THE ENERGY RESERCH INSTITUTE

SUBMITTED BY:
V.S.N.S.HYNDAVI
16C01C4026
INTRODUCTION

 Established in 1974
 Project is designed to house an
office block with approx. 75
workstations & a small guest house
attached to it
 Conducts energy services for
major corporate’s
 Concerned with effective
utilization of energy, sustainable
uses of natural resources, large
scale adoption of renewable
energy technology.
 Garden city
BANGALORE

 Location: 12* 58’ N 177* 35’ E
 Altitude: 919 m
 Green cover: 40 %
 Rainfall: 97 cm
 Climate: moderate temperature
 Temperature:
mean min
mean max
summer 20*c
35*c
winter 14*c
28*c
LOCATION
 Located at domlur bus stop
( 3 kms from Bangalore airport rd) ,
amidst a residential area, park and temple

 Long narrow site with roads on the

eastern and northern sides

 Western side has an open ground

 Southern side has an open drain ( 9m wide)

 Site located adjacent to a foul smelling

drain on south which dictates design
development as wind comes from south.
BUILDING DETAILS
 The building has been
divided into individual
and common areas

 75 intimate small spaces

are provided for
individual work

 Common areas refer to

the atriums, courts,
nodes and corridors
meant for wider
interaction
ORIENTATION
• Building is oriented along NE- SW direction
• SW is the primary wind and light
direction for Bangalore
• Along SW façade is a foul smelling
drain.Hence entrance is towards NE direction
• All window openings are in this direction

• South wall is a double wall to provide

insulation from southern sun.
Floor Plans
LIGHT

• Main source of light- SUN

• Building opens on northern side to take
advantage of glare free light
• ( north light)
• Atrium spaces and sky lights ensure enough
lighting
• Presence of light shafts to transmit light from
skylight above into meeting rooms and parking
below through a photo sensitive glass
• Artificial lighting used only for work stations
Light
Sun
• Photo voltaic cells are used to capture the suns energy thus
generating electrical energy for the various stations.
• These photovoltaic cells have been arranged in line with the
primary orbit of the sun ( about 22-22.5 degrees from the west
ccw)
• The panel are integrated with dynamic truss to optimize the
generation of energy
• The suns energy is further used in the form of solar heaters
which is used to generate all the hot water in the guest house
• The thermal comfort levels are mainted by the use of filler
slabs which provides insulation between the inside and the
outside of the building.
• Filler slabs are designed with alternate panel of concrete and
hollow blocks,
• The holow blocks help in reducing the transimission of heat from
outside to inside of the building.
RADIATION
• Use of double glazed windows
with coating
• Use of cavity wall construction with
kadappa stone which is a heat
retentive material

• Terrace garden helps in insulation ,

reducing radiation as well as moderating
temperature fluctuations

• Roof consists of a hollow loft space which

reduces conduction of heat to work areas
AIR • Primary wind direction along SW
• A long SW façade is a foul smelling drain

• Wall towards south is blank allowing the breeze to flow

over the building which in turn creates negative
pressure and pulls in fresh air from the north.

• South wall is a double wall so as to heat up the void

between the two walls creating negative pressure
thereby enhancing convection currents

• chimneys and vents Allows breeze to flow over

building
• Creates negative pressure
• Starts pulling fresh air flow at body level to
provide thermal comfort
• Hot air rises towards the top on southern façade
Ventilation - analysis
• The primary winds blow from the south to north over the nallah,
hence the building needs to react to this if,the foul unhygienic
air has to be prevented from entering the building .
• Thus the development of the south wall was a prime design
factor in achieving this purpose.
• Here the south wall has was treated as an independent system
linking the rear walls of the building over a cavity
• This cavity creates a negative pressure setting up the
convectional currents. The entire systems works very
effectively in generating the desired reverse wind circulation.
• The blank wall carries a system of cudappa.The colour black was
deliberately chosen because of its heat absorptive power which
is the highest among all colours
• The working of the system is very
simple
• The sun’s rays heat the black south wall
increasing the temperature of the
immediate environment around.
• This causes the air in the cavity to
rise upwards naturally. These
convectional currents are blown away
by the winds blowing south to north.
• This creates a vacuum at the at the
top core structure. To fill this
vacuum, air from inside is drawn up.
• This system of hot air rising and
drawing in of cool fresh air is a
continuous process.
Hence reverse wind circulation is established by bringing in the fresh
air from the north open face of the building, and drawing it through
the entire section of the structure and removing it by convectional
means up through solar wind vents.
 Water
• The central court which connects the office
complex and the guest house section plays an
important role as a space generator .
• The spaces around it follow the age old concept of
the verandah that are outside but are shaded,
hence giving a feel of ‘withinness’ to it .
• The central court houses an amphitheatre that’s
acts as an informal gathering … but more
importantly it holds within it the rainwater
harvesting sump for the whole complex.
• the rainwater is collected through downtake pipes
at the various levels of terraces. Thus rain water
harvesting plays an effective role in water
management
Earth
Earth berm
As thermal
capacity of
earth is high,
daily and annual
temperature
fluctuations keep
decreasing with
increasing depth
of earth
At depth of 4m
below ground,
temperature
remains constant
and equal to
annual average
temperature
CONCLUSION

• Sets a new standard of energy efficient,

environmentally conscious office space

• Building conveys skillful interplay of natural

elements with the building form to reduce
energy demand