energy efficient technology (4)
 Pre cast
 Stabilised earth block
 Precast
• Stone block
• Hollow block
 Rat trap bond

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 Low energy materials (4)
 70% of the interior furnishings
• Recycled products
• Engineered wood
• Rapidly renewable materials
• Industrial waste
• Low embodied energy

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 Renewable energy (3)
 Energy source
• <50%
• 50 -70%
• >70%

 Load requirement

 Solar collectors

 Safety
• Vacuum release valve
• Back up heater
• Temperature 50-60 degree C
• Sizing for 1 day consumption

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 Water recycle and reuse
 Reuse
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• recharge

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 Waste management
 Waste reduction in cosntruction (2)
• Segregation
• Recycling and safe disposal

 Waste segregation (2)

 Resource recovery (2)

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- Transforms building into a healthier
environment

- Lower operating costs and increase

asset value

- Reduces waste, greenhouse emissions,

and conserves energy and water

- Recognition for commitment to

environmental responsibility
 What is LEED?
 Measuring Tool for Building Owners and
Operators

 Promotes a Whole Building Approach in 5 Key

Areas of Human & Environmental Health

 Sustainable Site Development

 Water Savings
 Energy Efficiency
 Material Selection
 Indoor Environmental Quality
Current LEED™ Programs

LEED-NC New Construction

LEED-EB Existing Building
LEED-CI Commercial Interiors
LEED-CS Core & Shell
LEED-S Schools
LEED-H Homes
LEED-ND Neighborhood Development
 LEED™ Certification Levels - NC

Level Points Required

Certified 26-32

Silver 33-38

Gold 39-51

Platinum 52-69
 LEED™ Point Distribution - NC

Area of Measurement Credits Points

Sustainable Sites 8 14
Water Efficiency 3 5
Energy & Atmosphere 6 17
Materials & Resources 7 13
Indoor Environmental Quality 8 15
Innovation & Design Process 1 5
Total 33 69
 Potential Points Contribution - NC

Area of Measurement Credit Points

Indoor Environmental Quality
Low-Emitting Materials, Adhesives & Sealants EQ 4.1 1
Materials & Resources
Recycled Materials -10% MR 4.1 1
Recycled Materials - 20% MR 4.2 1
Regional Materials (500 miles) -10% MR 5.1 1
Regional Materials (500 miles) - 20% MR 5.2 1
 Elements of Sustainable Habitat
Built Environment

Buildings Surroundings

Choice of materials Optimal allocation of land

Location of Building Transport systems

and infrastructure
Smart Buildings (bldgs. as
generators of energy) Environmental management
- Water & waste
Efficient appliances and fixtures
Energy security – renewable
sources and energy efficiency
 Energy balance
Sustainable Energy

Demand Supply

• Day lighting integration in Energy generation

External lighting
design (Street, landscaping, architectural) from RE energy
• Natural ventilation /
thermal comfort • Solar
• Efficient building envelop Building lighting • Wind
(Day lighting &Artificial lighting)
design • Bio Gas
• Geo thermal
• Efficient indoor and Building space
conditioning
external lighting fixtures
• Automatic controls
• Efficient HVAC systems Equipment
(Transformer/pumps/motors etc.)
• Equipment to meet ECBC
standards
Energy
Demand Reduction:
 Design of energy efficient buildings, energy efficient street
lighting, pumping and other site infrastructure facilities.
 Reduce the total amount of energy (kWh) required from the local
Municipal grid/Diesel gensets by at least 25 per cent. – Mandatory

Supply Optimization:
 Generation of clean energy on site to reduce the dependence on
grid electricity.
 Design the development to be self-sufficient in its annual energy
requirement. - Optional
Police Training School, Turuchi, Tasgaon
 Visibility of green building through implementation of RE
 21.5% of internal lighting annual energy requirements met by renewables.
 28,105 kWh electricity generated from 1kVA of solar power and 13 windmills
with power capacity of 5.5kW each.
 Energy savings compared to GRIHA benchmark: 31%

GRIHA Rated
 University of Petroleum and Energy
Studies, Dehradun
 30.1% of internal lighting annual energy requirements met by solar lighting.
 100 kWP Renewable energy installed on site
 95.3% annual energy saved by solar hot water system
 Energy savings compared to GRIHA benchmark: 42.7%

GRIHA Rated
 Building Efficiency / Green Buildings
Commercial Sector

Hospitals Hospitality Office Education Shops Shopping Malls

From
2000 Area under Area under Area under Area under Area under All shopping
AC AC AC AC AC malls will
- (X 4 times) (X 1.2 (X 2 times) (X 3 times) (X 2 times) continue to be
2030 times) AC

 Energy consumption is likely to increase 18 times,

 With 5-8% of EPI and low carbon intervention saving of 2.5 times
is possible by 2030
 Kyoto, Japan

 Six action plans in Kyoto

 Walkable city, Kyoto
 Kyoto-style buildings & forest
development
 Low carbon lifestyle
 Decarbonization of Industries
 Comprehensive use of renewable energy
 Establishment of a Funding mechanism
Indian context
 Urbanization
 No of large cities to increase
 Energy security : fuel import dependency, coal
dependency increasing
 Energy shortages already, low per capita energy
consumption; environmental considerations
 Sustainable habitats
 Integrated planning esp. for cities
 Self-sufficient neighborhood
Elements contributing to sustainable
habitat
 Density: It is the concentration of population, dwelling units, employment or
any other variable over a specific area which can be either gross or net

 Design: the street network which is pedestrian oriented rather than auto and
whose characteristics include side walk, inter connection with in the streets,
number of intersection, pedestrian crossing, street lighting

 Diversity: It is a measure of variety of land uses present in a given area on

the basis of floor area, employment and land area

 Distance to transit: the average of the shortest street routes from

home or work to the nearest rail stations and bus stops

 Destination accessibility: the ease with which one can access the
trip attraction to both local (market) and regional (jobs) destinations
 Generalised framework

Density Diversity Design Distance to Transit Destination Accessibility

Walkability Transit Use Vehicle Miles Travelled

INCREASED DECREASED

Controlled built environment

Transit Oriented Development

Lower dependence on non renewable resources (creating energy security)

Reduced GHG emissions

Source: Travel & Built Environment: A Meta Analysis, Reid Ewing and Robert Cervero
Building Research Establishment Environmental
Assessment Methodology
– BREEAM New Construction

– BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment

– BREEAM Communities

– BREEAM In-Use

– Code for Sustainable Homes

– BREEAM International
Life cycle stages of BREEAM

Communities New Construction

Demolition In-Use

In-Use Refurb.
Categories assessed within BREEAM In-Use

Materials
Water Pollution

Management

Waste

Health and
wellbeing
Transport

Land use &

Energy ecology
Weightings and Star Ratings

• Each environmental issue is weighted differently

• BREEAM In-Use provides Star Ratings which vary between 1-6.

<10% UNCLASSIFIED

>10% ACCEPTABLE

>25% PASS

>40% GOOD

>55% VERY GOOD

>70% EXCELLENT

>85% OUTSTANDING