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    The Ascendas IT Park in Chennai achieved LEED Silver certification for its existing building operations and maintenance. It is a 250,000 square foot tech park built in 2011. Through innovative strategies, it saves energy and cooling costs while providing natural light and open spaces for employees. Site features like proximity to public transit, native landscaping, and covered parking reduce pollution and the urban heat island effect. Water usage is reduced 44% through efficient fixtures, and waste water is treated onsite. Energy usage is reduced through efficient HVAC systems and metering. Indoor environmental quality is improved with high air ventilation rates, low-emitting materials, and green cleaning programs.

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    The Ascendas IT Park in Chennai achieved LEED Silver certification for its existing building operations and maintenance. It is a 250,000 square foot tech park built in 2011. Through innovative strategies, it saves energy and cooling costs while providing natural light and open spaces for employees. Site features like proximity to public transit, native landscaping, and covered parking reduce pollution and the urban heat island effect. Water usage is reduced 44% through efficient fixtures, and waste water is treated onsite. Energy usage is reduced through efficient HVAC systems and metering. Indoor environmental quality is improved with high air ventilation rates, low-emitting materials, and green cleaning programs.

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    The Ascendas IT Park in Chennai achieved LEED Silver certification for its existing building operations and maintenance. It is a 250,000 square foot tech park built in 2011. Through innovative strategies, it saves energy and cooling costs while providing natural light and open spaces for employees. Site features like proximity to public transit, native landscaping, and covered parking reduce pollution and the urban heat island effect. Water usage is reduced 44% through efficient fixtures, and waste water is treated onsite. Energy usage is reduced through efficient HVAC systems and metering. Indoor environmental quality is improved with high air ventilation rates, low-emitting materials, and green cleaning programs.

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    Ascendas Case Study

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    The Ascendas IT Park in Chennai achieved LEED Silver certification for its existing building operations and maintenance. It is a 250,000 square foot tech park built in 2011. Through innovative strategies, it saves energy and cooling costs while providing natural light and open spaces for employees. Site features like proximity to public transit, native landscaping, and covered parking reduce pollution and the urban heat island effect. Water usage is reduced 44% through efficient fixtures, and waste water is treated onsite. Energy usage is reduced through efficient HVAC systems and metering. Indoor environmental quality is improved with high air ventilation rates, low-emitting materials, and green cleaning programs.

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    CASE STUDY: ASCENDAS IT PARK, CHENNAI

    KEY PARAMETERS
    Occupancy Type Built up area Completed Location Green consultant Rating System Rating Achieved Tech Park 250000 Sq Ft August 2011 Chennai, Tamilnadu En3 Sustainability Solutions LEED O&M (Existing Building) SILVER

    Ascendas, an environment friendly IT Park, is an engineering marvel, which not only saves energy and cooling costs but also gives more lung space and natural light for employees working there. En3 has done innovative work to help the IT Park get greener and achieve its LEED SILVER certification from the US Green Building Council under Existing Buildings Category.

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    SITE SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES


    The project is in an ideal location with close proximity to public transportation thereby minimizing transportation pollution and strain on local infrastructure. The project has achieved a 57.16% reduction in conventional commuting trips through car-pooling and alternative commute transportation The project has in place native or adapted vegetation covering 25.9% of the site area. 23.73% of storm-water is mitigated for both an average weather year and for the two-year, 24-hour design storm 95.5% of the car parks are covered which will create more open spaces on the ground and also reduce the local heat island effect. Provision of high reflective albedo roofing for 75% of the roof surface thus reducing urban heat island effects. All exterior light fixtures, 50 watts and over are partially or fully shielded so that they do not directly emit to the night sky. All non-emergency built-in light fixtures with a direct line of sight to any openings in the building envelope are automatically controlled to turn off during after-hours period.

    WATER EFFICIENCY
    The project has 14 permanently installed water meters that measure the total potable water use for the entire building, associated grounds and for irrigation and indoor plumbing fixtures and fittings sub-systems. The project has achieved a 44.71% reduction in potable water use through the use of efficient indoor plumbing fixtures from the LEED-EBOM Baseline. Efficient Landscaping is done resulting in 100% reduction in potable water usage. 100% of the waste water is treated on site to tertiary standards.

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    ENERGISING THE BUILDING


    In line with international standards, the project building contains no CFC-based refrigerants in base building systems. The refrigerants used in the air conditioning system are environmentally friendly and have very low ozone depleting and global warming potential. The building has an ENERGY STAR rating of 75 The project team has implemented a retro-commissioning plan for the major building energy-using systems and has conducted the investigation and analysis phase System-level metering is in place for at least 80% of the total expected annual energy consumption of the building, and that at least two of the three largest energy-use categories or building systems are metered to an extent representing at least 80% of total annual energy consumption for that category or system. The project team has reported green house gas emissions through formal participation in a third-party voluntary reporting or certification program.

    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    The project has implemented an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing policy. The project team has performed an audit of the entire ongoing waste stream of the building and grounds during the performance period. The project has identified opportunities for improved waste diversion practices.

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    INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY


    The project has in place a high-performance cleaning program that addresses staffing, training of maintenance personnel, the use of chemical concentrates, the use of sustainable cleaning materials, the use of sustainable hard floor and carpet care products, and the use of sustainable cleaning equipment. The project is mechanically ventilated and the outdoor air ventilation rates provided by each air handling unit serving occupied spaces in the project building exceed the minimum required by ASHRAE62.1-2007 by at least 30% under all normal rating conditions. The project maintained a sustainable purchasing program for cleaning materials and products, disposable janitorial paper products, and trash bags, and that 81% of the purchases during the performance period satisfied sustainability criteria. Low emitting adhesives, paints and carpets have been used to enhance the indoor environment and provide superior workplace for all employees.

    NOVELTIES
    Green housekeeping program creates awareness amongst building occupants and promotes the green initiatives.

    En3 would be glad to answer any queries or questions you have on any green or sustainability related topics. Feel free to contact us at [email protected] and for more information visit us at www.en3online.com.

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