Green building

Case study: Green Building in

Coimbatore
By
Vishal.V-1MS15CV136
Gokul.V-1MS16CV408
What is actually “GREEN
BUILDING”?
 Green building is a kind of building that is
designed to bring down the impact human
health and environment they use almost
80% of the recycled content in the
construction and also minimize the use of
natural resources and provide a very good
environment
 The aim of the green building is to
maximize the use of renewable resources
and also recycled content minimize the
use of non-renewable resources
About Green Building in
Coimbatore
 Generally in India thereare almost around
30-40 renowned and recognised Green
Buildings but among the lot Gren Building
in coimbatore is well recognised and is
been rated as “world’s second highest
Green Buildiing with Platinum rating with a
score of 103 of 110 given by LEED
cerification company”.
The 18,732 sq.ft building of SIERRA ODC’s eFacility at
Annamalai Industrial Estate at Kalapatti in the city is
in the global map of green buildings.

About 20 % of the civil materials used are recycled

content, over 80 % of the construction waste has
been either reused or recycled, and 78.3 % of the
materials used are local products.. Globally 90,000
projects have LEED certification and SIERRA ODC
here is the second highest ranking green building
under LEED NC v2009, Mahesh Ramanujam,
president and CEO of the US Green Building Council
and GBCI, told The Hindu on Thursday.
According to JG Giridhar, CEO and Managing Director of
SIERRA ODC, it took about two years to complete the
project and get the certification. Of the total area of
24,000 sq.ft, 18,732 sq.ft is air-conditioned and houses
nearly 150 people. The ₹ 9-crore project (excluding land
cost) has an organic waste converter to
treat the waste from the kitchen, 60 KW of solar panels
to generate solar energy, and even solar panels
embedded on some of the glass panels in the facade. All
the e-waste generated is recycled. “This is a green and
smart project and it is easy for every one to replicate,”
he said. “An employee spends about 10 hours at work
and it is important that the quality of the air in the
building is good. Such details have been addressed in
the building,” he said. The software solutions company,
which exports its Enterprise Facility Management
software, is also setting up an onsite green learning
centre where visitors can learn about benefits of green
buildings.
Criteria taken for certification
SiteSelection
Energy Effeciency
Water Conservation
Indoor air quality
Use of recycled materials
Transportation etc…
an organic waste converter installed at SIERRA ODC E-Facility in
Coimbatore. The building has received LEED Platinum certification.
 Technology used
 eFacilityhas been designed and constructed to be
one of the greenest buildings in the entire world,
adding that the achievements being 64 per cent
energy cost savings, 100 per cent green power and
carbon neutral, 89 per cent water savings and 100
per cent water recycled.
 The building is carbon neutral building where it is
has amorphous silicon technology with thin building
vortex by adopting this technology where they make
use of photo voltaic modules and produce power at
low cost per watt .
SIERRA ODC BUILDING at Annamalai Industrial
Estate ,Kalapatti ,coimbatore.
Thank
you