Project name: Central Information Commission
Location: CIC Bhawan, Baba Gangnath Marg ,Munirka,New Delhi - 110 067
Site Area: 4653m2
Built up Area: 9770 m2
Energy Consumption Reduction: 60.3 % reduction in energy consumption compared
to GRIHA benchmark
EPI: 55.5 KWh/ m2/year
Renewable Energy: Rated capacity of solar PV installed on site is ……35…. KW
GRIHA rating: ____4____ star rating
Year of completion: …2017…….
The following strategies were adopted to reduce the building impact on the natural
environment:
Sustainable Site Planning:
a. Site services were planned according to natural contour of site and existing
services around it, i.e. natural topography has been kept unchanged
b. Existing trees were preserved and additional native trees were planted on site
c. Top soil preservation for utilization in landscape
d. Trees and shrubs are planted inside and outside the building to avail shading and
buffer from roads & provide fresh air.
e. Solar passive design strategies & microclimate has been created .Air enters from
narrow openings on each floor & hot air moves up and is forced out from axial
fans from the terrace.
Reducing water consumption
a. Use of low flow fixtures to achieve more than 50% water consumption reduction
against GRIHA benchmark
b. 100% waste water treatment on site
c. Use of efficient drip and sprinkler irrigation system
Reducing energy consumption (compared to TERI GRIHA benchmarks) while
maintaining occupant comfort:
• For achieving visual comfort:
a. Artificial lighting design as per NBC norms
b. External shading with combination of fins and jaalis
c. Landscaping planned with native species and green wall features in
central atrium and all around the building
• For achieving thermal comfort:
a. AAC block work for external walls
b. Double Glazing Unit with optimum shading to minimize the heat gain
c. Use of occupancy and daylight sensors to minimize the energy wastes
Renewable energy technologies installed on site
a. Solar PV panels installed.
b. Solar street lights have been installed.
Use of low energy materials:
a. Door/window frames are made of aluminium
b. Low VOC paints
c. Low energy material like Vitrified tiles, Kota Stone, Gypsum board and Glass
with recycled content are used for interior work
The architectural façade, an inevitable part of any building, has long been a compelling
focus of interest for building physicists and designers combining attributes of both
appearance and performance in a holistic manner.
Façades, as building envelope, form the outer skins of buildings as a projected image and
creative intent which has been brought up by Central Information Commission at New
Delhi.
All components of the building façade,work together to regulate the indoor environment,
responding to heating, cooling, ventilation, and natural lighting needs. It balances
requirements for ventilation and daylight while providing thermal protection appropriate
to the local climatic conditions.
The optimally designed building façade is an important factor not only for achieving the
energy efficiency, but also the human comfort which can make the building work more
effectively for its owners, occupants and environment.
Façade has an impact on the interior spaces as well as on external neighbourhood.
One of the basic design motives for the building envelope was to protect the indoors from
external elements along with providing optimum daylight and to optimise the solar heat
gains in the building.
This has been achieved through simple passive low cost measures based on the principal
of demand reduction through building envelope design by controlling the Window to
Wall Ratio (WWR), SHGC, U value (based on choice of building material).Indoor
daylighting is achieved by providing glazing having specific VLT values and efficient
space planning.
Double glazed unit façade is used to maximise the external views while causing
minimum glare.
Growing vegetation on the façade has potentially created a positive microclimate around
the built form. The accounts that a reduction of approx. 2˚C is achieved by using green
vegetation around buildings compared to the surrounding ambient in composite climates
like Delhi.The greeen wall has been planned for the strech of boundary wall & the central
atrium inside the building.
Integrated Design Team
Client-Central Information Commission
Project Coordinator-Ar Sakul Khanna, Renu Khanna & Associates
Principal Architect-Ar Renu Khanna,Renu Khanna & Associates
Landscape Architect- Ar Ritika Khanna Renu khanna & Associates
Project Management Consultant -National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC)
Structural Consultant -IC Syal,Syal & Associates
Electrical Consultant- Renu Khanna & Associates
