CENTRE

OF
EXCELLENCE
FOR SUSTAINABLE HABITATS
BACKGROUND Although significance of energy efficiency in
the Indian buildings sector has been well
The two primary components of energy
efficient envelope for buildings are:
THE CHALLENGES

1
established in the last few years, it has still not PENETRATION OF GLARE FREE
India is pacing on its development path and is presently one of the fastest growing economies in the become an integral part of the construction NATURAL LIGHT Unavailability
34%
world. The two key activity drivers that influence the energy demand in a country- population and of the overall
electricity industry.
GDP, have seen a rapid growth in the last few years and are projected to climb higher in the coming consumption is of coherent databases
years. This fast pace growth rate is resulting in rapid urbanisation, high demand for infrastructure and
buildings and thus an increasing demand for energy. The building sector (comprising of residential
by the building
sector (from utilities)
At present the stock
of energy efcient
2 EFFECTIVE THERMAL BARRIER
BETWEEN INDOOR & OUTDOOR
CONDITION
for accurate and robust
and commercial sectors) contribution to the overall electricity consumption (from utilities) has grown
from 15% in the year 1970-71 to 34% in year 2010-11. buildings in India evaluation before real
Out of various other building components,
comprises of just 1% the Building Envelope - walls, roofs, windows scale adaptation
It has been estimated that the area of building stock in India in the year 2011 is of the total building and skylights - is responsible for about 25%
11,627 Mn sqm. As per a report of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors stock. of all building energy use, but can impact up
(RICS), 4,127 Mn sqm of real estate space (which includes residential, retail,
to 42% of Residential use and 57% of Lack of suitable
ofces, hotels, health care and education sectors) is expected to be built between
2012 and 2020 which is approximately construction of an average of 460 Mn sqm 28% 72%
Majority of the buildings constructed in the
country are not responsive to the climate.
Commercial use. performance matrices
consumption by consumption by
of real estate space per year. This real estate demand will be led by the commercial sector residential sector This insensitive approach towards climatic Looking at the scenario given by the survey
residential sector buildings. This fast paced growth of the Indian building stock is done by RICS, it is quite clear that a large
likely to result in an enormous demand for energy in the near future.
requirements while constructing buildings is
number of new infrastructure is to be built in Lack of standardisation
60%
of the total consumption
resulting in buildings that are guzzlers of
energy. Indian building sector offers a huge order to meet the growing demand of and measured
At present the building sector consumes 34% of the overall electricity consumption (from utilities) by is consumed by fans and
potential for energy efficiency and unless this economic growth and population. Thus it is
the country, out of which almost 72% is consumed by the residential sector. A closer look at the
lighting
potential is realised, the building sector will quintessential to first carry out research on performance data
electricity consumption pattern of the residential sector shows that fans and lighting consume more building envelope, i.e., on better fenestration
emerge as a giant energy consumer and
than 60% of total the consumption. As per a study2, the average household will consume five times
would pose serious threats to India's future design for glare free daylight, adequate
more electricity in 2020 than in 2000. For the commercial sector, based on available information and
ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY SAVING POTENTIAL OF BUILDING STOCK (2021) energy scenario. shading to block heat ingress from solar SES
logical assumptions, estimation has been made to get a broad understanding of the electricity TABA
radiation and energy efficient material and DA
consumption by commercial sector in 2021. This estimation shows that if buildings continue to be

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It is well established that energy efficiency

COHEREN
200,000 174,069 construction technology for effective
built and operated in the conventional manner, electricity consumption by commercial buildings starts with the building envelope - the
150,000 thermal barrier.

GWh
may increase by more than 3 times by 2021. 90,014 75,356
100,000 physical separator between the interior and
50,000 8,699 the exterior environments of a building. It A number of critical barriers to envelope
Buildings sector in India offers a huge potential for electricity savings by use of efficient appliances
0
and implementing other energy efficiency features in the building design and systems. As per a Existing In Upcoming Through serves as the outer shell to help maintain the energy efficiency exist in India. At the
Buildings Buildings Energy Efficient
World Bank Study3, electricity savings of 75,356 GWh can be achieved in 2021 by using energy (through retro tting) (2015 - 2021) Appliances indoor environment (together with the highest level, these barriers are related to
efficient household appliances. The following figure represents the estimated electricity saving COMMERCIAL SECTOR RESIDENTIAL SECTOR TOTAL mechanical conditioning systems) and technology cost and performance, policy,
potential of the overall building stock in 2021. facilitate its climate control. and lack of information, tools and training.
 VISION & OBJECTIVE

'Mahindra TERI
Centre of Excellence (CoE) The objective
for Sustainable Habitats' of the CoE is to
has been established to provide a coherent
develop energy efcient database for
innovative solutions tailored market-ready,
to the Indian building sector scalable & viable
and climates. technologies
and materials.

The CoE has been established at TERI's Gwal Pahari campus in Gurgaon
and will be fully operational from April 2018.

It would also develop an effective dissemination strategy for energy

efficient envelope design and water use for sustainable habitats. The
thrust on a systems approach will be aided by research areas that include
the use of state-of-the-art methods and tools for performance evaluation.
This research will put scale to the implementation of energy efficient
building solutions, generation of performance data and metrics to assess
building stock, and the benefits of new technology deployment in India.

The findings of the research will be validated on existing and projects

under construction, prior to its dissemination.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, OUTCOMES AND OUTREACH
RESEARCH OUTCOMES
Activity 1 | Module 1 Online database of thermo-physical properties of
Material Testing & Database Building * various walling and roofing materials
Activity 2 | Module 1 Ÿ Online database containing measured and
Performance Evaluation of derived thermal properties of construction
Opaque Construction Materials * assemblies
Ÿ Inclusion of recent constructions in codes
(National Building Codes etc.)
Ÿ Inputs to user guide book for Energy
Conservation Building Codes (ECBC)
implementation cells in states/centre
Activity 2 | Module 2 Guidelines based on design parameters of the
Performance Evaluation of
Integrated Daylight Systems
daylight systems, orientations and seasonal
variations for a building facade in Indian condition
CoE FRAMEWORK IMPACT
As the research activities are focused on Building Materials, Building Envelope The functioning of the CoE is through a tiered approach to implement, review and ensure
Studies, Comfort Studies, Sustainable Water Use in Habitats; the outcomes are deliverables. The Impact CoE research levers on the Real Estate Industry
in the form of: Mainstream sustainable housing by offering
The Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) and Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) have been
wide range of indigenous materials with their
formed for seamless functioning and constitutes members from TERI and Mahindra Lifespaces.
thermal efciencies, scalability and affordability
OUTCOMES
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC*) has been formed by getting industry
Policy briefs for State leaders/practitioners on board, who will provide a technical oversight to the project activities, Build a strong business case to build green,
increase the supply, increase the demand by
which is committed to research in low cost and sustainable housing building materials and
and Central Ministries technologies to set industry benchmarks.
making consumers aware
The members of the TAC are: Reduce the impact of the real estate footprint by
Design Guidelines for Mr Sandeep Shrivastava Prof. B.S. Murty
developing future development (70% of yet to be
build) as green footprint
Developers considering Head Corporate Sustainability and Environment,
Ambuja Cements Limited/ Lafarge
Professor - Department of
Materials Engineering, IIT Madras

Activity 2 | Module 3 Development of empirical co-relations of various

the codes and bye-laws Inuence the suppliers to innovate sustainable
materials, encourage R&D and enable to build
Modelling the Sky * sky models that can improve simulations suiting Mr Prashant Kapoor Mr Yeshwanth Narendar Green Supply chain
the India sky condition
Database will be Principal Industry Specialist, Green Buildings,
IFC Climate Business, Climate Change Group
Director,
Saint-Gobain Research India
Activity 3 | Module 1 Guidelines/templates for selecting building Prepare policy briefs for Central/ State ministries
Thermal Comfort Studies materials for envelope in case of non-air-
conditioned buildings
made available as a to push the agenda of developing green and

Activity 3 | Module 2 Ÿ Guidelines for Glare indices in buildings.

tool on the CoE website Ravi Sarangan
Edi ce Architects
Mr Arun K Tripathi
Director General of
transform the housing industry by 2022

Visual Comfort Studies * Ÿ Policy brief on visual comfort for residential

National Institute of Solar Energy
buildings
Ÿ Design guidelines specific to MLDL
Plugin for
Activity 4 | Module 1, 2, 3
simulation software Subhasis Neogi
Professor - Department of Energy Studies,
Presence from the
University of New South Wales,
Visual Comfort Studies * Jadhavpur University, Kolkata Australia
Activity 5 Guidelines on self-reliant and zero/low discharge
Water Related Activities townships/developments
* The activities are on-going in parallel to the establishment of the CoE. The other activities will commence as per the planned course of the project. * The activities are on-going in parallel to the establishment of the CoE. The other activities will commence as per the planned course of the project.
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