ITC Grand Chola

Vitals

    • Owner
    • ITC Hotels Limited
    • Occupied In
    • 2012
    • Location
    • Chennai
    • Building Type
    • Hospitality
    • Operating Hours
    • 24 hrs/day
    • Total Floor Area Unit
    • SQ. M.
    • Total Floor Area
    • 132598
    • Air-conditioned Area
    • 132598 sq.m
    • Building Name
    • ITC Grand Chola

Project Team

    • HVAC Engineer
    • AECOM
    • Project Management
    • Larsen & Toubro
    • Architect
    • Smallwood Reynold Stewart Stewart, Singapore

Building Design

    • Orientation
    • Orientation of the building is east west but zoning of the building has been appropriately done to reduce negative impact of improper orientation
    • Window
    • Recessed windows and efficient glazing to cut direct sun rays and glare inside the building
    • Wall
    • Thick stone and AAC block walls
    • WWR
    • WWR restricted to 25%
    • Daylighting
      • 99% of living areas are day-lit
    • Artificial Lighting System
      • Energy efficient artificial lighting design compliant with ECBC recommendations
    • Sensors/Controls
      • Occupancy sensors in rooms to reduce energy consumption.
      • All electrical fixtures (lights, space conditioners, appliances) controlled by i-pad to reduce energy consumption
    • Active Cooling System
      • Centralized air conditioning through variable refrigerant flow technology is installed.
    • Sensors/Controls
      • The sensor provided for controlling each indoor unit centrally as well as individually based on occupancy.

Building Performance

    • Renewables
      • The installed capacity of wind energy: 12,600 KWp 
      • Units of electricity generated annually: 27,900,000 KWh

Finances

Lessons Learned

References

    • Ratings
      • LEED Platinum rating
      • 5 Star GRIHA rating
    • Awards
      • World’s largest LEED Platinum certified building
      • First hotel to receive the highest national rating for Green Building
      • The Best City Hotel-Silver – the World Responsible Tourism Awards, U.K 2014
    • Publications
      • http://www.grihaindia.org/images/casestudies/pdf/21.pdf
      • https://executivetraveller.in/travel/itc-grand-chola-indias-first-hotel-to-receive-a-5-star-green-rating-for-integrated-habitat-assessment
      • /http://www.eai.in/green-corporates/2012/09/20/worlds-largest-platinum-leed-certified-hotel-itc-grand-chola-chennai-tamil-nadu/
      • https://www.itchotels.in/content/dam/projects/hotelswebsite/itc-hotels/luxury-collection/ResponsibleLuxury/RLHandbook.pdf
      • https://www.itchotels.in/news-room/awards.html

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