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Name of school –
SISHU GRIHA MONTESSORI & HIGH SCHOOL
Address of school –
No.3,HAL III stage, New Thippasandra,
Bangalore, INDIA
Pin Code– 560075
Name of teacher – Mrs. Lakshmi.V
Name of team : ASASA ARCHITECTS
Contact no. – 09180 - 25213940
Email address of teacher:[email protected]
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Individual names of students:
Sohrab M John
Avani Konduri
Arya Menon
Swathi Suvarna
Arvind Nair
• Age category entering – 12 to 14
By
ASASA ARCHITECTS
Ground Floor
This floor consists of the foyer,
the living room, the dining room,
the puja room, the kitchen, the
utility, one bedroom and one
bathroom.
First Floor
This floor consists of a family
room, two bedrooms and two
bathrooms. It also has a small
balcony.
Roof Planning
This picture shows the roof
planning of the entire house. It
also shows the chimney and the
place where the solar water
heater can be installed.
A view of the house in real life.
The Living Room
The Dining Room
The Kitchen
The First Bedroom
The Second Bedroom
The Third Bedroom
The T.V. Room
Green roofs
Green roofs
enhances the
beautification of
concrete buildings,
reduces the air
conditioning use in
small buildings,
retention and
reduction of storm
water runoff,
reduction of smog,
decrease of noise
pollution and
creation of ecological
habitats for insects
and wild birds.
Urban green roof
Opt for materials
made from renewable
resources.eg: Wood
• Consider in particular
the environmental
impact of a material’s
production.
• Reuse materials
wherever possible.
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A house that uses minimal
operating costs includes these
features:
Walls built with 14,000 mud
bricks sourced and made onsite, which retain heat in winter
Wide eaves to shade the house
in summer and absorb heat in
winter.
Color bond roof painted offwhite to reflect heat.
Roof-canopy ventilation to let
rising heat out.
Solar panels for running
appliances and heating water.
Two large rainwater tanks to a
rooftop header tank that feeds
the house by gravity.
Grey water diverter linked to
garden irrigation system.
Buy recycled:
 Timber: flooring, lining boards, skirting boards.
Recycled timber is often of a high quality and/or
a type that is no longer widely available.
 Bricks: older bricks can be aesthetically pleasing
and add character to the home.
 Stone: attractive stone blocks, including marble,
slate and sandstone, are often available for
reuse.
 Doors: including internal and external doors,
French doors, screen doors and security doors.
 Windows: from antique
leadlight and stained glass to
sliding aluminium models.
 Fireplace: grates, surrounds
and mantelpiece of marble,
carved wood and cast iron.
 Light fittings: from Art Deco
lamps to chandeliers. Just
make sure they conform to
modern safety standards.
 Porcelain: baths, basins,
cisterns, laundry tubs – all can
be given a new lease of life by
re-enameling.
In some buildings, optical
fibers are used to route
sunlight from the roof to
other parts of the building .
Optical fiber illumination is
also used for decorative
applications, including signs,
art, and artificial Christmas
trees.
Solar panel
Sky light
(E & W)
Solar water
heater
Rain water
harvesting
Best Laid Plans
 Positioning of so called ‘wet-areas’- toilets, bathroom,
laundry and kitchen- close to each other has been done to
minimize the length of water pipes required to reach each
area. The longer the pipes, the more hot water goes cold
sitting in them, the farther new hot water has to travel
and the more water is wasted.
 The rooms that we need to heat or cool at the same time,
such as living areas or bedrooms are grouped together
 Our ceilings are lower than 2.7 m
because the higher the ceiling,
the more difficult and costlier
to heat the room.
• For water heating, a solar or electric heatpump system is opted. These are by far the
most efficient systems.
• Grid-linked solar panels are installed to
generate electricity.
• Installing a grey water diverter can divert
waste water from the bath, shower or washing
machine to a garden irrigation system.
• We might be able to use our grey water for
flushing toilets or washing clothes.
• Plumbing fittings are water- efficient and the
toilets are chosen with dual- flush cisterns.
These items are compulsory in new homes in
some areas.
Window Design
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The appropriate size of windows are chosen for the
orientation and climate. Large windows on the north side will
maximize natural heating. But large windows on the south side
may cause heat loss.
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Wooden frames are attractive, provide good insulation and
are eco-friendly if the
timber comes from a
renewable source.
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Windows are made taller
rather than wider.
This will let more light in.
• Double- glazing are considered for cold areas. It can cut
heat loss by as much as 50 percent. It also helps to
block outside noise.
• In warm areas, insect screens are fitted over windows so
that we can leave windows open and let cooling breezes
in.
• Louvers’, either in the form of louvered shutters, are a
useful feature for warm climates.
THE FURNITURE
• The furniture in the house, is
made of reclaimed timber and
painted with natural paints or no
paint.
• No trees were purposely felled
for this project as for the wood,
we can guarantee, it is not fresh
from rainforests.
• Utilizing reclaimed wood of
various styles and paint of
different colours ,we
artistically used furniture that
goes soft on the environment.
ADVANTAGES OF USING RECLAIMED WOOD
• The wood itself is typically from old forest plantations,
giving a higher quality timber with a denser grain.
• Reclaimed timber is structurally stable.
• Environment & Health
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Recycling waste timber helps reduce the amount of
waste being thrown into our landfill sites.
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This in turn reduces the demand for hardwood timber
and the destruction of natural forests and managed
timber plantations.
THE PAINT
• The paints, stains, thinners and waxes are made from
naturally-derived raw materials including citrus peel
extracts, essential oils, seed oils, tree resins, inert mineral
fillers, tree and bee waxes, lead-free dryers and natural
pigments.
• We used these, to reduce the use of toxic substances found
in other paints and to thus reduce the harm it could cause
to the environment, to reduce the need to manufacture new
paint like before as most raw materials are naturally
occurring and thus, the manufacturing process is also
environment friendly and finally the fact that it
does not differ much from chemical paint in
terms of appearance led us to make this decision.
Ready availability of clean water greatly
contributes to the quality of life. But when it
is available , we tend to waste it without
even being aware of it. We need to be more
aware of how we use water and simple things
we can do to collect and conserve it.
How To Save Water
 Do not wash dishes, brush teeth, wash clothes in
running water. Use water from a bucket instead.
 While using a washing machine make sure sure it
contains a full load of clothes. The amount of
energy utilized is the same.
 Take brief showers or bucket bathes instead of
luxurious tub baths.
 Fix leaking taps. Ten drops per minute wastes
about 3000 liters of water a year.
 Replace or repair loose seals on your toilets and
taps.
 When we flush disposable items in toilets, they do
not magically dissapear.They stay in other places
and will still be a part of the pollution problem.
Instead, throw them in proper bins.
 Use a bucket and wet cloth to clean your cars,
instead of a hose pipe.
 Left over water in the bottles or vessels can be
thrown in the pots.
 When it rains collect rain water in a bucket and
strain it through a cloth. We could also use this
water for cleaning brass vessels , as it does not
contain corrosive salts.
 Defrosted water from refrigerator is excellent
distilled water and can be used as battery water
for the inverter.
 Water used for mopping the floors could be used
to water the plants if it does not have soap or a
floor disinfectant like phenyl.
 Install water saving devices in the toilet as each
flush saves a lot of water.
TOILETS
Gravity not required! Toilet can flush 6' up and more
than 50' away from compost tank. Uses as little as 0.2L
of water per flush. Double tank high capacity model.
Our Top Ten Energy Savers
To make use of most of the sun’s warmth large
windows are installed on the northern side of the
house. To stay cool in summer, awnings, eaves or
blinds are installed that block the high summer sun.
Our home must be well insulated. A properly insulated
home can be up to 10°C warmer in winter and as much
as 7° C cooler in summer.
Whenever the weather permits, we use a clothes line
instead of a dryer. WE will save money and cut green
house gas emissions.
One of the simplest ways to save energy is to switch
off appliances at the wall when we won’t be using them
for a few hours. Keeping appliances on stand-by can
account for 10 per cent household electricity bill.
While using central heating and an adjustable
thermostat when we try turning our heating down a
fraction- we may not notice a big difference heatwise, but we could make big savings; a reduction of
1° C can cut bills by 10 per cent.
We plugged gaps around windows and doors and any
other external openings using draught excluders and
weather strips. Drought proofing can cut household
heat loss by up to 25 per cent in winter.
We replaced standard incandescent light bulbs with
compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs).
C L Fs are more efficient, creating an equivalent
light at a significantly lower wattage- a 25- watt
CFLs is as bright as a 100- watt regular bulb. As a
result, CFLs can last 10 times as long and use 80
per cent less energy.
Between natural gas and conventional
electricity, we go with gas. Not only is natural
gas normally cheaper, it produces one- third of
the greenhouse gas emissions of electricity from
coal-fired power stations.
Our hot water tank and pipes are properly
insulated. In an average home, heating water
accounts for more than one-quarter of the
household energy bill; and as much as half of
total water- heating costs can be due to heat
loss.
We must select appliances that are both
energy-efficient and the right size for our
needs – a 284 liters fridge will use 20 per cent
more energy than a 210 liters fridge, even if
they have the same Energy Rating.
Central Heating
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If we opt for central heating, we will buy a zoned
system-one that lets you turn heat off and on in each
room or at least different parts of the house
These can easily cut down our heating costs.
 The pros and cons of the main types of central heating;
ducting air, hydronic, thin film and in-slab heating. Most
can be fuelled by electricity, gas or LPG.
 A system with a high efficiency rating is chosen.
 WE make sure that the system is the right size and has
the right amount of power for your home.
Solar Heaters
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Solar system is a viable option and can meet up to
80 percent of household water-heating. The main
component is a set of panels fixed to the roof.
 When installing a solar system, we chose a sunny
north- facing spot, no more than 20 degrees east
or west of north – ideally one that receives direct
sunlight between 8 am and 4 pm.
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The system was placed at an angle between
15 and 50 degrees.
$ The storage tank is placed as close as possible
to the solar collectors in order to minimize heat
loss from connecting pipes.
$ The most efficient use of our solar water
heating is utilised. For example, the jobs that
require large amounts of hot water are done
early in the day, so that the water that refills
the tank will be heated by the sun over the
rest of the day rather than by a booster
source at night.
Air Conditioners
• Spilt systems, which have separate indoor and outdoor
elements linked by piping, are generally cheaper, quieter
and use less energy than fixed units. Ducted systems use
the most energy and are the most expensive to buy and
run.
• The units with a high Energy Rating has to be selected.
• In a ducted system, one with zoning- the ability to
switch cooling on or off in different parts of the house,
will minimize energy use and costs.
• The unit has to be installed out of direct sunlight and
don’t block its outlet with furniture or curtains.
• For maximum efficiency, doors and windows
must be shut in the room where the unit is
operating.
• The thermostat is not set too low (26-27° C
should be cool enough), and we need to turn it
off when we go out.
• The filters have to be cleaned regularly and
coils and fans must be kept free of dust.
Lighting
• WE prefer using halogens bulbs, which throw a bright
light similar to natural light, to illuminate a work area or
to spotlight a painting.This usually last twice as long as
regular bulbs.
• Conventional incandescent light bulbs are inefficient
because most of the energy used to run them is turned
into heat rather than light. Use fluorescent lights where
you need light for long periods- for example in kitchen or
living areas.
• Solar-powered garden lights can be ideal solution for
gentle night lighting of garden paths and driveways, which
can be difficult to connect to household electricity. They
cost nothing to run, as they soak up the sun’s power
during the day through a panel and store it in a battery
that powers the lights at night.
EXTRA TIP:
A cheap and alternative to a skylight is a sky tube or a
solar tube. It concentrates and reflects natural light
through a diffuser into a room below. The light
generated is the equivalent of a 100-watt bulb. A sky
tube loses less heat than a skylight and can be fitted
with an exhaust fan as well as a light for night-time.
Solar Aviation Light
These lights are installed atop high rise Structures,
Buildings, Bridges, Lighthouses, Windmill, Wind cones
(windsocks), cranes, TV towers, Radio towers,
Telecommunication and Transmission line towers.
These provide the benefits of LED lighting technology
and require low initial as well as operating costs and
serve for long. These lights can be installed at high
rise structures as per their heights and widths and are
vital for safe passage for aviation, and protection of
valuable human life and property.
Refrigerators
• Old fridges are likely to be more energy-hungry than newer,
more energy-efficient models.
• Our fridge is located in a cool spot, away from heat-producing
appliances, and we make sure there
is an air space of at least 8cm
around the coils at the back.
A lack of space or ventilation can
reduce efficiency by up to 15%.
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For every minute the door is open,
it takes the fridge 3 minutes
to cool down again.
• The fridge must be at least two-thirds full.
Food retains cold better than air does, so an
empty fridge acquires more energy to stay cold.
• We never let more than 5mm of frost
accumulate.
• The coils at the back are cleaned annually to
keep it working efficiently.
• If we go away for a long period, we empty the
fridge, turn it off and leave it open.
DISHWASHER
Dishwashers are not just
labour saving devices,
but environmentally
friendly ones.
When we run the dishwasher
we use half the energy and
about one sixth of the water
as when washing by hand.
To improve energy
consumption, look for
dishwashers that have low
water consumption, several
options for washing and can
dry without heat.
WASHING MACHINE
When choosing a washing machine,
the front loader uses much less water.
A washing machine with plenty of washing cycle options
makes it easier to choose the most efficient one for each
load.
Dryers use lots of energy.
When choosing a dryer, one that shuts off automatically is
the best option.
Stoves
• If possible, we choose natural gas rather than
electricity for cooking, especially for a
stovetop. Gas stovetops cost half as much to
run as electric ones and yield about half the
amount of green-house gases.
• Choose a stovetop with a range of ring-sizes.
This will help you control energy use.
"We must make the rescue
of the environment
the central organizing
principle
for civilization."