The Capital’s First Griha Certified Green Home

Delhi has found a new reason to be cheerful, and come over all its alarming reports on polluted Yamuna, unplanned housing layouts as Delhi gets its first individual green house. The house is located in south Delhi’s Chittaranjan Park. The name of the house is ‘Green One’. The inspiration to build a greenhouse was from the ITC green building in Gurgaon. Prashant Roy the owner of this house decided to re-built his house at C.R park in an ecofriendly way. The materials used are recycled materials like fly-ash bricks, (ACC) Autoclaved Aerated Concrete bricks. For reduction of heat there is overall fenestration. Few bricks were used from left over debris which were made from industrial waste materials. As the normal bricks are having high amount of carbon which affect the environment. This five storey greenhouse costed around 4 crores.

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Amazing Features:

1. Glass Panels: Glass panels that retain maximum solar heat, which helps in less usage of artificial light inside the house.

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1. Solar panels: The solar panels help in reducing the heat on the roof and also the use of renewable source of energy helps in less consumption of energy all the lighting inside the house, the geysers are all connected with these solar panels to save electricity.

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1. Insulation: There is a smart insulation design that helps to reduce heat and keeps the home environment cool. In a city like Delhi, where there is extreme climate. Insulation helps to retain less heat during summer and helps to keep the home environment warmer during winter.

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1. Rain water harvesting is also a part of this green home. Waste water is recycled and used for non-drinking use. There is a compost facility for the kitchen waste.

• Terrace Garden: The house has a beautiful terrace garden which also helps in the reduction of heat and keep the roof top cooler.

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Griha and Teri certification:

The first ever green home in the country which has got a five star rating from Griha for an individual house in south Delhi. The criteria’s to get this rating are under the TERI GRIHS system.

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Calculation of Points:

This five storey building construction cost came within 4 crores. Roy says that the construction cost per sq. foot was 10 percent less than a normal building of the same dimensions.

“My wife was really supportive through all the time and effort needed to get this project going. My daughter was six years old when we moved in and she was very excited, and read up about green buildings and spoke about them at school,” Roy said.

“People mistakenly believe a green building costs a lot more. The extra cost isn’t much, but you save money on electricity and water,” he said.

While the world is trying to reduce global warming this kind of house is a great example for people to do their bit to save the environment. Having such vision while constructing a house reduces energy consumption and also reduces the cost of construction

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