This reduced demand will be met by recycling and re-using the building waste-water. The building water requirement will also be brought down by usage of water-efficient fixtures. The emphasis here is not just on water efficiency but effective site water management and zero-discharge with no water being let out into the city storm water system or the sewer system.

Besides being water efficient, it is creating a landmark innovation in its construction process, which has involved a large dewatering process, due to the site groundwater level being quite high at 9m. This dewatering of thousands of litres will be carried on for six months, and so that the local ecosystem, is not deprived of water, the water is being recharged at a distance of 250m from the site into the ground. In addition, this water is also being supplied free of cost to NDMC municipal water tankers on a regular basis to augment the water supply of the city. This contrasts with the usual practice of pushing the water into municipal drains with an added burden to the city’s infrastructure.

Another major design intervention was the zero tolerance to surface-parking taken by the client as well as the design team. A state-of-the-art three level parking is provided to cater to peak load during office hours with preferred parking for CNG / electric vehicles and carpools. This along with the proximity of the site to the bus and metro-transit lines would provide incentive to use the public transport system rather than private vehicles. The Building is also planned to provide preferred front entrance as a priority for the pedestrians with the vehicles needing to enter the basement from the side.