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Solar Energy Centre Gurgaon

The document summarizes the design of the Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, India. The centre is located on a 200-acre site in a hot, dry climate. Key energy efficient design features include a roof surface evaporative cooling system, well insulated laboratories, hollow concrete block walls, reflective roof finishes, windows designed for cross ventilation and daylighting, and louvered shutters on east and west windows. The buildings are spread out with courtyards in between to maximize the roof area for evaporative cooling. The guest house utilizes an earth shelter cooling system and solar water heating integrated with the design.

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Solar Energy Centre Gurgaon

The document summarizes the design of the Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, India. The centre is located on a 200-acre site in a hot, dry climate. Key energy efficient design features include a roof surface evaporative cooling system, well insulated laboratories, hollow concrete block walls, reflective roof finishes, windows designed for cross ventilation and daylighting, and louvered shutters on east and west windows. The buildings are spread out with courtyards in between to maximize the roof area for evaporative cooling. The guest house utilizes an earth shelter cooling system and solar water heating integrated with the design.

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ISHIKA MITTAL

BARCH 3RD SEM.


ROLL NO. 1618007
S0LAR ENERGY CENTRE, GURGAON

 Climate : Composite (predominantly hot)


 Location : Gurgaon, Haryana.
 The centre is located on a gently sloping site covering about 200 acres
in a suburban setting. The climate is hot and dry with summer
temperatures reaching as high as 47 degrees C.
 Therefore, the major concern in the region with respect to building
design is summer cooling, at the same time winters are also quite
harsh requiring heating during the winter months. The Solar Energy
Centre building is designed to reflect the principles of energy
conservation and application of solar heating and cooling concepts.
SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE
ABOUT THE BUILDING
 It is a single storeyed research centre.
The buildings include a:-
 The technical and administration block.
 Workshop building and electrical substation, etc.
 The guest house

 Being situated on a large open plot of land, the buildings are spread
out and possess courtyards around which the various activities are
clustered.
Energy conscious features: -

 Roof surface evaporative cooling system.


 Appropriate planning in which laboratories requiring air conditioning
are put together in a well-insulated building.
 Hollow concrete block walls to resist heat gain by conduction.
 Reflective finish on roof surface.
 Windows designed for cross ventilation and daylighting.
 The east and west facing windows incorporate openable louvered
shutters.
ROOF AND WALL TREATMENT

 The building was conceived as a low spread out structure, arranged


around courtyards, maximising the use of roof surface for evaporative
cooling system with automatic controls.
 For comfort cooling, the strategy used was to reduce ingress of heat
by using hollow, concrete block walls, properly shaded windows, and a
reflective finish on the roof surface.
WINDOWS FOR DAYLIGHTING
 Special open able louvered shutters were designed for the eat and
west facing windows.
 Aluminium windows were used in preference to steel windows as this
gives tighter fitting with lesser infiltration.
 To provide day lighting in all the work areas and to ensure that no
artificial lights are being used during day time, all the deeper office
rooms have been provided with windows on two different sides.
 The windows have been properly shaded to reduce glare from the sky.
 All rooms have been provided with windows so that they will receive
sunlight for atleast half the day in winter.
 The monsoon season merits special consideration, as evaporative
cooling does not work during this period. In these buildings, cross
ventilation has been provided in all rooms.
VENTILATION AND DAY
LIGHTING
 Permanent ventilators have been placed on the south side.
 The roof is insulated two – level windows have been provided for
good ventilation.
 To prevent heat gain through the roof, it has been given a reflective
white finish.
 The entire building is day lit and no artificial lighting would be
required during normal working hours.
THE GUEST HOUSE

 The first building to be put up in the Solar Energy Centre campus,


this has an earth shelter cooling system. Solar water heaters have
been integrated with architectural design.
 Winter heating is direct by sun lighting of the guest rooms. Each
window is provided with an arched sunshade, which allows winter sun
to come through the top part of the glazing.
 Solar water heaters provided in each toilet have been integrated
with the architectural design.
 A sunny terrace for solar cooking has been provided near kitchen.
SECTION OF A GUEST HOUSE

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