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The airport encompasses an area of approximately 1300 acres spread across four At present, the solar plants set up in different places, like cargo premises, over car park,
panchayats and one municipality and about 1.5 lakh people live in these areas. and over concrete pillars constructed across a canal is generating total 29.5 MW power.
These solar plants have so far saved more than 550MT of〖 CO emission, contributing to
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As an organization which successfully pioneered cost-effective ways of building and the efforts of CIAL towards minimizing environmental degradation.
operating an airport, CIAL’s (Cochin International Airport Limited) solar projects have
got larger implications. As the airport operates 24 X 7, the power bill was very high. This
provoked an alternative thinking. It experimented with a 100 KWp solar power plant in 2013,
on the roof top of the arrival terminal block and then scaled up the installation capacity to 1
MWp placed both on the roof and the ground. As the initiative demanded more operational
focus both in technical and human resources verticals, a special task force was formed
and put into action.

The success of these plants prompted up-scaling of operations which led to commissioning
of the 12MWp capacity solar plant on 18th of August 2015 and Cochin International Airport
became the first airport in the world to be fully powered by solar energy. This was set up in
a land area of 45 acres near the International Cargo premises. By the end of 2016, the total
solar capacity of Cochin Airport became 15.5 MWp, capable of generating around 62000
units of electricity every day. Till date Cochin Airport has produced more than 3.50 crore
units of solar energy worth approximately Rs. 24 Crores.
Solar Panels installed in parking area
Year 2015-16

conStruction of grEEn BuiLDing: Head Quarter of navi Mumbai

Municipal corporation by navi Mumbai Municipal corporation

avi Mumbai Municipal Corporation(NMMC) planned to build their Head office at Plot high performance double glazed panels with recessed windows, façade with dry cladding,
NNo. 1 & 2, Sector 15A of CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai with the prime motive of bringing terrace with reflective tiles and low VoC paints etc., Lighting is from the façade and
all the departments of NMMC under a single roof, in a central location , easily accessible occupancy based area lighting, LED lighting, reflective fixtures and also from certain critical
to people. The project site is spread over 27422 Sq.mt. of area. The building is developed on area lighting with sensors. Plumbing is with hydro pneumatic water supply system, low
a barren land. The Plot area initially identified for the project was 20000 Sq.mt. However, the flow flush, sensor based/push button water taps, rainwater collection and reuse. Moving
open ground Plot No 2 that lay between the Palm Beach side service road and the Project Bed Bio Film Reactor (MBBR) technology based sewage treatment and drip flow irrigation
site was also later developed as part of the Green Foreground for this civic head quarter. for landscape with native species etc., efficient air conditioning system, and BMS integrated
No civil construction is carried out in the additional area (plot 2). Building area of the main services are efficiently functional even after 2 year of occupancy.
structure is 6700 Sq.mt. and it is a Basement + Ground + 7 storey structure which consists Record setting: It has become a public attraction spot in the city especially on 31st
of open offices, cabins, meeting rooms, conference rooms, GB meeting Hall, Amphitheatre, December, year end, Republic Day and Maharashtra Day. The main attractions are its
cafeteria, Training Hall etc. A parallel service road has been developed to access the site. elegant design landscape and light illumination.
This avoids traffic interference on the heavy traffic Palm Beach Road and Amra Marg. The
location is well connected by bus routes with local railway stations and other parts of Navi NMMC, by incorporating these green measures in its own Head office, has set an example
Mumbai. for the future projects to be taken up by them or other developing bodies. These could be
termed as guidelines emerging from understanding individual responsibilities towards the
The Building is planned in a circular form and all major public interface departments occupy greater good, and a self initiated effort for a Greener Future in Indian cities.
the ground floor to ensure uninterrupted movement of general public; also to avoid load
on the lifts. Engineering and administrative departments are planned on second and third This project has inculcated the habit and culture to excel and produce the International
floors respectively. The General Body & Mayor, Commissioner Offices are designed under standard works in the city. Innovation in structural designs in post-tensioned beams and
the 37m Dome. The Project achievements can be categorized in three paths: slabs of dome has been recognized even in the Limca Book of records.
Structural design achievement: The Post Tensioned Beam and Slab structure at fourth Layout plan of Green Building
floor level, fifth floor level and the viewing deck level is of a specialized engineering design.
The Unsupported span of 43.21 m in PT beams resting on Column corbels and TFE
Bearings over the triple height Atrium have been recognized as a World Record for Longest
PT span in a building by Limca Book of Records. The GRC Dome with 37m dia above the
central Deck slab is in structural steel and GRC (Glass fiber Reinforced Concrete).
Green building features: The building design is with maximum use of natural light for
office area, ventilated atrium planning, cavity wall design with permanent exterior finishes,

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