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Cii Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center - SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

The CII Godrej Green Business Center in Hyderabad uses various green building design features to reduce its environmental impact. These include a central courtyard to allow natural light and ventilation, roof gardens to lower heat absorption, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting. It has achieved LEED Platinum certification for its efficient use of energy, water, and materials. The building aims to provide a healthier indoor environment for occupants while minimizing pollution and waste generation through sustainable construction and operation.

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Cii Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center - SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

The CII Godrej Green Business Center in Hyderabad uses various green building design features to reduce its environmental impact. These include a central courtyard to allow natural light and ventilation, roof gardens to lower heat absorption, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting. It has achieved LEED Platinum certification for its efficient use of energy, water, and materials. The building aims to provide a healthier indoor environment for occupants while minimizing pollution and waste generation through sustainable construction and operation.

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CII SOHRABJI GODREJ GREEN BUSINESS CENTER

LOCATION : HYDERABAD
BRYSON SOLOMON.R
INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES OF GREEN BUILDING
•Green Buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact
• Green building (also known as green construction
or sustainable building)expands and complements on human health and the natural environment by the
the building design concerns of economy, utility,
following ways:
durability, and comfort.
• A Green Building is one which uses less water, • Using energy, water and other resources
optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural
resources, generates less waste and provides efficiently.
healthier space for occupants as compared to
• By reducing waste, pollution, and
conventional buildings.
environmental degradation.

IGBC GREEN HOUSE RATING SYSTEM • The various levels of rating awarded are:

Certification Level Recognition


• SITE SELECTION AND PLANNING
• WATER EFFICIENCY Certified Best Practices

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Silver Outstanding Performance
• MATERIAL AND RESOURCES
• INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Gold National Excellence
• INNOVATION AND DESIGN PROCESS
Platinum Global Leadership
HYDERABAD

• Climate : Tropical wet and dry


climate.
• Hyderabad is the capital of
Andhra Pradesh and it’s the
one of the fastest growing
economic state in india.
• The city is elevated at the
height of 544 meter from the
sea level.
• Maximum temperature is 42°C
and minimum temperature is
13°C.
• Annual rainfall : 79cm
Hyderabad –
climatic condition

• It remains warm most of the years.


• Receive less rainfall during
monsoon.
• Temperature reduces to very low
in the month of December and
January.
• Monsoon months are June to
November, temperature reduces
twice.
• The weather and climate of
Hyderabad mostly remains
moderate.
• June to October the sky remains
cloudy.
CII SOHRABJI
GODREJ GREEN
BUSINESS CENTER

• The building is a commercial


center which comes under
green building.
• The structure is certified as
leed platinum rated building.
• The main characteristic
features of the center is,
• economical,
• energy – saving,
• environmentally friendly.
plan

• GBC is built on a huge site


that gave the designers
ample opportunities to set
their own rules. The
structure is centrally
located on the flattest part
of the site. This allowed
the developers not to
interfere with the site
features during
construction. Heavy foliage
was developed all around
the building to minimize all
kinds of pollution and
reduce the heat island
effect.
Site context
Location and site approach
Zoning of
building
• public – reception, library.
• Semi public – admin office.
• Semi private – seminar
hall.
• Private – conference room
and meeting room.
AIR FLOW

SUMMER WINTER
Air flow inside the building
POLLUTION LEVEL ANALYSIS

MAX

MIN

MAX

MIN
GREEN CONSTRUCTION

Most of the material was extracted or harvested locally to reduce the


environmental impact of material transportation.

Nearly 75% of the building materials use recycled or recyclable content


like fly ash, broken glass and tiles, recycled paper and aluminum etc.

Paints and adhesives used are low VOC.

All the materials used are certified by the Green Building Council.

96% of the construction waste was recycled


Green building

• The structure consists of a central


courtyard.
• Two wind towers.
• Roof gardening.
• Photovoltic solar panel
• Jali
• Usage of light and vision
glazing
• Energy saving system
Central courtyard

• The central courtyard act as a


“light well”.
• When the light is dimmer
automatically electric light
gets on, and also when the
lightis insufficient.
• Courtyard also release hot air
into the atmosphere from the
building.
• The courtyard is covered with
grass and landscape plants.
Courtyard effect
Roof gardening and
rainwater collector

• The roof is covered with


the plants and grass so
heat does not penetrate
within the roof
• Rainwater harvesting is
installed in the roof for
collection of water which
made it water efficient.
• Gardens cover 55% of the
roof area.
Jali and window

• Large windows brings light


deep inside the rooms which
provide sufficient natural
light.
• Clerestory windows are also
used for good natural
lighting.
• Jali provide good ventilation
and natural light.
• For windows double glazed
glass were used to reflect
back the sun radiation.
Wind tower

• There are 2 wind tower in the


center.
• The wind tower is to catch
winds from the atmosphere
and allowed to flow inside
the building.
• The wind catched by the
tower is cooled by the natural
technique called evaporative
cooling and the circulated
inside the rooms.
Reception and library

• Easy access for main


entrance
• Vertical windows were
used to provide good
natural lighting.
• Automation is applied to
sensor natural light and
artificial light
Green technology
center

• North light glazing roof is


installed on the courtyard
opening.
• Glazed window helps in
avoid heat entry into the
building.
Office area
• Above office area roof garden is
installed to avoid heat radiation
through roof.
• And rainwater collector is also
installed to refill ground water.
Seminar hall

• Also used as an interactive


space, dining space etc,.
• Wall partition used to
divide small spaces for
meeting room

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