how to use natural building materials in your green home
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Vinay of ZED Habitats talks about natural building material - what, benefits and how you can use it to reduce carbon footprint in your home. More at www.thealternative.in/greenprint-your-homeTRANSCRIPT
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Green Strategies
DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY
6 STRANDS OF BUILDING
DESIGN
ZED’s bioclimatic Design
CLIMATE
Micro Climate
Building Configur
ation
Building Envelope
Designed Building
HOTTER THAN OUTSIDE
TEMPERATURE
COMFORT ZONE
OUTSIDE TEMP.
COOLER THAN OUTSIDE
TEMPERATURE
ZED’s Bio-climatic design
Good landscaping, vegetation
Micro Climate
Protection from sun, rain
& wind, daylighting…
Building Configur
ation
Choice of suitable building
materials
Building Envelope
Good indoor environment &
efficient appliances
Passive Design
Low-energy air conditioning
systems
Desired Comfort
Conditions
Conventional design
practices
Master Plan … the genesis of a green oasis
The cluster as the basic unit of the
community
Green Park Spaces for every
cluster
44 homes
Nice expansive
avenues that will be lined with dense
trees and foliage
Clusters that define
your climate within your homes
Green spreads within each cluster that would enable
removal of heat
Stay Cool in all seasons…
Design Drivers for the unit
The design of the unit type has been a resultant of many drivers• Orientation• A central social space• The west façade• An interconnecting volume
COOL ROOF
CROSS VENTILATION
Climatically Responsive Homes
Socio-Climatic Drivers:Double height space integrating the two floors to experience the volume.
Welcoming Double Space in your Living Room
Climate Analysis
Air conditioning is essential through out the year to achieve thermal comfort; which would be achieved through Non-conventional Green methods.
High health value for Occupants…
Free-flowing plans that offer rooms without walls, customizable to have no walls to walled private spaces as per your choice
Central Free-flowing Spaces
Bring the green into your Homes
• Green indoor gardens, green outdoor courts, surround you with healthy, clean air
Luxurious Master Toilet
A toilet lit by a skylight, having a green patch of a garden inside and walk in cupboards to a dry side…a haven in itself.
Living amongst green for the rest of your lives…
STRATEGY
Reliability
Economy
Efficiency
Function
Finishes
Environmental Compatibility
Economic Efficiency
Endoginety
Equity
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CostAesthetic Function Ease of Execution Efficient TimeEnvironmental Health
Geysers
Synthetic fertilizers or pesticides
Chemicals for treating water
HCFC CFC or ODS
toxic paints
We use
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We use
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Bricks, clay blocks, clay tiles, Ceramic tiles
Incandescent lamps waste exported
Forest timber
Municipal water imported
We use
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LEDs, solar based or
hybrids for external lights
Composites
Shallow aquifers
Green Masonry blocks
Homes are built with specially engineered masonry blocks for walls. These also include designer blocks. These are energy-efficient, and are part of microclimate architecture …
Hollow BlockTextured Wall
Thermal Plaster
Energy Management Strategy
Demand side Management
Supply side Management
• ACs are to be used only when you need it. And so these homes at BCIL Zed Earth have been provided with 36 Watt low energy ceiling fans that reduce power consumption by a chunky 25%. Washrooms offer energy-efficient ventilators.
• Energy-efficient air-conditioning that is innovative, easy-to-run, and saves 50 per cent on monthly energy bills.
Green Air conditioning
Green Air conditioning
FRESH AIR IN28 @ – 32 @C
MIST COOLING UNIT CAP 2000 CFMz
SUPPLY AIR DUCT WITH THERMAL
INSULATIONBED ROOM24 @C ±
BED ROOM24 @C ±
BED ROOM24 @C ±
BED ROOM24 @C ±
27 @- 28 @C
ON PEAK LOAD OFF PEAK LOAD ON PEAK LOAD
kW
TIME
Energy Consumption in ZedHomes
FUTURE EXPANSION
INVERTER
DC POWER (12V)
DC DC 230V AC
POWER
AC
CHARGE
CONTROLLER
DC
BATTERY
SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
DC AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
GRID POWER
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
AC
AC
DC
Bio-diesel for gensets
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o Diesel Gensets as supplementary power for all ZedHomes.
o Gensets run on 30% bio-diesel
(pongamia pinnata)
o Reduce 2.5 tonnes of CO2 annually
• Every home at BCIL Zed Earth comes complete with a solar thermal hot water supply system. It’s backed up by a provision for a 15-litre, energy-efficient geyser you can fit optionally in each washroom.
Hot water with zero energy bills…
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Water Management Strategy
REDUCED FRESH WATER
DEMAND
Water Efficient fixtures
Treated fresh water
Water conscience meter to measure the water usage of
every ZedHomeTreated waste water
Rainwater Harvesting
Having a conscience by being conscious
• With an on site water treatment plant at BCIL Zed Earth, you can drink water straight off the tap.
• Zed Earth hosts taps and showers that save you 105,000 liters a year, while offering you the best of comfort on water at home.
• Information is key to sustainable living. As an educational aid, every home comes with one water flow meter that record and display the consumption of water. Only if you ask…
Waste water no more a waste…• Waste water leaving your home is treated at the Sewage
Treatment Plant (STP) and looped back into the system for irrigation of all plants on campus.
• Kitchen waste from each home is sent (once segregated at home) to a natural compost-making unit.
• To ensure effective waste management, separate community bins for Paper, Plastic, Glass, e-waste, toxic waste and other non-recyclables are provided in the common areas.
Do not do a NIMBY with waste…
Cleaner air within
• Every home at BCIL Zed Earth comes with a private garden-eco -scaped with carefully chosen native species that require less water and maintenance.
• These gardens and the common campus plants offer you carbon sinks that offer you a chance to secure carbon-neutrality on your lifestyle and carbon emission.
Living amongst green for the rest of your lives…
Thank you
We help you:
grow your own waterharness your own energy
grow your own food
… at no extra capital cost… at no extra selling price
… at a saving of 30% for end-user
ZED. Not end of the Alphabet. The beginning of a new language.