Gandhi Research Foundation

Vitals


    • Occupied In
    • 2013
    • Building Type
    • Institutional
    • Operating Hours
    • 9 hrs/day
    • Total Floor Area Unit
    • SQ. M.
    • Total Floor Area
    • 6000
    • Air-conditioned Area
    • 4600 sq.m
    • Building Name
    • Gandhi Research Foundation

Project Team


    • Project Management
    • Mr. Narayan Lalwani
    • Green Building Consultant
    • Ms. Dipti Talwar
    • Architect
    • A. Mridul Architect

Building Design


    • Wall
    • Natural stone along with on site manufactured sun dried fly ash brick have been used for the block work.
    • Roof
    • The roof of the museum building is a pre-fabricated structure which has largely reduced the amount of concrete used in the building
    • Artificial Lighting System
      • 100% external lighting demand is catered by installed RE
      • 60% internal lighting demand is catered by installed RE
    • Active Cooling System
    • The building HVAC systems are designed to maintain thermal comfort conditions based on the design criteria of NBC standards.

Building Performance


    • Renewables
      • Annual electricity generation from bio-gas plant is 118014kWh
      • Annual electricity generation from solar PV plant is 20531 kWh

Finances


Lessons Learned


References


    • Awards
      • Platinum Certified Green Building
      • GRIHA Adarsh Award
      • Artists in Concrete Awards Asia Fest 2013-14

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