Daniel Wentz
Hansruedi Schalcher
Edward Schwarz
Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

Office building in India
Development Alternatives world headquarters

The project is a showcase of traditional, environmentally efficient construction materials and systems that can be economically developed for low-energy mass production and adopted by the mainstream building industry, especially in developing countries.
The new office building tests innovative, specially designed elements and components such as a hybrid air-handling unit that incorporates evaporative cooling and refrigerant-based cooling in a new way to reduce energy consumption for air conditioning by 30 percent. Water consumption is also substantially reduced, recycled and used for irrigation or to recharge groundwater.

1st edition

78 pages

67 Illustrations (colored)

14,8 cm x 21 cm

Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-3-7266-0083-9