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The Crystal
Exploring tomorrow’s cities today

LAKSHMI RAVI CHANDU KOLUSU

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ASustainable Cities Initiative

Why the Crystal?

 A sustainable cities initiative by
Siemens. Supporting long term
cooperation with cities for infrastructure
solutions
 A platform for global collaboration
amongst key players in urban
sustainability
 A centre to discuss and learn about the
challenges cities are facing and possible
solutions to reduce their environmental
impact.
 Home for thought leadership on urban
sustainability providing experts to
exchange ideas.
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ASustainable Cities Initiative

What is the Crystal for?

1. Home to the world’s largest
exhibition focused on urban
sustainability
2. Conference center for businesses,
public institutions, green enthusiasts
etc..
3. Home to the Siemens Center of
Competence Cities
4. Showcase for Siemens technologies
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ASustainable Cities Initiative

Location
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One building with two parts

Key figures
 Floor space ofwhole
building 6920m2
 Corporate areas
4098 m2
 Exhibition andstreet
Corporate
Street Exhibition 2221 m2
space
Crystal  Auditorium with 270seats
 100 officedesks
Auditorium
 50 seatscafeteria
 225,000 visitors since
opening in September2013
Main entrance
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One of the most sustainable buildings in the world

Certification
The only building awardedwith
LEED Platinum
BREEAM Outstanding

OUTSTANDING

42% 90%
improved
energy water self
efficiency sufficiency
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Green Building certifications

LEED points 35 34
30 26
25

86/109 20
14 15
15 30
points 10
10 23
6 4
AvailablePoints 5 10 9
3 5 4
Targeted Points
0
Sustainable Water Energy & Materials& Indoor Innovation Regional
Sites Efficiency Atmosphere Resources Environmental in Design Priority
Quality

35
BREEAM points

30 27
OUTSTANDING 25
20
18 16
14 15
15 12
86.92% 10
25
8 8 10
16 13
AvailablePoints 5 13
8 8 8 9 7
Targeted Points
0
Management Healthand Energy Transport W ater Materials W aste Land Use Pollution
well being andEcology
An intelligent
building
The Crystal Building Energy
Management System is produced
by Siemens and controls all
electrical and mechanical system
in the building. Information from an
outdoor weather station
supplements over 3,500 data
points within the Crystal.
Connected systemsinclude:

 Heating, air-conditioning
and ventilationsystem
 Weatherstation
 Lightingcontrols
 Ground source heatpump
 Solar thermal hot watersystem
 Black and rainwatersystem
 Fire alarm andevacuation
system
 Photovoltaic system
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Technology showcase
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Technology showcase

En ergy
 100% electric building,
 20% generated by PV panels
 80% from UK power networks
 84 power meters separately for
power and lighting
 Ground source heat pump
 No use of fossilfuels
 Pipe network, 17 km length
 Building heating and cooling
 Low energy systems
 Chilled beams
 Underfloor heating
 Low velocity air displacement
 Natural ventilation
 Energy recovery system
 Thermal wheel
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Technology showcase
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Technology showcase

Building envelope &light

 Self shading facade
 Triple glazing, 70% daylight, 30%
heat radiation
 Strategically placed glazing
 65% fluorescent lighting, 35% LED
lighting
 Daylight harvesting
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Technology showcase

Remote supervision
 Siemens Advantage Operation
Center
 Located in Frankfurt / Germany
 Automatic transfer of
consumption data
 Consumption Monitoring
 ConsumptionAnalysis
 Identification of improvement
potential
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Next generation managementstation
Light and
ventilation
The Crystal’s self shading
facades use high
performance solar glass
which allows around 70%
of visible light through
each window but only
about 30% of the solar
energy.The glass has
three layers and an Argon
cavity.
Almost every space in the
building has access to
natural daylight, meaning
minimal artificial light is
needed.
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Lighting systems
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Lighting systems

 The lighting system in the Crystal uses a combination of 65% fluorescent lights
and 35% LED lights along with an advanced control system produced by
Siemens which automatically adjusts every individual lamp to provide
comfortable brightness levels without wasting electricity.
 Daylight and presence detectors will dim the electric lighting or turn it off when it
is not needed.
 The Crystal Building Energy Management System senses indoor and outdoor
conditions and then controls the most suitable, energy- efficient ventilation mode
for each part of the building.
 At moderate temperatures, natural ventilation is used and the windows open
automatically.
 At low or high temperatures the windows close and a mechanical ventilation
system takes over. Natural ventilation can also be used during night time,
reducing the cooling demand during the following day.
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Natural ventilation
Heating and
cooling
 Ground source heat pumps supply
virtually all of the building’s heating
and most of its cooling. The system
works by pumping water through a
pipe that loops deep into the ground.
There are 199 pipes at the Crystal
totaling 17km in length and reaching
as deep as 150m.
 Two ground source heat pumps then
create hot and chilled water and
pump it to underfloor pipes for
heating or chilled beams for cooling.
Cold water is passed through a
ceiling mounted beam so when the
rising hot air reaches the chilled
beam it cools and sinks, bringing
chilled air to those below.
 Energy is recovered by thermal
wheels. Outgoing air passes over a
heat-absorbing disc which then
rotates into the incoming air stream,
warming the fresh air. Around 60%
of outgoing heat or cooling energy is
recovered.
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HVAC systems
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Ground source heatpumps
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Passive chilledbeams
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Exhibition air handlingunits
Water
 Rainwater is collected directly fromthe
building’s roof and stored in a 30m³
underground storage tank. Water is
treated using filtration and ultraviolet
disinfection.
 Blackwater receives the highest level of
treatment when it is recycled, passing
through a biological tank with two
treatment zones (anoxic and aerobic) and
two filters (a membrane filter and a long
life carbon filter). The recycled water is
used for irrigation and toilet flushingacross
the site. 100% of WC flushing is taken
fromournon-potablesources.
 Around 80% of the building’s hot
water is heated by a combination of
solar thermal water heating from the
roof and ground source heatpumps.
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Water systems
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Water systems
Rainwater

90% self sufficiency

2,900 m 3 /a

Rainwater
Greyw ater
harvesting
Blackwater

Blackw ater
recycling
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Raw rainwatertank
Energy

The Crystal is a 100% electric

building, around 20% of which is
generated by the 1580 m2 of solar
photovoltaic roof panels that cover
two-thirds of the roof.
Energy use in the Crystal is
monitored so extensively that every
kilowatt of electricity used can be
measured. This can then be
compared with the performance of
other buildings across the world to
ensure efficiencies are maintained.
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Energy systems
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Photovoltaic plant
Outside building
&Transport
 The Crystal has been built on a
brownfield site in an historically
industrial area. The ground was
treated and reclaimed prior to
construction.
 Hard surfaces surrounding the
site are made from durable,
recycled materials. A green roof
covering the building’s energy
centre provides storm water
attenuation and a habitat for a
rich variety of plant and animal
life.
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Sustainable Transport
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Benchmark

Energy efficiency
Minimized losses by high performance buildingenvelope
 Triple glazing  Air tightness
- 42.6%  Glazing positioning  Building orientation

-42.6% Energy energy Minimized consumption by low energysystems

consu m ption consumption
than astandard  Natural ventilation  Demand controlled
building  Under floor heating ventilation and lighting
 Chilled beams  Energy Monitoring
 Low velocity air displacement

Green house gas emissions

Minimized green house gas emissionsby

Green hou se
gas emissions
- 71.1% integration of renewable energysources
green housegas  Ground source heat pumps
-71.1% emissions  Photovoltaic panels
than astandard
building
 Solar thermal panels
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