| Event | Harnessing Solar Energy |
| Specialized Services | Sustainability in Architecture – ARD |
| Academic Year | 2019-20 |
| Date | 11th December, 2019 |
| Time | 12.30 - 3.00 pm |
| Venue | G-202, AV room, 2nd floor |
| Attended by Students | 5th Year |
| Number of Students Present | 55 |
| Coordinator | Prof. Kavita Pradhan, Prof. R. Venkatesh |
| Faculty Team | Prof. R. Venkatesh , Prof. Yusuf Pardawala, Prof. Minal Modak, Prof. Khushpreet Gujral, Prof. Kavita Pradhan |
| Speaker Invited | Prof. Sanjay Shirgaonkar |
In order to make architecture sustainable, various methods are adopted. Using Solar energy is one of the important ways of achieving sustainability. 5th year students need thorough understanding of this topic as a specialized service to be used in their Design dissertation project.
Prof. Shirgaonkar has many years of experience of using Solar Energy efficiently in his practice. He presented this topic in following way:
- Need of Solar energy
- Concepts of Solar panels system
- Effective ways of using solar panels
- Case studie
Program
12.30: Assemble at AV room
12.30: Welcome message : Prof. R. Venkatesh
12.40 – 2.45 –Lecture by Prof. Shirgaonkar
2.45: Vote of Thanks by Prof. R. Venkatesh.
Guest Lecture Minutes
Prof. R. Venkatesh welcomed Prof. Sanjay Shirgaonkar.
In order to make sustainable Architecture various methods are adopted to make the building “Green” & energy efficient. Using Solar energy is one of the important ways of achieving sustainability.
Shirgaonkar Sir introduced the topic explaining how Harnessing Solar Energy is the need of the hour.
He pointed out that many places around Mumbai Metropolitan area do not have uninterrupted power supply 24 /7. Thus there’s need for alternative ways of power generation or backup.
He explained to the students, various ways of using solar panels to generate power in the architectural projects.
Shirgaonkar Sir presented case studies of buildings where solar panels were installed and pointed out how the bills of MSEB went down significantly.
He discussed technical details required for choosing Solar panels system in a project.
Choosing appropriate power system:
- Off grid system (no connection with grid)
- On grid system
- Hybrid system
- Fixed angle system
Shirgaonkar Sir elaborated that based on latitude angle of the site where project is located, solar panels will be installed accordingly.
– Variable angle system.
Solar panels need maintenance – periodic cleaning is required & thus need to be easily accessible.
Vote of thanks was given by Prof. R. Venkatesh
