CII-SOHRABJI GODREJ BUSINESS CENTRE

INTRODUCTION

• CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII Godrej GBC), cozily nestled close to
Shilparamam, is the first LEED Platinum rated green building in India.

• The building is a perfect blend of India’s rich architectural splendor and technological innovations,
incorporating traditional concepts into modern and contemporary architecture

• The green building boasts a 50% saving in overall energy consumption, 35 % reduction in potable
water consumption and usage of 80% of recycled / recyclable material.
Most importantly, the building has enabled the widespread green building movement in India.
SITING AND DESIGN STRUCTURE EFFICIENCY
LOCATION
CII BUSINESS CENTER

FRONT SETBACK : 10M

BACK SETBACK : 16M
 WINTER
CLIMATE • Warm breeze that picks up heat from the vast expanse
of barren land in the surroundings.
• Cooled by the presence of Greenery and further by the
water body to the North.
• Harsh west heat filtered and partially blocked by the
landscape and the plantations in the west.
• Orientation of the buildings capitalize on all favorable
conditions on site and measures have been taken to fix
the problems on site.
SUMMER
• Cooled air is retained and circulated within the site
and prevented from escaping by landscape on all
sides.
• There is circulation of wind within the site along the
circular exteriors of the building- easy flow.
• Warm breeze from the South West gets filtered and
cooled by the presence of lush greene
KEY GREEN FEATURES
ACCESSIBILITY

• Main entrance located at the main road

• Surrounded by Medium Rise commercial
buildings (under construction)
• The main building has direct access from the
main road, But the entrance to it is from the
inside to ensure privacy and security
PARKING
• Bicycle riders are treated preferentially - convenient parking, lockers,
shower cleaning
• 30 % of employee transportation: carpools, bicycles, and LPG cars
• Use of battery operated vehicles encouraged - Charging stations available
• The documented reduction of harmful emissions achieved is 62 %
• Encourage building occupants to minimize their reliance on fossil fuel-
based transportation.
ZONING OF SPACES
Zoning done by HIERARCHY in
terms of PRIVACY
• PUBLIC-red- Reception, Library
• SEMI PUBLIC – Pink-Administration,
Office for employees
• SEMI PRIVATE – blue-Seminar hall
• PRIVATE –yellow- Conference rooms,
Cabins for Senior Executives
• COMMON AREAS –dark yellow– for
circulation and gathering
COURTYARD
• Arrangement of spaces according to size to
create balance Courtyard as central Focal Point
• Use of green spaces to fill in voids between
solids.
• Courtyard space was not rigidly fixed but could
be adaptable
• depending on the time of day, season Centrally
located, serves as visual anchor.. It was the
spatial, social, and environment control center
of the home.
• By building them around a central open space
ensured close relationships between separate
units
Preservation and transplantation of
trees
• Most of the natural vegetation was tried to preserve and many new
species are now planted at the site.
• There are more than 160 species of vegetation available on site. use of
native species is promoted as they have more adaptability to the climate
and have less water requirement.

Heat Island reduction

• A heat island is an area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding
areas due to human activities.
• Heat island effect is countered at side by using shades from trees, grass
pavers, grid pavers and high SRI tiles on roof and planting vegetation
on roof.
Energy efficiency
Roof Garden
• Absorbing heat and radiating it
HEAT into the building. This is
ABSORBED minimized through the roof
gardens covering 55% of the roof
area.

RAIN WATER
HARVESTING
• Seepage into the ground have
Rain water absorbed used for different
been installed in pedestrian
purposes
areas and parking.
 Natural Lighting
• Natural light deflection systems can
direct light deep into the room and
ensure better natural lighting
provisions.
Usage of Light Glazing and Vision Glazing
• The double glazed glass will just allow
the diffused sunlight to pass through and
will radiate the solar radiation back. It is
located in the western direction because
the suns rays is highly radiant when it is
setting.
Use of Traditional Jalli
• Jallis or Lattice walls are used
to prevent glare and heat gain
while ensuring adequate day
lighting and views. The jalli,
used in many historic buildings
such as the Taj Mahal, gives
definition and an aesthetic
appeal to a space.

Jalli [Perforated] for bringing in Natural

Light and also Ventilation
Function of Jali in the
rains.
Rain
water Water
seeps utilized
in the for the
openin plants
gs inside.
.

SECTION THROUGH THE JALI

Solar system
• Harvesting of solar energy - 20% of
the buildings energy requirement is
catered to by solar photovoltaic
• The Solar PV has an installed
capacity of 23.5 KW
• Average generation is 1 00 -12 5
units per day

SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAIC
• The solar panels are placed
on the eastern side and they
are sloping which helps
production of energy
throughout the day and as it is
a commercial building more
amount of energy is
consumed during the working
hours [day] compared to the
evenings.

SOLAR
PANELS
 • Wind tower with evaporative
Wind System cooling

• A combination of sensible cooling in the ground and evaporative cooling with

the flow of air induced by the wind tower can be achieved by a configuration as
shown. The heat loss from air results in a decreased air temperature, but no
change in the water vapour content of the air.
WIND TOWER DIAGRAM
DAYTIME AND NIGHT TIME OPERATION OF
A WIND TOWER

• During night the reverse happens; due to

• The hot ambient air enters the tower
warm surface of wind tower and drop in
through the openings in the tower and is
temperature of ambient air due to
cooled, when it comes in contact with
buoyancy effect, warm air rises
the cool tower and thus becomes
upwards. As a result, cooler ambient air
heavier and sinks down. When an inlet is
is sucked into the room through the
provided to the rooms with an outlet on
window. As a b y e - product of this
the other side, there is a draft of cool
process, wind tower l o se s the heat that
air. After a whole of heat exchange, the
was collected during the day time and it
wind towers become warm in the
becomes ready for use in cold condition
evening.
up to the morning.
EARTH SHELTERING
• It is a an ancient architectural practice of using earth against building walls/ roof
for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady
indoor air temperature.
• Roof Gardens cover 55 % of the exposed roof area of the building – high
reduction of heat gain
 WATER MANAGEMENT
RAIN WATER HARVESTING:
• Some rainwater goes into the soil by the use of permeable grid pavers.
• The remaining rainwater follows existing flow.
• Patterns and is collected in a water pond.
• Another traditional method of rain water harvesting, constructed at a lower end of
the site.
• In addition, the building achieves a 35 % reduction of municipally supplied
potable water.
• Use of low-flush toilets and waterless urinals.

RAIN WATER HARVESTING POND

• Efficient plumbing fixtures are
used and water free urinals are
installed.
DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE PLANTS:
• Drip irrigation is used for the
plants and sprinkler system is
installed for the turf area.
• Native species and drought
tolerant species are preferred
over foreign species as they
are have more adaptability to
the environmental conditions
and they require less amount
of water for their growth
• Soil moisture sensors are
installed which sense the
moisture present in the soil and
automatically shut-off the
water supply.
WATER SYSTEM:
• Collect rainwater for external use i.e. garden/washing car.
• Us e water conserving appliances including toilets, shower, taps, washing
machine and dish washer e.g.. Low flow faucets, water saving dual flush tanks
• Reduce irrigation and surface water run-off .

RAIN WATER

Inlet for Water filter Outlet for water

water collection
Slope given for the
• Project has less than 10% total turf water flow
area .turf area is kept less to reduce the
water requirement • Root way water treatment facility – natural way
of treating black and grey water
WASTE WATER TREATMENT AND REUSE:
• 100% waste water is treated at
the site using Phytoremediation
technology.
• Phytoremediation is the direct
use of living green plants for in
situ, or in place for removal,
degradation, or containment of
contaminants in waste water.
• It can be used to treat any type
of contaminant in
environmental and climatic
conditions.

PHYTOREMEDIATION PLANT
WORKING PROCESS
• Combination of selected species are grown near the septic tank made for
storage of waste water. Species used at the site
AT FLITRATION POND

PARAKEET FLOWER PAPYRUS ALLIGATOR FLAG

AT POLISHING POND

GAINT TARO INDIAN SHOT POWDERY THALA

ZERO WATER DISCHARGE BUILDING
• System 35% reduction in potable water use low
flow water fixtures,waterless urinals.
• Use of storm water and recycled water for
irrigation.

Entire waste water in the building is treated

biologically through a process called the 'Root
Zone Treatment

ROOT ZONE TREATMENT

• It is artificially prepared wetlands comprising
of clay or plastic lined excavation and
emergent vegetation growing on gravel/sand
mixtures
 MATERIAL EFFICIENCY
• Building materials and resources used in
the construction and operation have a great
impact on the environmental conditions.
The building is made up of fly-ash bricks
and fly-ash cement which is made up of
industrial waste, i.e. fly-ash.
• The roof lawn trays are made entirely of
recycled plastic waste.
• Instead of conventional ply or wood, this
project uses a composite agro-board
manufactured from bagasse (Sugarcane
waste)
SEGREGATION OF WASTE
AND ARTIFICIAL COMPOSTER
• The daily waste is segregated into five categories:
• Paper Waste
• Food Waste
• Plastic Waste
• Metal Waste
• Glass Waste
• Food waste is artificially decomposed to make manure and all
other types of waste are sent for recycling.

• The ceramic tiles used for flooring have

culets, broken tiles, Paper etc.
BAGASSE BOARD – by product of sugarcane industry-a good substitute for plywood
or Particle Board
• It has wide usage for making partitions, furniture etc.
• Eco-friendly method - does not involve any harm to the timbers, unlike plywood.
• Used for furniture in interiors of the building.
 INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ)
-Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and
structures, as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants.
- Understanding and controlling common pollutants indoors can help reduce your risk of
indoor health concerns.
-Health effects from indoor air pollutants may be experienced soon after exposure or,
possibly, years later.

IAQ IN SOHRABJI GODREJ GREEN

BUSINESS CENTER
• Indoor air quality is continuously monitored and a minimum fresh air is pumped into air
conditioned spaces at all times.
• Fresh air is also drawn into the building through wind towers. The use of low volatile organic
compound (VOC) paints and coatings, adhesives, sealents and carpets also helps to improve air
quality.
CONCLUSION

• Apart from the waste during construction of the building, water waste and energy waste
management CII has initiative that facilitates use of urban and industrial waste as alternative fuel
and raw materials (AFR) in indian cement industry, the main objective of the initiative is to
facilitate waste exchange and promote sustainable waste management practices. This initiative will
support the nation in reducing its overall carbon emission.
THANK YOU

PRANAYA 16031AA054
NANDARAJ 16031AA057
RACHANA 16031AA059
ARCHANA 16031AA077