Green Tech

2009
Be a part of sustainable
future

A PAPER ON

GREEN BUILDING DESIGNS

BY
MAHAJAN.S.SUNNY PAREEK.A.HARSH
S.E. CIVIL S.E. CIVIL
KOLHAPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
KOLHAPUR.
ABSTRACT
Today as we can see our building industry is going GREEN but what exactly is going GREEN.
So let go brief in this direction.
Most buildings in India guzzle energy directly impacting natural resources. Residential,
commercial and institutional buildings together consumed 31% of global energy and emitted
1900 mega tones. By 2050, this would rise to 38% and 3800 mega tones. Even more worrying is
the fact buildings consume 50 per cent of the world’s energy – and here lies the genesis of the
green building concept.
Considering modern techniques and trends in green building we have designed a model of ECO-
HOUSE which uses all the parameters of ideal modern green building in one integrated house.
This eco-house uses maximum non-conventional energy resources and provide a green and
healthy environment for its occupants.
ECO-HOUSE IS A ECO-SYSTEM IN ITSELF . it uses minimum energy with maximum
efficiency. Right from the electricity produced from solar panels to methane produced from bio-
waste .
ECO-HOUSE has been constructed by using fly-ash cement, integrity blocks and clay blocks
which act as a insulator and provides ventilation to the house, this eco-house has bamboo
flooring which is a eco friendly renewable material. The doors made from wheat-straw &
composite wood and windows provided with heat mirror are used.

INTRODUCTION
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources (energy,
water, and materials) while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the
building's lifecycle, through better sitting, design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal.
Green Buildings are the new trend in construction industry which particulates the use of
environment friendly materials, efficient use of renewable resources against non-renewable ones
and using recycled and reusable materials in construction. Green methodology emphasizes on
taking advantage of renewable resources, e.g., using sunlight through passive solar, active solar,
and photovoltaic techniques and using plants and trees through green roofs, rain gardens, and for
reduction of rainwater run-off. Also techniques, such as using packed gravel for parking lots
instead of concrete or asphalt to enhance replenishment of ground water, are used as well.
Advantages of green building:-

1. Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources.

2. Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity.

3. Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation.

4. Reduced operating costs by increasing productivity and using less energy.

GREEN MATERIALS

Ideal Green materials are the materials whose resources are available locally.
So that the energy used to produce, transport, and compile conventional materials is saved
1. INTEGRITY BLOCK
Integrity Block is a compacted-earth block used as
a cost-competitive replacement for concrete
masonry units (CMUs). Made from a proprietary
soil mix that includes up to 60% pre-consumer
recycled content (byproduct from mining or
quarrying), Integrity Block uses 40% less energy to
produce .The portland cement content is
approximately half that of standard block.

Advantages - 1. Pre-consumer recycled content 2. Natural or minimally processed

Manufacturer / Integrity block

LEED Credit relevance: MR Credit 4 — Recycled content

2. ZERO-VOC PAINTS

These paints contains proprietary 100% acrylic

resin. These paints are more eco-friendly as normal
paints contain colorants as much as 150 grams per
liter of VOC but these paints contain zero VOC.
Also these paints dry quickly with less odour.

Advantages : Releases minimal pollutants

 Manufacturer : Benjamin Moore & Co.

LEED Credit relevance: 1. EQ Credit 3 — Construction IAQ management plane

3. ECO-DOORS:Eco doors have wheat-straw particleboard cores,

skins made from composite wood, and stiles and rails made from
made from solid wood certified according to Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) standards. These doors reduce sound transmission

Advantages: 1.Agricultural waste material

2. Rapidly renewable

Manufacturer / Masonite International Corporation

LEED Credit relevance: 1.MR Credit 4 — Recycled content

4. HEAT MIRROR WINDOW PANEL

Heat mirror window panel reflects external radiated heat, reduces direct heat from sun
and reflects internal radiated heat.
EXPLAINATION OF ECO-HOUSE
GROUND FLOOR
Here we can see all the ground surface is covered by vegetation. where we can plant vegetables
Which is a food resource for the occupants.
Also around the vegetation plantation is done. Which makes the whole ground level green,
attractive and beautiful. There is a roof like structure with heat mirror window panels which
provides light to the basement floor 1 in the day time. Solar water heaters, Solar panels,
residential wind turbines are provided at the ground level.

1. This solar water heater uses polyethylene panel and

copper heat exchanger to pre-heat water for domestic
use. SunCache captures heat in 50 gallons of non-
circulating water stored in a rooftop panel. When a
hot-water tap is turned on, cold water from the supply
line flows through copper heat exchanger
embedded in the panel, extracting heat from the stored water. The pre-heated water then flows,
via cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing, to a conventional storage or tankless water heater.
No pumps are used. The acrylic glazing minimizes convective heat loss People using hot water
in the afternoon or early evenings will see the greatest energy savings.

Advantages
Renewable energy and fuel cells

Manufacturer/ Harpiris Energy

 LEED Credit relevance: EA Prerequisite 2 — Minimum Energy Performance

2. A roof mounted micro wind turbine that can generate enough energy
to turn your electric meter backwards. Reasonably priced it is small
enough to be used in urban areas yet powerful enough to lower electric
bills 25%-50%, or more.

Manufacturer / Freetricity

BASEMENT FLOOR I:

It is totally provided for residential purpose. During the day time it receives ample of light from
the panels provided at the top under normal whether condition. And during night time LED is
used for lighting purpose.

The advantages of LED are mentioned below:

1. High efficiency about 70%.
2. Long life about 50,000 working hours.
3. No maintenance is required.
For regular house hold activity and for other purpose electricity stored in power room are used.

A device named as food waste disposer is provided below the kitchen basin, its function is to
crush all the food waste and these crushed food waste is then sent to bio-waste plant through
pipe. The human waste from W/C and the waste of bathroom and basin are also sent to the bio-
waste plant through pipe. A alternative source for cooking ‘pellet stove’ is also provided.

FOOD WASTE DISPOSER

A food waste disposer ,which is to be fitted below the kitchen sink
liquefies and flushes food waste and scraps into sewage of bio-waste
system making kitchen hygienically clean. Disposers are very simple
and fast to install. They add little weight and leave plenty of storage
space under the sink and are available for all types of kitchen,
traditional or modern ,small or large .

Manufacturer / SRM Home Solutions pvt.ltd

PELLET STOVE
As the name suggests, pellet stoves burn "pellets." These actually are
recycled sawdust, wood shavings, corn, walnut and peanut shells, and
similar biomass wastes that are ground up, compressed, and extruded.
Compared with EPA-certified wood stoves that give off about 5 grams of
particulates per hour, pellet stoves have very low particulate emissions,
some far less than 1 gram per hour. Combustion efficiency is a measure of
how much of a fuel is converted to energy by an appliance. Pellet stoves
offer 75 percent to 90 percent overall efficiency. In India, British petroleum
has launched a successful pellet stove named as ‘OORJA’

BASEMENT FLOOR II:

It is used for parking purpose. A bio-waste plant and the power unit room is also provided on this
floor.
Bio-waste plant
The bio-waste plant process all the human waste, waste water, food waste and produce methane
gas and sludge. The methane gas is send to the kitchen through pipe line for cooking purpose and
the solid sludge can be used as manure for the vegetation, also the waste water can be used for
irrigation purpose in the above vegetation.
The power unit works as a power regulator or the control unit of electricity which stores electric
energy from solar panels and wind plant and provides electricity for day to day activities

Power Unit
Power unit is a unit where all the electricity
produced by all energy resources is stored and
then supplied to the house. Here there is a
arrangement such that under normal condition
all the required electricity is supplied by
power unit in case of any breakdown the main
supply mode is activated. As described in the
diagram above.

CONCLUSION:
The main motto behind this presentation is to motivate more and more implementation of the
green techniques in modern buildings, so proper planning of the building with efficient use of
available resources is required. As we know day by day population is increasing & there is
scarcity of resources, therefore to meet the requirement of growing population a proper
planning is to be undertaken for fulfilling the demand in an eco friendly manner.

REFERENCES SPECIAL THANKS

www.wikipedia.com
Prof.M.Mujumdar
www.buildinggreen.com
www.bpalterantiveenergy.com Prof.V.A.Swami
www.greenbuildingtalk.com
Prof.P.Jadhav
www.teriin.org
Uttam patil S.E.CIVIL (Animation)