MPR Urban City – An Affordable Housing Project
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Case Study on MPR Urban City, an affordable housing project
-Creating positive impact on environment with sustainable living practices
As we all know, the construction industry is one of the biggest consumers of non-renewable resources. The Green Building concept is a way to fill in the gap between the knowledge of construction developers and the conservation of energy during the life cycle of a building. Green affordable houses are one step forward toward sustainable living conditions.
MPR Urban city is an affordable housing project that has adopted and implemented sustainable design and construction practices after consultation with IIFL Home Finance Limited's Green Value Partner (IIFL HFL's GVP) team. Following this, the project has been certified at ‘Platinum’ level by the IGBC under their green affordable housing rating. Currently, the construction of phase I of the project is completed. Construction of Phase II will initiate shortly. In the meantime, the project team is in the process of applying for final certification for Phase I.
The (GVP) team is hand-holding the project team in getting IGBC certification starting from the registration of the project, facilitating in hiring a GVP empaneled green building consultant and from time to time coordinating with the IGBC for ensuring implementation of suggested features at the project site. Some features suggested by the GVP team were adopted in the project, including:
1. Installation of water efficient plumbing fixtures as a water conservation strategy
2. Energy efficient building envelope to maintain indoor thermal comfort
3. Handling of construction and demolition waste to divert it from being sent to landfills
4. Installation of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems to conserve freshwater used in landscaping
5. Use of low VOC paints to improve occupant health
6. Strategies to prevent the heat island effect by both roof & non-roof areas
7. Methods to collect the rainwater to the harvesting pits without any debris
The project MPR Urban City is well known by its green features and will create a net positive impact on the environment by adoption and implementation of various sustainability measures such as:
1. 22% of green cover in the total site area to reduce the heat island effect
2. Total roof area will be covered with high SRI paints to prevent heat absorption which will help in reduction of the usage of AC’s
3. STP will be installed to treat 100% of wastewater generated from the buildings and the treated water will be reused for the purpose of landscaping, car washing and for flushing
4. Rain water recharge pits will be installed to capture 100% of site runoff which will facilitate groundwater recharge
5. All the dwelling units are designed to allow adequate amount of daylight and ventilation
6. Educating the construction work force every 3 months regarding the green practices and health & safety guidelines
7. 90% of the construction building materials will be locally sourced
8. Topsoil had been preserved and stockpiled for future landscaping purposes
9. Most pathways will be shaded by tree foliage cover
Once the project is operational, it will contribute towards natural resource consumption (energy & freshwater) and GHG emissions offset. The estimated impacts are as follows:
1. Annual energy consumption reduction – 508.5 MWh
2. Annual water consumption reduction – 29.37ML
3. Annual GHG emissions offset – 467.79 TCO2e
Mr. Medapati Vishnuvardhan Reddy, CEO, Tranquillo Projects & Holdings at the Regional Kutumb held on 13th May 2022 at Hyderabad announced that the hand-holding from the GVP team has helped them realize that integrating sustainability into the project at the design stage made it easier to secure their green certification from IGBC. He also announced that their new project ‘Aura’ will also be targeting a green certification from IGBC with the support of the GVP team.
The methodology of Green Value Partnership is supported by sustainable aspirations to set up palpable targets for conveying reasonable business results adjusted to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To know more about IIFL HFL’s GVP initiative click here: https://www.iiflhomeloans.com/green-value-partner-overview
