Commissioned around nine months back, the new head office of the Brandix Group has won the ‘Gold Flame’ for Commercial Buildings in the Large Scale category at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2015. The award was presented by President Maithripala Sirisena to Brandix Group Director Feroz Omar and Head of Engineering, Environment & Energy Management Iresha Somarathna at the BMICH. It acknowledges the significant savings that have been achieved in energy consumption by the organization through the eco-friendly design of the new eight-storey edifice. Its state-of-the-art energy-efficient technology and sophisticated intelligent building management systems have helped the new Brandix head office win the award.
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Feroz Omar, Group Director said, “Brandix embarked on its Green journey many years ago, and today, the environment is instinctively factored in to everything we do,” adding, “We therefore set very exacting standards and specifications for the design and construction of our head office building. Winning Gold at the National Energy Efficiency Awards for this building gives us immense satisfaction.”
To be energy-efficient, the company has taken measures like daylight harvesting, facilitated by a high window to wall ratio, use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting controlled by a smart system that switches on and adjusts lux levels based on ambient light and occupancy, and a highly energy-efficient water-cooled air conditioning system with magnetic bearing technology, – a first for Sri Lanka – variable speed drives, temperature and occupancy sensors and low power consuming fan coil units.
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Wired for extreme efficiency, sophistication and security inside, the Brandix HQ has 29,783 square feet of air conditioned office space, but has an electricity consumption of just 4.63 kWh/1,000 ft2, which is lower the baseline set for commercial buildings.
