APP BATF Flagships: GreenSpaces (India)
World energy demand is expected to grow by 30% in the next decade. Buildings consume 40% of the world's energy. In another 15 years, more than 60% of the world's population will be living in cities of over 1 million inhabitants. There is a growing preference for living and working in air-conditioned spaces. The GreenSpacesTM project will help to demonstrate that it is economically possible to reduce the energy use in buildings from 40% to 10% through technology, lifestyle changes and design.
By demonstrating the reduction in the energy used (mainly fossil fuel derived grid power) in a commercial building using renewable sources, our collective carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced. This project will look to demonstrate that the GreenSpacesTM model is sustainable and thus can be replicated in other countries.
The design currently shows a reduction of energy by 74.6% over a normal ‘A class’ building and with the help of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, LBNL and NREL support being provided by the U.S. (U.S. Dept. of Energy), we hope to do even better, for greater good. The lead Partner Country for this project is India with the participating Partner countries of USA, Australia, Japan, Canada, & China.
We welcome any assistance from all APP countries in sharing information about possible sources of technology, ideas and equipment to improve our model. We plan to ‘Grow our own Fresh air’ in the building. This is relevant for cities where the ambient air quality is not good.