Bluefin
Fish Processing Industry is an on-going consultancy project for
Sankalpana Design Consultant Pvt. Ltd. The Site is located in Taloja,
Mumbai, where sustainability features are to be incorporated to the
planning of the project. Suggested features are rain water harvesting,
solar water heating, lighting analysis, and other sustainable measures.
As
roof collects lot of rain water during rainy season, about 6 lakhs
litres per season, it could be used for the domestic purposes of
workers. So as suggested the collected water can be harvested, filtered
and transferred to the overhead tank. The collected water in one season
will be sufficient for the workers for 4 months. So a lot of water as
well as money can be saved. Surface runoff water can be diverted towards
plantation minimizing the requirement of water.Water
is required to generate steam for processing purposes. Diesel boilers
are used to generate steam. We tried to minimize the diesel consumption
by adding solar water heating system in between before water is
transferred for steam generation. Up to 80oC of water can be generated
from solar water heater, which can further transferred to boiler. Now
temperature has to be raised from 80oC to 100oC. Thus, it saves lot of
energy and fossil fuel.
Artificial
lighting analysis is done to optimize the number of lights, layout of
lights, types of lights and energy consumption of lights in the factory.
Other
sustainable measures are incorporated to minimize consumption of water
and generation of waste. Trees are planted in the western direction to
obstruct the site from evening intense sunlight.