The document summarizes the new administrative building constructed for the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering in Pune, India. The 4-story, 7912 square meter building achieved a 5-star GRIHA rating and 75% reduction in energy usage. Sustainable features include solar panels, efficient lighting and cooling, water recycling, and reuse of local and salvaged materials. The building serves as a model for green practices to trainee officers and aims to spread awareness of environmental protection.

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G r e e n B u i l d i n g
A m e y D e s h m u k h
P i l l a i H o c C O A , R a s a y a n i

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NEW ADMINIST RAT IVE BUILDING F OR INDIAN
RAILWAY INST IT UT E OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, PUNE

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BACK GROUND
• Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN) was located adjacent to Pune Railway Station for last 60 yrs.
• The accommodation of faculty and trainee Officers is at Koregaon Park about 3 Kms from Pune Railway station.
• Too much time & energy was wasted in addition to huge man hour loss in commuting
• To overcome this problem, the New Administrative Building has been constructed near the existing Hostel at Koregaon Park.
• As IRICEN is Premier Institute imparting training to all Civil Engineers of Indian Railways, the building was planned as Green Building to impress
upon all the trainee officers the importance of Green Environment.
Indian Railways
Institute of Civil
Engineering
(IRICEN)

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SALIENT F EAT URES
• Location : Koregaon Park, Pune
• Site Area : 7547 sqm
• Built Up Area : 7912 sqm
• No. of Floors : 4 Floors
• Air Conditioned Area : 3137 sqm
• Non Air Conditioned Area : 4775 sqm
• EPI(Energy Performance) : 8a.76 kWh/sqm/year
• Renewable Energy : 30 kW solar PV & 10 kW BIPV
• Energy Consumption Reduction : 75 % reduction from GRIHA Benchmark of 140 kWh/ m2 /year
• Water Consumption Reduction : 67% as per GRIHA Benchmark
• GRIHA provisional rating : 5 Star GRIHA Rating Year of completion : 2013
• Project Construction Head : Mr. Suresh Pakhare, Dy Chief Engineer Construction, Central Railway Pune
• Principal Architect and Structural Consultant : M/s Shashi Prabhu & Associates, Mumbai
• Green Building LEED India platinum-First Platinum rated building on Indian Railways.
• Awarded Innovative institutional building of 2013 award and trophy by Indian Building Congress

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FACILIT IES
• Stilt Floor
Auditorium (220 Seats), VIP Room, Sub Station, Solar Panel Room, Heavy Laboratory, Parking (10 Four wheeler & 50 Two Wheeler)
• First Floor
Reception, Laboratory, Museum
• Second Floor
Library, Reading Room, Offices
• Third Floor
Conference Hall, Classrooms, Tea Lounge, Computer Centre
• Fourth Floor
Director’s Chamber, Committee Hall, Faculty Chambers

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GREEN DESIGN ST RAT EGIES
Passive Architectural Design strategies
• Internal space planning to minimize heat gain in more than 75% of regularly occupied space on each floor.
• Provision of shaded skylight helping in stack ventilation in common areas.

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G R E E N D E S I G N S T R AT E G I E S
Sustainable Site Planning
• Site located in a developed urban locality maximizing closeness to basic amenities
• Existing trees were preserved and additional native trees were planted on site
• Top-soil preservation for utilization in landscape
• Reduced hard paving on site and well shaded paved surface reducing heat island effect
• 100 % parking under basement

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G R E E N D E S I G N S T R AT E G I E S
Reduction in Water Consumption
• Use of low flow fixtures to achieve 67 % water consumption reduction against GRIHA benchmark
• 100% waste-water treatment on site
• Use of efficient drip and sprinkler irrigation system

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G R E E N D E S I G N S T R AT E G I E S
Reduction in Energy Consumption (compared to GRIHA Benchmark) while maintaining occupant comfort
• Use of high SRI roof paint and 1.5 inch thick over deck insulation
• 14-inch-thick fly ash double wall with 2-inch insulation
• High-performance double-glazed windows with low SHGC
• Maximizing the use of daylight thus minimizing use of artificial light
• Use of VRV based cooling system
• Most efficient LED and T5 lighting fixtures minimizing internal lighting load
• Use of occupancy and daylight sensors to minimize the energy wastes
Green Materials
• Use of fly ash bricks and fly ash-based cement and concrete
• Use of local materials for walls, flooring, RMC etc
• Use of salvaged railway sleepers and wood for wall cladding and flooring
• Reuse of existing furniture from old building
• Gypsum based false ceiling

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CONCLUSION
• The new Administrative building of IRICEN was planned as Green Buildings to reduce the energy demand and optimize the use of other resources
as well as to dissipate knowledge and awareness regarding environment protection to all Civil Engineers on Indian Railway.
• The project has achieved its goal as Railway officers from all over India are visiting IRICEN and inspired by its success planning more and more
green buildings.
• The best part of this building is that it is part of curriculum of trainee officers at IRICEN which has helped them in propagating the green concept
throughout the country.
• New Administrative Building for IRICEN at Koregaon Park, Pune is one step taken by Indian Railways in the direction of greener Environment of
future.