Students of Civil Department (Sem-VIII) visited Indira Paryavaran Bhawan
Department of Civil Engineering, FET, MRIIRS, Faridabad organized a one-day visit to Indira Paryavaran Bhawan (IPB), Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi recently. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan is Green Building Project of Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change. Selected students from 8th semester along with Assistant Professors, Ms. Shashi Tiwari & Mr. Aamir Mazhar proceeded to the IPB.
IPB Building is a state-of-the-art landmark, with emphasis on conservation of natural areas and trees. It has its own solar power plant, sewage treatment plant and geothermal heat exchange system. It is a Net Zero Energy Green Building with LEED India Platinum Rating and GRIHA 5 star rating. It is RCC framed structure with 3 basements and two blocks one of Ground + 6 and other of Ground + 7.
The visit started with an introduction about Zero Energy Construction and the number of energy conservation measures that have been adopted to optimize the overall design load. High Efficiency Solar Panels are also installed to achieve Net Zero criteria.
Energy efficient T-5 and LED fixtures, innovative chilled beam system for cooling, and Pre-cooling of fresh air from toilet exhaust using heat recovery wheel in order to reduce load on chiller plant. Water cooling chillers, double skin air handling units with variable frequency drives are installed there along with the Geo thermal heat exchange technology for heat rejection from Air-conditioning system. An innovative energy saving regenerative lifts were installed for the first time in a government institutional building.
Water conservation measures have been adopted in the building like Low discharge water fixtures and dual flushing cistern, low demand plants in landscaping, Drip irrigation system for green areas, make up water tank for chiller plant, irrigation, and Rain water harvesting system which leads to saving in fresh water requirement. The mechanized car parking has been provided in this building for the first time inside the government office building to accommodate parking space for 344 cars.
The visit was coordinated by Dr. Manju Dominic, Professor, Civil Engineering Department.