TERI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ,NEW DELHI

BUILT ON AROUND 2 ACRES OF LAND IN VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI THIS FOUR
STOREYED STRUCTURE IN MASONRY WITH STONE CLADDING AND GLAZING IS
AN EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS RESPONDING TO THE SITE AND
ENVIRONMENT USING ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES
PROJECT DETAILS

• Site location: 30 km south

of Delhi in northern
Haryana Gual Pahari..

• Site includes: forestry

micropropagation
technology Park,patchy
greens, retreat centre, golf
range, golf course.

• Site area: 36 hectares.

• Building type: institutional

GEOMETRY OF THE BLOCK

• The North Block is made

slightly concave towards the
front. South forms a hybrid
convex surface facing the
winter sun.

• Point of the South Block

broadly falls on the surface of
large imaginary cones that
generated the slightly free
geometry and this allow the
architecture to break away
the grid iron approach
normally associated with
Solar architecture.
BASIC DESIGN VECTORS

• Integrate functionality of building with energy applications

• To minimise energy demand in the building through

architecture intervention. Example: passive concepts such
as solar radiation, lattice work for shading, insulation and
landscaping.

• To meet the space conditioning and lightning demands

through energy efficient system.

• To meet the electric energy demands using renewable

energy sources.
DESIGN FEATURES

• Roof in slated with vermiculite

Vermiculite concrete
concrete and China mosaic white
finish.

• Insulated walls using expanded

polystyrene insulation

• Shading devices and fenestration

China mosaic white finish
have been designed to cut of
Summer sun and let in winter sun.

• Glare free daylight used through

specially designed skylights
Polystyrene insulation
• Building designed as such wind
direction can be redirected

• Deciduous trees use in the south

to set the building in summers

• in winters, They shed their

leaves just letting in winter sun.

• Building oriented along east

west axis so as to have maximum
exposure along north- south.

• Southside partially sunk into

ground to reduce heat gains and
loses.
South side partially sunk
• East and West devoid of
opening are shaded.
ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEM

• Four tunnels of 70 m long and 70 cm

diameter laid at a depth of 4 m.

• For fans of 2HP each force force the

air in and solar chimney force the air
out of the rooms.

• Temperature remains 26 C 4 metre

deep in Gurgaon throughout the year.

• Room cooled 28 C when temperature

is 40° during daytime in summers.

• In windows temperature recorded

was 22° When the ambient South facade
temperature was 10°C
ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTENING

• This energy efficient

compact fluorescent
lamps in the residential
quarters, corridors, lobby
and toilets.

• The conference rooms

enjoyed glare free day
light through skylights.

• Time based control switch Skylights

off lights at present time.

ROOT ZONE SYSTEM

• Waste water is recycled by

root zone technique in which
the roots of Phragmites
plants with special
capabilities of collecting the phragmites plant
waste of the roots are used
to clean the water which is
used for irrigation.It uses 5
m cube of water every day.

• What are harvesting and

watershed management of
proposed are entire area
Water collecting system
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM

• Solar hot water panels.

• 24 Hot water panel forms a

part of parapet walls inclined
at 70° instead of 45°.

• Fulfils the daily requirement

of 2000 L daily at 65°C.

• In Winters gas derived from

burning Twigs, Dry leaves Renewable energy system

serves as a back up source to

heat the water.
OTHER ENERGY FEATURES

• Ammonia absorption
chiller’s-Eco-friendly chillers
run on LPG and require
Ammonia Chillers
minimum energy 9Kw.

• The biomass gasifier system

- main source of power
during the day.

• Photovoltaic panels - solar

water heater taps the suns
energy directly from
Photovoltaic panels
photovoltaic panels. Biomass gasifier
system