The document summarizes the green building features of TERI's campus in Bangalore. The campus utilizes passive design principles to maximize natural lighting, ventilation and minimize energy usage. Key features include an optimized building orientation, ample fenestrations for cross ventilation, skylights, green roofs, solar panels, rainwater harvesting and use of local sustainable materials. Passive design strategies like earth air tunnels help regulate indoor temperature passively.

1. GREEN BUILDING REPORT
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PRESENTED BY:
RUPESH CHAURASIA (882646)
B. ARCH. 9TH SEM.
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2. TERI campus at Bangalore
Introduction
The Energy and Resources Institute, Bangalore is among South India’s first
energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable campuses. It houses work
spaces for the staff, conference rooms, a library, a laboratory and a guest house.
Dining and recreation facilities are shared between the offices and the guest
house. It has the potential to serve as a model for future development in similar
geographical and climatic conditions.
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3. P R O J E C T D E TA I L …
NAME OF PROJECT THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES
INSTITUTE(TERI),
SOUTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE, BANGALORE
CLIENT TERI
ARCHITECT Ar. Sanjay Mohe
CLIMATE Moderate
COMPLETION YEAR 1990
TYPE OF BUILDING Institutional
TOTAL NO. OF FLOORS G+2
BUILT-UP-AREA 26,663 Sq.Ft
THE DESIGN DISPLAYS A DEXTEROUS INTERPLAY OF FIVE BASIC NATURAL
ELEMENTS – SUN, AIR, EARTH, WATER AND SKY – WITH THE BUILT
FORM, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THERMAL, VISUAL AND AURAL
COMFORT.
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4. Schematic layout of TERI Bangalore showing the surrounding roads
and the drain.
Location, Orientation & Climate
 The site is located at Domlur, about 3 km from the Bangalore airport.
 It is a long and narrow site with roads on the eastern and northern sides, the former
being the major road.
 The western side has an open ground and on the southern side is an open drain
about 9 m wide.
 The buildings are aligned along the east-west axis and entry into the site is from the
road on the northern side which is relatively less busier.
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5. The office blocks are placed towards the main road while the guest house is located
on the quieter west side.
 The office block is kept towards the east, close to the main road for high visibility and
the guest house is located towards the quieter western side.
 In a moderate climatic zone like Bangalore where temperatures are not very high, a
good ventilation system can easily provide comfortable living conditions.
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7. Open drain on the southern edge of TERI Bangalore
Natural Features
Positives and Negatives:
 The drain on the southern side is a major feature which influences the design.
 Wind coming from the south over the drain brings in the foul smell into the site.
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8. Architectural Design
This energy - efficient complex is designed to provide all round comfort for the users.
The building opens to the north to take maximum advantage of glare-free light.
Continuations of skylight spaces carry natural light into the building
Abundant natural light is available in the work spaces.
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9.  Adequate natural lighting and ventilation is provided through an optimized
combination of solar passive design, energy-efficient equipment, renewable sources
of energy and materials with low embodied energy.
 The condition of the drain is proposed to be improved into a pleasant landscaped
element by using plants that absorb impurities as well as with the help of basic
filtration and aeration. This being an ideal long-term solution would be a major civic
project.
 The architecture responds to the present site conditions but the building can
eventually open up towards the drain when it turns clean.
A fresh environment is maintained inside the building
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10.  A cavity wall on the southern side insulates the building from solar heat gain.
 The ground disturbed due to the building is replaced on the rooftop to form terrace
gardens at various levels. These gardens along with earth berms provides good
heat insulation and moderates fluctuations in temperature.
Locally available ‘kadappa’ Trombe walls help in insulating
stone used to clad the the hostels
southern wall
Materials & Appliances
 As use of local materials reduces the energy consumed in their transportation, local
materials and materials with low-embodied energy have been used wherever possible
 The southern wall, for instance, is clad in local ‘kadappa’ stone.
 Energy-efficient lighting devices like CFL lights have also been used.
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12. TERRACE GARDEN DETAILED SECTION
 Rooftop gardens are also beneficial in reducing rain run off. A roof garden can delay
run off; reduce the rate and volume of run off.
 Plants have the ability to reduce the overall heat absorption of the building which
then reduces energy consumption.
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13. Daylighting
 Openings have been designed such that requirement of artificial lighting is minimal
throughout the day when the building is under maximum usage.
Abundant natural light inside due to intelligently designed
fenestrations
 By creating atrium spaces with skylights, the section of the building is such that
natural light enters into the interiors of the building, considerably reducing the
dependence on artificial lighting.
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14. Section showing natural light penetrating deep into the building through
skylights and fenestrations.
Ventilation
 A blank wall towards the south (facing the drain) allows the breeze to flow over the
building. This creates a negative pressure which pulls fresh air from the north into the
building.
 The sections are designed such that hot air rises to the top and make the building
breathe.
 Air in the cavity in the south wall on the south creates negative pressure, thereby
enhancing the convection currents in the building.
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15. UNHYGENIC
FOUL BREEZE
FLOWING FROM
SOUTH
COOL BREEZE DOWN IN BY
CONVECTIONAL CURRENT
SYSTEM TO EQUALISE
PRESSURE
ON THE SOUTH IS AN ABSORPTIVE DOUBLE WALL WITH A CAVITY, WHICH
1. PROVIDES INSULATION FROM THE SOUTHERN SUN &
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17. Renewable Energy
 A 5-kW peak solar photovoltaic system integrated with the roof skylights provides
day-light and also generates electricity.
Solar water heaters which meet the
Solar Photovoltaic integrated with the hot-water requirements of the
roof provide natural light and campus
electricity
 A solar water heating system meets the hot water requirements of the kitchen and
the guest rooms.
 Other energy conservation systems include an effective waste and water management
system, a centralized uninterrupted power supply, and a kitchen that reduces internal
heat.
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18. WATER MANAGEMENT
 An efficient rainwater harvesting system preserves water to the maximum possible
extent.
 Water run-off from the roofs and from the paved area is collected and stored in a
collection sump below the Amphitheatre.
 This water is used for various purposes including landscaping and flushing toilets.
Schematic section of the building showing the rain water harvesting system
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19. POST CONSTRUCTION
 The monthly energy consumption is about Rs. 30,000 for the entire complex.
 This works out to be around Rs. 1.12 per square foot which is about one-tenth of
a conventional building with air conditioning in Bangalore, thus proving the
energy-efficiency of the complex.
 As and when the drain to the south gets cleaned, the complex can also open out
towards it. This would provide the complex with its own water-front.
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20. PASSIVE DESIGN,….WHAT IS A PASSIVE DESIGN…?
Passive design refers to a design approach that uses natural elements
often sunlight to heat, cool or light a building. Passive solar or passive
cooling designs take advantage of the sun’s energy to maximise heating or
cooling based on a building’s sun exposure. Systems that employ passive
design require very little maintenance and reduce a building energy
construction by minimizing or eliminating mechanical systems used to
regulate indoor temperature.
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21. PASSIVE COOLING
 Passive cooling systems are least expensive means of cooling a home
which maximizes the efficiency of the building envelope without any use of
mechanical devices.
 It rely on natural heat-sinks to remove heat from the building. They derive
cooling directly from evaporation, convection, and radiation without using
any intermediate electrical devices.
 All passive cooling strategies rely on daily changes in temperature and
relative humidity.
 The applicability of each system depends on the climatic conditions.
 These design strategies reduce heat gains to internal spaces.
- Natural Ventilation - Earth Air Tunnels
- Shading - Evaporative Cooling
- Wind Towers - Passive Down Draught Cooling
- Courtyard Effect - Roof Sprays
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22. NATURAL VENTILATION
 Outdoor breezes create air movement through the house interior by the
'push-pull' effect of positive air pressure on the windward side and negative
pressure (suction) on the leeward side.
 In order to have a good natural ventilation, openings must be placed at
opposite pressure zones.
 Also, designers often choose to enhance natural ventilation using tall
spaces called stacks in buildings.
 With openings near the top of stacks, warm air can escape whereas cooler
air enters the building from openings near the ground.
 The windows, play a dominant role in inducing indoor ventilation due to
wind forces.
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23. SHADING
 Solar control is a critical requirement for both cooling-load dominated and
passively solar-heated buildings.
 The most effective method of cooling a building is to shade windows, walls
and roof of building from direct solar radiation.
 Heavily insulated walls and roofs need less shading.
 Can use overhangs on outside facade of the building.
Each project should be evaluated depending on its
relative cooling needs:
 Extend the overhang beyond the sides of the window to
prevent solar gain from the side.
 Use slatted or louvered shades to allow more daylight
to enter, while shading windows from direct sunlight.
 Reduce solar heat gain by recessing windows into the
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24. WIND TOWER
 In a wind tower, the hot air enters the tower through the openings in the tower,
gets cooled, and thus becomes heavier and sinks down.
 The inlet and outlet of rooms induce cool air movement.
 In the presence of wind, air is cooled more effectively and flows faster down
the tower and into the living area.
 After a whole day of air exchanges, the tower becomes warm in the evenings.
 During the night, cooler ambient air comes in contact with the bottom of the
tower through the rooms.
 The tower walls absorb heat during daytime and release it at night, warming
the cool night air in the tower.
 Warm air moves up, creating an upward draft, and draws cool night air
through the doors and windows into the building.
 The system works effectively in hot and dry climates where fluctuations are
high.
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25.  A wind tower works well for individual units not for multi-storeyed apartments.
 In dense urban areas, the wind tower has to be long enough to be able to catch
enough air.
 Also protection from driving rain is difficult.
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26. COURTYARD EFFECT
 Due to incident solar radiation in a courtyard, the air gets warmer and
rises.
 Cool air from the ground level flows through the louvered openings of
rooms surrounding a courtyard, thus producing air flow.
 At night, the warm roof surfaces get cooled by convection and radiation.
 If this heat exchange reduces roof surface temperature to wet bulb
temperature of air, condensation of atmospheric moisture occurs on the
roof and the gain due to condensation limits further cooling.
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27.  If the roof surfaces are sloped towards the internal courtyard, the cooled air
sinks into the court and enters the living space through low-level openings,
gets warmed up, and leaves the room through higher-level openings.
 However, care should be taken that the courtyard does not receive intense
solar radiation, which would lead to conduction and radiation heat gains into
the building.
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28. THERMAL CHIMNEY
The thermal chimney is used to create updrafts and remove heated air. It is built
on the sunny side of the building. A black metal heat absorbing panel is used to
create even more heated air that will naturally rise. This pulls the air up and out.
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29. EARTH AIR TUNNELS (EAT)
 Daily and annual temperature fluctuations decrease with the increase in depth
below the ground surface.
 At a depth of about 4 m below ground, the temperature inside the earth remains
nearly constant round the year and is nearly equal to the annual average
temperature of the place.
 A tunnel in the form of a pipe or otherwise embedded at a depth of about 4 m
below the ground will acquire the same temperature as the surrounding earth at
its surface.
 Therefore, the ambient air ventilated through this tunnel will get cooled
in summer and warmed in winter and this air can be used for cooling in
summer and heating in winter.
 This technique has been used in the composite climate of Gurgaon in
RETREAT building.
 Two blowers installed in the tunnels speed up the process.
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30.  The living quarters (the south block of RETREAT) are maintained at
comfortable temperatures (approx. 20-30 degree Celsius) round the year by
the earth air tunnel system, supplemented, when-ever required, with a system
of absorption chillers powered by liquefied natural gas during monsoons and
with an air washer during dry summer.
 However, the cooler air underground needs to be circulated in the living space.
Each room in the south block has a 'solar chimney; warm air rises and
escapes through the chimney, which creates an air current for the cooler air
from the underground tunnels to replace the warm air.
 The same mechanism supplies warm air from the tunnel during winter.
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31. EVAPORATIVE COOLING
 Evaporative cooling lowers indoor air temperature by evaporating water.
 It is effective in hot and dry climate where the atmospheric humidity is low.
 In evaporative cooling, the sensible heat of air is used to evaporate water,
thereby cooling the air, which, in turn, cools the living space of the building.
 Increase in contact between water and air increases the rate of evaporation.
 The presence of a water body such as a pond, lake, and sea near the building
or a fountain in a courtyard can provide a cooling effect.
 The most commonly used
system is a desert cooler,
which comprises water,
evaporative pads, a fan, and
pump.
1. Ground cover
2. Water sprinkler
3. Insulated roof
4. Shading trees
5. Water trough
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A TYPICAL SECTION SHOWING PASSIVE SOLAR FEATURES OF WALMI BUILDING,BHOPAL

32. SOURCES
 TERI, SOUTHERN REGIONAL CAMPUS.
 http://builditbackgreen.org/bushfires/interactive-green-building-guide.aspx
 http://www.sustainable-
buildings.org/index.php?option=com_cstudy&task=cstudies&submit1=GO&v=a
 http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/construction/solardesign/index.
html
 http://ncict.net/Examples/Examples1.aspx
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