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Green Strategies

DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY

6 STRANDS OF BUILDING

DESIGN

ZED’s bioclimatic Design

CLIMATE

Micro Climate

Building Configur

ation

Building Envelope

Designed Building

HOTTER THAN OUTSIDE

TEMPERATURE

COMFORT ZONE

OUTSIDE TEMP.

COOLER THAN OUTSIDE

TEMPERATURE

ZED’s Bio-climatic design

Good landscaping, vegetation

Micro Climate

Protection from sun, rain

& wind, daylighting…

Building Configur

ation

Choice of suitable building

materials

Building Envelope

Good indoor environment &

efficient appliances

Passive Design

Low-energy air conditioning

systems

Desired Comfort

Conditions

Conventional design

practices

Master Plan … the genesis of a green oasis

The cluster as the basic unit of the

community

Green Park Spaces for every

cluster

44 homes

Nice expansive

avenues that will be lined with dense

trees and foliage

Clusters that define

your climate within your homes

Green spreads within each cluster that would enable

removal of heat

Stay Cool in all seasons…

Design Drivers for the unit

The design of the unit type has been a resultant of many drivers• Orientation• A central social space• The west façade• An interconnecting volume

COOL ROOF

CROSS VENTILATION

Climatically Responsive Homes

Socio-Climatic Drivers:Double height space integrating the two floors to experience the volume.

Welcoming Double Space in your Living Room

Climate Analysis

Air conditioning is essential through out the year to achieve thermal comfort; which would be achieved through Non-conventional Green methods.

High health value for Occupants…

Free-flowing plans that offer rooms without walls, customizable to have no walls to walled private spaces as per your choice

Central Free-flowing Spaces

Bring the green into your Homes

• Green indoor gardens, green outdoor courts, surround you with healthy, clean air

Luxurious Master Toilet

A toilet lit by a skylight, having a green patch of a garden inside and walk in cupboards to a dry side…a haven in itself.

Living amongst green for the rest of your lives…

STRATEGY

Reliability

Economy

Efficiency

Function

Finishes

Environmental Compatibility

Economic Efficiency

Endoginety

Equity

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CostAesthetic Function Ease of Execution Efficient TimeEnvironmental Health

Geysers

Synthetic fertilizers or pesticides

Chemicals for treating water

HCFC CFC or ODS

toxic paints

We use

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We use

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Bricks, clay blocks, clay tiles, Ceramic tiles

Incandescent lamps waste exported

Forest timber

Municipal water imported

We use

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LEDs, solar based or

hybrids for external lights

Composites

Shallow aquifers

Green Masonry blocks

Homes are built with specially engineered masonry blocks for walls. These also include designer blocks. These are energy-efficient, and are part of microclimate architecture …

Hollow BlockTextured Wall

Thermal Plaster

Energy Management Strategy

Demand side Management

Supply side Management

• ACs are to be used only when you need it. And so these homes at BCIL Zed Earth have been provided with 36 Watt low energy ceiling fans that reduce power consumption by a chunky 25%. Washrooms offer energy-efficient ventilators.

• Energy-efficient air-conditioning that is innovative, easy-to-run, and saves 50 per cent on monthly energy bills.

Green Air conditioning

Green Air conditioning

FRESH AIR IN28 @ – 32 @C

MIST COOLING UNIT CAP 2000 CFMz

SUPPLY AIR DUCT WITH THERMAL

INSULATIONBED ROOM24 @C ±

BED ROOM24 @C ±

BED ROOM24 @C ±

BED ROOM24 @C ±

27 @- 28 @C

ON PEAK LOAD OFF PEAK LOAD ON PEAK LOAD

kW

TIME

Energy Consumption in ZedHomes

FUTURE EXPANSION

INVERTER

DC POWER (12V)

DC DC 230V AC

POWER

AC

CHARGE

CONTROLLER

DC

BATTERY

SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM

DC AC

AC

AC

AC

AC

GRID POWER

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE

AC

AC

DC

Bio-diesel for gensets

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o Diesel Gensets as supplementary power for all ZedHomes.

o Gensets run on 30% bio-diesel

(pongamia pinnata)

o Reduce 2.5 tonnes of CO2 annually

• Every home at BCIL Zed Earth comes complete with a solar thermal hot water supply system. It’s backed up by a provision for a 15-litre, energy-efficient geyser you can fit optionally in each washroom.

Hot water with zero energy bills…

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Water Management Strategy

REDUCED FRESH WATER

DEMAND

Water Efficient fixtures

Treated fresh water

Water conscience meter to measure the water usage of

every ZedHomeTreated waste water

Rainwater Harvesting

Having a conscience by being conscious

• With an on site water treatment plant at BCIL Zed Earth, you can drink water straight off the tap.

• Zed Earth hosts taps and showers that save you 105,000 liters a year, while offering you the best of comfort on water at home.

• Information is key to sustainable living. As an educational aid, every home comes with one water flow meter that record and display the consumption of water. Only if you ask…

Waste water no more a waste…• Waste water leaving your home is treated at the Sewage

Treatment Plant (STP) and looped back into the system for irrigation of all plants on campus.

• Kitchen waste from each home is sent (once segregated at home) to a natural compost-making unit.

• To ensure effective waste management, separate community bins for Paper, Plastic, Glass, e-waste, toxic waste and other non-recyclables are provided in the common areas.

Do not do a NIMBY with waste…

Cleaner air within

• Every home at BCIL Zed Earth comes with a private garden-eco -scaped with carefully chosen native species that require less water and maintenance.

• These gardens and the common campus plants offer you carbon sinks that offer you a chance to secure carbon-neutrality on your lifestyle and carbon emission.

Living amongst green for the rest of your lives…

Thank you

We help you:

grow your own waterharness your own energy

grow your own food

… at no extra capital cost… at no extra selling price

… at a saving of 30% for end-user

ZED. Not end of the Alphabet. The beginning of a new language.