Designing of a Sustainable Shopping Mall in the Indian Context
Figure 24: Annotation of all services used
Optimize building design to reduce conventional energy demand • • • • • • • • •
Energy efficient light fittings to reduce energy demand Part condenser water heat rejection by geothermal mechanism. This will also help in water conservation in cooling towers for hvac system. Variable chilled water pumping system through VFD, VFD on cooling towers fans and AHU. Pre cooling of fresh air from toilet exhaust air through sensible and latent heat energy recovery wheel. Entire hot water generation through solar panels. Maximum daylighting Regenerative lifts Use of lux level sensor to optimise operations of artificial lighting Solar powered external lighting
Optimize energy performance of building within specified comfort limits Reducing energy consumption while maintaining occupant comfort. For achieving visual comfort •
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Direct line of sight to the outdoor environment to vision glazing for building occupants for more than 90% of the occupied spaces. Avoiding deep floor plates to create maximum daylighted spaces
