GREEN BUILDINGS

INFINITY BENCHMARK, KOLKATA

NAME: ABHILASH KUMAR

ROLL NO. :15121AA017
PARTHENON
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INTRODUCTION
• The Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd.'s signature
project, Infinity Benchmark, has been
awarded LEED Platinum level certification by
the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
• Infinity Benchmark covers an area of 5,60,000
sq feet spread over 20 storeys.
• The building has a multi-level car parking
facility, a multi-cuisine Food Court of
International standard, a Business Centre, a
Retail area dedicated for IT related products
and office support facilities, and Osho World.
WATER EFFICIENCY
• 100 % waste water generated in the building is treated to high water
quality standards at site.
• The treated waste water from STP is sued for irrigation, flushing and
air conditioning purposes with in building.
• Use of water efficient fixtures in the building saves 40% water.
• Native plant species for landscaping consumes very less water.
• In case of storm, the pervious pavement and landscape recharge the
ground water.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY
SITE EFFICIENCY • Wall and roof are properly insulated. This avoids heat entering the
building.
• During construction, top fertile soil has been retained and used for
• The high performance glass used in the building envelope helps in
landscape.
better daylight transmission and minimizes heat entering the building
• Electric car charging points and preferred car parks provided for electric
through glass.
vehicles. This helps reduce pollution and land development impacts
• Energy efficient air conditioning equipment enhances human comfort
from automobile use
levels and reduces the energy consumption.
• 100 % multi storied covered parking has been provided.
• Eco-friendly refrigerants used in air conditioning equipment reduces
• Roof garden has been provided to avoid heat passage through roof.
ozone depletion.
• Rain water from roof and open areas is captured to recharge the ground
• Use of shading devices reduces the direct sun light through glass.
water.
• Energy efficient internal and external light fixtures have been used.
• Excess light from the building and site is minimized to increase night
• Use of artificial lighting during the day time is minimized.
time access to sky.
• In order to avoid & minimize soil erosion & sedimentation, soil
sedimentation controls are carried out.
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MATERIALS & RESOURCES ROOF CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH
• Provision of separate space for storage of various waste materials. • Roof has under deck insulation with 30 mm thick rigid polyurethane
• Regionally manufactured construction materials have been used to foam. In addition to the insulation, the building roof has roof garden to
reduce the environmental impacts resulting from transportation. ensure that a large percentage of the incident heat energy is not
• Recycled materials such as aluminium, ply board, vitrified absorbed by the roof.
tiles, glass etc., have been used in the construction to reduce the use of
new virgin materials. GLAZING
• Use of certified wood to encourage environmentally responsible forest
management. • Most of the glazing in the entire campus has better shading coefficient
and light transmittance in order to enhance available daylight in the
INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY space and maintain visual comfort for the occupants without
comprising on energy-efficiency. Most of the glazing is double glazed
• Tobacco smoke prohibition in the campus to avoid the exposure of units (DGU’s).
building occupants to tobacco smoke.
• Carbon dioxide levels are regularly monitored for occupant comfort and CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AND FRESH AIR
well being. MONITORING
• 30% more ventilation to improve indoor air quality improved occupant
productivity. • CO2 levels and fresh air quantities will be continuously monitored and
• Air conditioning equipment & systems are designed to maintain 24 C o
maintained at a pre-determined value. This will further enhance the
in all occupied spaces. productivity of the building occupants.
• Separate exhaust provided for chemical storage, printer and copying
rooms to minimize the exposure of occupants to chemicals.
• Use of low emitting paints, adhesives, sealants, carpets and composite
FINISHES
wood products to reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants.
• Adhesives, sealants, paints, resins used in finishes (core & shell and
• Provision of maximum day light in work spaces through the
common areas) are selected with low volatile organic compound (VOC)
introduction of sunlight in workspace.
content. These features will also enhance the human comfort levels.
• 90% of building occupants are connected to outside environment
through glazing.
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EFFICIENT LIGHTING
• Efficient fluorescent lamps (T5s) and luminaries with high coefficient
of utilization have been used in most of the zones to achieve efficient
lighting. It shall be a mandatory requirement for the tenants to install
lighting which is 20% less than the minimum requirements.
DAYLIGHT SENSORS
• The common spaces like lobbies, lounges and the food court are amply
day lit.
• This has been achieved with the selection of glass with optimum
visible transmittance.
SECONDARY CHILLED WATER PUMPS
• The building has primary & secondary chilled water pumping with
variable speed drive to economize on pump energy.
• Energy efficient equipment & systems will reduce the operating cost
from the day-one of operation of the building. These equipment &
systems are designed, without comprising the human comfort levels,
such as, lighting levels, temperature in the conditioned space.
PROMOTE USE OF ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLES
• Being a green building, provisions have been provided to charge the
electric vehicles (EV) at parking area. The tenants can avail the EV
charging facility by adopting energy efficient and environment-friendly
alternate fuel vehicles, such as, electric vehicles, CNG vehicles
DAYLIGHT & VIEWS
• The project has been designed to provide occupants connectivity with
external landscapes. Various studies have proven that the connectivity
with the external world further enhances occupants’ productivity.
• Infinity Benchmark provides an excellent opportunity have daylight &
views for its occupants. Hence, it shall be a mandatory requirement for
the tenants to have all partitions/workstations with views to the outside
to be transparent above 1000mm (41 inches) to facilitate a line of vision
to the outside between 2’-6” and 7’-6” for all the occupants.
PARKING FACILITY
• The project has been designed to provide covered parking. The covered
car parking helps in reducing the “heat island effect”
WASTE MANAGEMENT
• The project has allocated a separate space for segregation waste. This
will the facility management group to segregate the waste generated in
the complex at the source itself.
RECYCLING
• The buildings has provided a dedicated storage and collection area to
segregate, collect and storage of materials for recycling which includes,
paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, metal, etc.