IGBC Chandigarh

Chapter
Volume II

| June 2016

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Snapshots of IGBC Chandigarh Chapter

83 IGBC Members

14 IGBC Individuals Members

9 Student Chapter

72 Registered Project

21 IGBC Accredited
Professionals

Chandigarh Chapter
49.04 million Sq ft Green
Building Footprints

Welcome New Members

Renu Khanna & Associates

Planners Forum

Ado India Pvt Ltd.

Nasa Brain & Spine Centre

Inter Solar Systems Pvt Ltd.

Vidhata Industries Pvt Ltd.

Greenlam Industries Ltd.

Positive Axis

Innovative Housing & Infrastructure

Pvt Ltd.

Asian Plywood Industries

Elite Air Techniques Pvt Ltd.

Content
Snapshots

Key Messages

Chapter Activities

Greening of Interiors:
the IGBC way

Roof top Solar

Photovoltaic Grid Tied
System

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Upcoming Events

Energy Conservation
Code For Town
Planning - Need Of Hour

IGBC Chandigarh Chapter Core Committee Meeting

Snippets

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Environment Day Celebration

Convention on Building Innovative and Disruptive Technology, Chandigarh

In the News

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Session on Waste Management for smart Ludhiana

Green & Smart Offices Workspace & Beyond

Faculty of Architecture, RPETGI

Bamboo Initiative Foundation

Individual Member

Mr Rajesh Sharma
Mr. Dilip Singh Kushwaha
Mr Nagendra Narayan
Mr Manpreet Singh Guliani
Mr Mohammad Laraib Ahmad

Mr Pritpal Singh Ahluwalia

Mr Vivek Mittal
Mr Anshu Kumar
Mr Tajinder Kumar Rana

To join us as a member and participate in Green Building

Movement, please contact CII IGBC Secretariat:
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Mr. Nilesh Ku. Rana (+91 7087190511/ Nilesh.rana@cii.in)

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Key Messages

Dr. Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC &

Chairman Emeritus, AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.

For centuries, Indian way of life has been to build and live in harmony with Nature. The classic examples are ancient temples
and forts; these have survived centuries of floods & earthquakes. Our ancestors had mastered the art of laying stone and creating edifices of incredible splendor and majesty. When industrial revolution came to India, it brought with it the mantra of
Comfort At Any Cost and we took it on with great zeal. Plastics of all varieties came to our land and destroyed our water
reserves. Fossil fuels have been used with scant regard to quality of air we breathe. Thus, in less than sixty years, India has
become one of most water-deficient nation and my birth-place Delhi has become the worlds most polluted city. But all is not
lost! CII launched Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) in 2001. Our headquarter, GBC Hyderabad, became Indias first certified green building, and Worlds Greenest Building in 2003. It is designed using principles of ancient wisdom, and incorporating the state-of-the-art technologies. And we have never looked back.
IGBC Chandigarh Chapter has led the Green Building Movement in India from the front. Its outstanding contribution lies in
starting IGBC student chapters in Punjab & Haryana; getting Punjab Development Authority to give additional 5% FAR incentive for IGBC certified buildings; and inclusion of green parameter in local building bye-laws. Leaders & Members of IGBC
have driven the green building movement in India, with great dedication and commitment. This has brought India on the
World MAP of Green Buildings and Green Infrastructure. Starting with a meagre 20,000 Sq. ft. certified green building (GBC
Hyderabad) in 2003, IGBC today has a registered green building footprint of 360 Crore Sq. ft. (3.6 Billion Sq. ft.), making
India the worlds second largest contributor towards sustainability.
Our mission is that India will celebrate 75 years of independence as worlds number one country, in preserving life on our
beautiful Mother Earth, with 1000 Crore Sq. ft. (10 Billion Sq. ft.) registered green footprint. Then we will hold our heads
high in fulfilling our responsibility of greener earth for our children and for generations not yet born.

Er V Suresh
Chairman, IGBC Policy and Advocacy Committee &
Former CMD, HUDCO

We are all very glad to learn about the impressive array of activities and events being organized by IGBC Chandigarh chapter
in sensitizing public opinion and disseminating information among many stake holders on the green building movement and
expanding the green footprint net work. We need massive efforts in this direction for creating Awareness, Appreciation and
Application modes among the various corporates, builders, developers , agencies and departments to embrace green building philosophies in planning, design, construction and operation and maintenance stages to bring in efficiencies in water
use, energy use and waste management and spread the green cover leading to reduction of carbon foot print. All these efforts
will lead to sustainable development of the built environment with optimum and efficient use of all our natural resources.
This will also pave the way for the recognition among governments and users for incentivizing the green building initiatives.
I wish the efforts all success in exchanging and sharing the efforts for maximum IEC outreach.

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Er A K Jaswal,
Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter &
MD, Hindustan Infrastructure Inc.

India is witnessing tremendous growth in infrastructure development. Due to rapidly urbanization the construction sector is
growing very fast and poses many challenges to preserve the environment. In this direction Indian Green Building council is
playing very important role since 2001 and has opened 20 IGBC Chapters across the country and over 100 student Chapters in various Architect and Engineering colleges till today. The mission of IGBC is to make aware and importance of green
building and to built sustainable environment for all through conferences, exhibitions and training programs. IGBC has
achieved great heights under the leadership of Dr. Prem C Jain and deep involvement of all the council members and other
partners. Today India has registered 3.61 billion Sq.ft of green building footprints and is the second country in the world with
largest green building footprints. The green Buildings which plays a catalytic role in addressing the environmental issues and
concerns. IGBC aspire to cross 10 billion sq.ft of green building footprint in the next 10 years with the sincere support and
efforts of all members and stakeholders including Government & Private sector

Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta

Co-Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter

We feel honored and happy to bring out and place before you the second issue of the newsletter of Chandigarh Chapter of
Indian Green Building Council. The newsletter showcases the humble and dedicated effort made by the Chapter to promote
the cause of local and global sustainability through creating awareness about the role, need and importance of planning,
designing and construction of green built environment. We understand that task is both enormous, complex and stupendous.
It requires total involvement of community and all the stakeholders including government, parastatal agencies, policy makers, developers, builders, architects, engineers, industry, service providers etc. to achieve the goal of making all built
environment green. We are trying to make them all partners make in this endeavor to the best of our limited capability and
capacity.
India, as a nation, is already on the path of rapid economic development and committed to achieve high economic growth
rate. With urban population projected to be 590 million in 2030, McKenzie Global Institute has already projected the need
for creating 700-900 million square meters of built space annually to meet the needs for shelter, working, industry, leisure,
travel etc. for the population that will make urban areas as their preferred place of living. In addition, we are also searching
for options which would help in making our rural habitat more livable and least consumers of energy. To create smart ,
livable, more productive, effective and efficient human settlements, Government of India has already launched number of pan
India initiatives including Smart City Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission, AMRUT, Affordable Housing etc. All this will lead to
creation of large footprints of buildings. With IGBC, under the dynamic chairmanship of Sh P.C. Jain, fixing goal of creating 10
billion square feet of green built space by 2022 ( to make India global leader in Green Rated Buildings on the eave of India
completing 75 years of independence), places great onus and duty on all of us in IGBC to make all possible efforts to achieve
the defined objectives through a well defined vision and mission approach.
Collectively we all can do it and we all shall do it.

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Session on Sustainable & Inclusive Growth: Green Buildings

Friday, April 29 , 2016 Chandigarh
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Chandigarh
Chapter organized a Session on Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: Green Buildings on Friday, April 29,
2016 at CII Northern Region Headquarters, Sector
31-A, Chandigarh. The objective of this session was
to discuss the critical issues and available opportunities to minimize unsustainable development by
committing to Green Buildings and to serve as a
knowledge sharing platform to understand the current and emerging issues and trends in green technologies that would inspire the stakeholders to work
towards creating a sustainable world.

Chief Guest Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Dept. Of Urban Planning, Chandigarh
Administration addressing the participants

Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Dept. Of Urban Planning, Chandigarh Administration and Sh. Jaswant Singh, Chief Town
Planner, Haryana Urban Development Authority were the Chief Guest & Guest of Honour respectively for the session. The
other dignitaries & speaker present during the seminar were Mr A K Jaswal, Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter & MD,
Hindustan Infrastructure Inc, Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter , Col Shailesh Pathak, CEO, Art-N
-Glass Inc. , Mr Abhimanyu Deswal, Director, GLM Infratech Pvt Ltd. , Mr Punit Agarwal, Counsellor, IGBC , Mr Naman Sukhija, Business Architect, Green Tree. The event witnessed participation of over 70 delegates and from various stakeholders
from Industry viz Architects, Builder & Developer, SME, Project Management Consultants, Corporate, etc..

From L to R: Mr Abhimanyu Deswal, Mr Punit Agarwal, Ar Jit Kumar Gupta, Guest of Honour
Sh. Jaswant Singh, CTP, HUDA, Er A K Jaswal, Col Shailesh Pathak, Mr Naman Sukhija during
the technical session

Experts & participants during the sessions

World Water Day Celebration

Session on Water & Smart Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge
Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 Chandigarh
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Chandigarh Chapter along with CII Punjab State Council celebrated World water day by organizing a Session Water
& Smart Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge on Tuesday, March 22,
2016 at CII Northern Region Headquarters, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh. The
objective of this session was to provide an insight into various aspects relating to water and urbanization such as rain water harvesting, sewage treatment plant (STP), water efficient fixture etc. for sustainable development.

Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter

addressing the gathering

The key dignitaries present during the seminar were Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter , Dr
Satnam S Ladhar, Addl. Director (Environment), Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Mr. Nirav B. Saraiya, Consultant - Rain Water Harvesting, N.S. & Associates and Mr Basant Yadav, Consultant PHE, Petrichor Emerging Technologies
(India) Pvt. Ltd. The event witnessed participation of 43 delegates and from various stakeholders from Industry viz Corporate, Developer, SME, Architects, Project Management Consultants etc..
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Interactive & awareness Session on Green Building with MES North Zone Senior Officers
Friday, May 27, 2016 Chandigarh
Interactive & awareness Session was held on Green Building with senior officers of Military Engineer Services (MES) on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Chandigarh. The objective of this session was to
provide an insight into various aspects relating to Green Buildings and its importance in resource
conservation and promoting sustainability.
Mr B K Jain, Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Zone and senior officers of MES North Zone were present
in the interactive session. The Presentation was made by Major Parmila Singh and Ar. Jit Kumar
Gupta, Co-Chairman IGBC Chandigarh Chapter. The Presentation was well received by the participants .

Chief Engineer, MES, Chandigarh Zone & Other Senior

officers during the interactive session

Major Parmila Singh making presentation on Green Building Concepts

Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman IGBC

Chandigarh Chapter presenting IGBC
Coffee Table book to Mr B K Jain, Chief
Engineer MES, Chandigarh Zone

Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman IGBC Chandigarh Chapter making

presentation on Green Building movement in India.

Earth Day Celebration

Interactive session on Environmental Sustainability & Inter-school poster making competition
Thursday, April 21, 2016 Chandigarh
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Chandigarh Chapter along with Young
Indians (Yi) Chandigarh Tricity Chapter celebrated Earth day by organizing
an interactive session on Environmental Sustainability in Government College of Commerce & Business Administration(GCCBA), Chandigarh on
Thursday, 21 March 2016 and an inter-school poster making competition
for students from Class VIII to Class X
The session focused on the need to develop green buildings and an environmentally sustainable society which can fulfil basic needs of the residents
without any harm to the ecology. Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman, IGBC
Chandigarh Chapter and Mr Amit Chugh, Chair-Yi, Chandigarh Tricity Chapter, & Founder and Director, Midas Touch Advisors Pvt Ltd were the key
speaker for the session.

Posters made by Students during inter school poster making competition

For the Poster making competition, over 60 nominations were received from schools in Chandigarh Tricity. The winners of
the competition were felicitated with certificate & Momento in the Session held in GCCBA, Chandigarh. Aanchal of Class X,
Manav Mangal Smart School, Sector 64, Mohali, won the competition followed by Anushka of Class X and Jasmein, a student of Class VIII of the same school at the second and third positions.

Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman IGBC Chandigarh Chapter addressing the gathering on Environment
sustainability & Green Buildings.

Felicitation of winner of Inter School poster making competition

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Interactive Session on Green Building to architects of IIA Jammu & Kashmir Centre
Friday, April 8, 2016 Jammu
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Chandigarh Chapter organized an interactive Session on Green Building to architects
of IIA Jammu & Kashmir Centre on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Jammu. Ar. S.L Suri, Chairman Indian Institute of Architect, J&K
Centre and 12 other eminent architects were present in the interactive session.

Architects during the interactive session

Participants of the session

Visit to Art-N-Glass Inc. Factory, Kala Amb, Himachal Pradesh

Tuesday, 23 Feb 2016
Visit to Art-n-Glass, Kala-amb Himachal Pradesh was organized for the students & teachers of IGBC student chapter NITTTR Chandigarh. Objective of
this visit was to give exposure and learning to the students about the manufacturing related processes & types of glasses. Students were benefitted by
the practical knowledge shared by Col Shailesh Pathak, CEO, Art-n-Glass and
other Art-n-Glass officials.

Students at Art-n-Glass Factory

Col Shailesh Pathak, CEO, Art-n-Glass interacting with the students

Visit to ISB Mohali Campus an IGBC certified Gold Rated Building

To have first-hand feel of green buildings and understand the nuances of design, construction & operation of green buildings,
a visit to Indian School of Business, Mohali Campus an IGBC certified Gold Rated Building was organized for

Architectural Students of Asian School of Architecture & Design Innovations, Kochi on Monday, 1 Feb 2016
Civil engineering students of Khalsa College of Engineering & Technology, Amritsar Punjab on Thursday, 10 March 2016

Ms Richa Verma Manager, ISB and Mr. Pawan Gaur, Manager, interacting with the students about green practices of the ISB campus

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Student Chapter Launch
Considering the role and importance of academic institutions in general and professional institutions in particular in promoting local and global sustainability, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Chandigarh Chapter launched IGBC student
chapter followed by awareness session on Green Building concepts. The objective of launching the student chapter is to
spread awareness on Green Buildings amongst the student community and ignite the idea of green in young minds, thereby
facilitating India to become one of the global leaders in embracing green building concepts.

Khalsa College of Engineering & Technology, Amritsar, Punjab

University of Architecture, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab

Lovely School of Architecture and Design, LPU, Jalandhar, Punjab.

School of Architecture, MMU Sadopur, Ambala, Haryana

Workshop on Bamboo Applications and Technologies

8 12 February 2016, HAS, Sonepat
IGBCs Student Chapter Hindu School of Architecture organized a five day workshop on Bamboo
Application and Technologies in collaboration with IGBC Chandigarh Chapter. Ar Jit Kumar Gupta,
Co-Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter, Mr Pankaj Arora, Director, Bamboo Initiative Foundation
& Dr. Rashmi Ashtt, Director, HSA were the key speaker for the Workshop.

Mr Pankaj Arora, Director, Bamboo Initiative Foundation ,

training the students on uses of bamboo

Students working on applications of Bamboo

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Greening of Interiors: the IGBC way

The Rapid Pace of the growing Construction industry
has raised concerns about sustainable design and
improving the quality of our living environment, with
more designers adopting a sustainable practice in
their project. IGBC Green Interiors is rating primarily
addresses people comfort and well being.

We spend about 90% of our time indoors, breathing the same air
without knowing enough about the quality of indoor environment
that is present throughout the day. On an average, an adult at rest
inhales & exhales approximately 7 to 8 liters (about one-fourth of a
cubic foot) of air per minute. This amounts to more than 10,000
liters (almost 400 cubic feet) of air for the day. Therefore, the indoor air quality (IAQ) and consequential physiological comfort are
of paramount importance for the occupants. Realizing this imperative, world over, designers are exploring opportunities to construct
& design interiors considering these key elements.
Malaxmi Courtyard, IGBC Platinum

Green Buildings
Today, building sector in India is growing at a rapid pace
and contributing immensely to the growth of the National
economy. The sector is expected to grow four-fold in the
next three decades, creating three more new India's.
It is inspiring to witness how the sector has embraced
sustainable design & construction practices in the past
fifteen years. This has facilitated India to stand tall on the
global green buildings map. Today, India with over 3.6
Billion Sq.ft of registered green footprint, has the second Use of bamboo panels for cladding the suspended volume at Puma
Store, IGBC Platinum
largest contribution to the worlds registered green buildings. Green Building Movement in India started with corporate offices; institutional and commercial buildings.
However, in little more than a decade, the green building movement has spread to all types of buildings and
communities. This indeed is a step in the right direction and augurs well for our country.
Tangible Benefits
Incorporating green concepts and techniques in the building sector has helped to address National priorities
like- water efficiency, energy efficiency, reduction in fossil fuel use, handling of consumer waste and conserving
natural resources. But most important is the vast improvement of indoor environmental quality (IEQ), leading
to better health, well-being and productivity of occupants of green buildings.
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Adopting & promoting sustainable interior designs has resulted in multifold benefits, which include the following:

30 to 40% reduction in energy costs

20 to 30% reduction in fresh water requirement
Use of materials that are non-toxic.
Better acoustics & ergonomics

Enhanced Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Use of finishes & coating which have low volatile
organic compounds (VOCs)
Improved health & wellbeing of occupants

IGBC Green Interiors Rating

Against this background, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of CII, constituted a core committee of experts, led by Ar. B R Ajit, Chairman of IGBC Cochin Chapter. The Committee, after series of discussions & deliberations, has developed rating to establish standards in designing Green Interiors. This Rating has been developed
considering the Indian context and the National priorities.
Various sustainable aspects of green interior design are addressed in the IGBC Green Interiors Rating System.
Modules covered in the Rating include- Eco Design Approach, Water Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Interior Materials, Indoor Environment and Innovation in Interior Design. The guidelines detailed under each mandatory requirement & credit enable the design and construction of green interiors of all sizes and types. Different
levels of green building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned for the project.
The scope of IGBC Green Interiors is ideally suited, but not limited to office interior fit-outs, malls, retail spaces,
hotels, restaurants, resorts, IT spaces, banks, hospitals, airports and other commercial buildings. The rating is
applicable for both new and existing interior fit-outs.

A room should never allow the eye to

settle in one place. It should smile at you
and create fantasy. Juan Montoya

Suzlon One Earth, IGBC Platinum

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In little more than a decade, the green

building movement has spread to all types
of buildings and communities. This indeed
is a step in the right direction and augurs
well for our country. It is inspiring to witness how the sector has embraced sustainable design and construction practices
in the past fifteen year

ICICI Bank Madhapur, Platinum Green Interiors

Success Story
ICICI Bank- Madhapur Branch in Hyderabad gained the unique distinction of becoming Indias First IGBC Green
Interiors rated project in India. Today, 10 projects are registered under IGBC Green Interiors Rating System.
Many other projects are in the pipeline. Some of the green features included in ICICI Bank- Madhapur Branch in
Hyderabad, include the following:

Fresh air as per International Standards

CO2 monitoring for occupants wellbeing
Indoor plants to enhance IAQ
Ergonomic design of furniture
Usage of recycled paper
Energy efficient LED lights
No smoking policy
Ample outdoor views
Use of low VOC content finishes - paints & coatings.

Conclusion
IGBC foresees that the next 10 years will be the decade of integrated sustainable built environment. This will
mostly be in the form of large integrated townships, satellite cities, gated communities and campuses with multiple buildings.
This development presents an enormous opportunity to design the interiors as green from day one; this will facilitate in building a greener & healthier India.
*Source - Insite Magazine: April 2016 edition
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Palbachan Singh Sandhu

Partner, Helios Consultant
Member, Indian Green Building Council

Roof top Solar Photovoltaic Grid Tied System

Solar Roof top Photovoltaic Modules Grid tied system is an array of solar panel modules mounted on the roof top
with an arrangement of an invertor/power conditioning units for converting the direct current electricity into the
alternate current for the usage at par with the grid electricity with the same power factor along with PV wiring
with the protective surge devices and also connected to the grid through a bi-directional energy meter which records the production and hence provides the net metering/gross metering reading according to the requirement of
the DISCOM. Original Solar power plants having the conventional battery for storage has gone outdated with the
onset of the new system as the power grid is acting as a storage bank for the solar energy produced by the system.
Solar energy is in abundance and produced with the thermonuclear reactions in the sun and 47% of the total solar
energy reaches the earth which can be harnessed through the use of the Solar PV systems. Biggest challenge of the
industry is to manufacture the cells with higher efficiency with the optimization of the minimum space usage for
the same.
Vision in India: There is an increasing focus on the development of solar energy in India for a variety of reasons,
including our limited conventional energy reserves, their local environmental and social impacts, energy security
issues, energy access, and tackling the challenge of climate change. Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, in particular, is emerging as an extremely attractive option, particularly with abundantly available solar resources, modular
technology and zero fuel costs over 25-30 years of the project life. Considering this, the Government of India has
recently expressed its intent to achieve 100 GW of solar capacity in the country by 2020, of which 40 GW is expected to be achieved through decentralized and rooftop-scale solar projects.
Challenges: The SPV system implemented globally faced many challenges during their initial phases of their implementation; the same should be studied by the MNRE and the respective State wise boards i.e. PEDA, HAREDA,
HIMUDA & others etc. so that the technology in practice should be the latest along with the bottlenecks faced
therein should be incorporated by us in our system. Basically the technology involves the participation of the electricity boards along with the Renewable Energy Boards, the major role in the system is of the electricity board/
DISCOM. Even though the ease of the application as being provided online which in which case becomes an hurdle
for the applicant as well as to the electricity department where the computer illiteracy and connectivity of the
world wide web is still a distant dream. The lack of understanding about the technology in case of the employee of
the electricity boards is becoming a herculean barrier for the progress of the technology and its implementation
even though there is a lucrative incentive of subsidy by the MNRE, GOI as 30% on the domestic as well as the trust
based institutions. Further the schemes in the technology are not implemented universally in the states as given
by the MNRE i.e. Net metering is the only available option in Punjab even though the UT/Other states do provide
an option of Gross as well as Net metering to attract more and more consumers. Further the SPV need to be put up
as a statutory compliance on the construction of new buildings which itself will prove as a major step for the protection of environment.

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Ar. Ahluwalia Pritpal Singh

Walia Creative Architect.
Member, Indian Green Building Council

Energy Conservation Code For Town Planning - Need Of Hour

Orientation has always been considered as the most critical element of design which can be effectively leveraged
to promote high degree of energy efficiency in the built environment by making optimum use of light and energy
provided by the nature and the sun. Orientation, primarily and essentially, is the positioning of a building in a given site considering the pattern of sun path and the main cardinal directions of north, south, east and west besides
prevailing wind direction. Buildings will have to be oriented differently in different climatic zones, considering
the need of ambient conditions required to make living comfortable without the use of active mechanical systems.
Good orientation can go a long way in making homes, industry, commercial buildings etc. highly energy efficient,
making it more comfortable to live in and cheaper to operate . Good orientation, combined with other passive energy efficiency features, can reduce or even eliminate the need for auxiliary heating and cooling, resulting in lower energy bills, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduced carbon footprints besides improved comfort and
healthy indoor air quality.
In North India and places away from coast where the climate is composite in nature, temperature rule very high
in summer and very low in winter with low humidity, except during rainy season. Buildings require high degree
of care while positioning them in site and actually designing them architecturally. Here the prime focus of orienting and designing the buildings will be how to manage sun. While in summer, when day temperature rule high
(above 40o C), the strategy shall be how to keep sun out and how to minimize heat gain by the building envelop.
Accordingly, building have to be oriented in such a way that outer walls of buildings should face the direction
which will have minimum heat intake into the building during the hottest days and maximum heat gain during
winters during the year. Designing walls and openings would be critical for achieving energy efficiency in buildings.
For promoting energy efficiency in the built environment, in addition to the role of Architects, involving Town
planners will also be essential. For designing energy efficient buildings, Architects require building sites which
have optimum orientation and that can be made possible only when layout plans are prepared by Town Planners
considering the orientation of the land of a colony/township etc. Accordingly, Town Planners are also required to
be made integral part of the process of promoting energy efficiency in buildings.
Now in order explain how town planning impact the Energy consumption of building, I would like to take the example of a Township with an area of Approx. 300 acres, which have more than 1500 Plots carved out. The layout
of township is approved by the Town Planning department and the development is done by the developers
based on the conditions prescribed by the local development Authority.

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Main typology of plots provided in the township are

small in area arranged in the shape of row type plotted
development. In majority of cases these plots have orientation with front kept east or west. The plots are
zoned in a manner that buildings are constructed as
row housing. In the row housing, two walls are common
and only two walls(front and rear) are exposed, from
where sun energy can be sourced/harvested for use in
the buildings. In order to have sufficient light, both
front and rear walls have major part covered with the
Glass, windows and Doors. Since in majority of cases these walls are facing east and west, managing sun in buildings remains challenging and difficult, because of low positioning of the sun in these cardinal directions. Sun in
these directions invariably enters in the building during summer bringing too much heat within the building,
making it highly energy inefficient.

Green net cloth covering East and West walls for protection from
Solar heat.

We all know that horizontal shading measures are not effective in

the east and west. Hence due to this Orientation, the horizontal
projections do not restrict the heat to get trapped into the houses.
Vertical fins and louvers are almost absent due to limitation of vision and the restriction of sun light within the building. This pattern of layout plan results in building designs which have high
energy implications and accordingly higher energy bills, higher use
of the Air Conditioners. Even dwelling holder are preferring use of
Green net type cloth to cover complete elevation ( as shown in picture ) to get rid from Solar impact.

In this township this is general practices adopted to mitigate the

adverse impact of solar radiations in such cases. In view of the
above, it becomes critical that layout plans of townships must be
prepared in a manner so that in majority of cases the orientation
of the buildings should be planned facing North and south or on
some most suitable angle. This will go a long way in helping design buildings which are highly energy efficient and least
consumers of energy. While we welcome the Energy conservation Building code I believe that we can save much energy and
make buildings energy efficient, if Government puts in place a
comprehensive set of rules and regulation in Code for the town
planning to promote energy efficient townships.. Town planners
and Town planning department must play a proactive role in
ensuring that all layout plans are prepared keeping in view the
best orientation available in the area. Energy conservation code
for planning of township appears to be the need of hour to save
the environment, promote energy efficiency and sustainability Approved township plan with all plots facing East and West
in the built environment.
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Snippets

In the News...

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Seen from L - R: Col. Shailesh Pathak, Mr. Noor Dasmesh Singh, Dr. Sanjay Kr Sharma , Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, Co-Chairman IGBC
Chandigarh Chapter , Ar. Manmohan Khanna, Er. A K Jaswal, Chairman, IGBC Chandigarh Chapter, Major Gen. (Retd.) TPS Bakhshi ,
Er. G J S Rosha , Mr. Abhimanyu Deswal, Mr Ashish Bhardwaj, Mr Nilesh Kumar Rana

To join any of the subcommittees and participate in the Green Building Movement
or to send your Queries/Suggestions, Please Contact:
Nilesh Kumar Rana
Indian Green Building Council
Confederation of Indian Industry (Northern Region Headquarters)
Block No. 3, Dakshin Marg, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh 160030 (INDIA)
: +91 7087190511| Email : nilesh.rana@cii.in

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