Sustainability Report 2018-19
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Brigade Enterprises Limited Sustainability Report 2018-19 Sustainability is a fundamental principle and practice at on roads and building up freight movement for goods and Brigade. Sustainable development is one of the core values services. With street-level design Mixed-uses allowed the of Brigade and is driven by the top management to deliver designs of pedestrian walkways, plazas, and eye distances to environment friendly projects to our clients and investors. shops and workplaces. This in turn has reduced parking lots in alleyways and garages. Traditionally, human settlements have developed in mixed-use patterns. However, with industrialisation as well Mixed-use development or often simply Live-work space is a as the invention of the skyscraper, governmental zoning type of urban development strategy for living spaces (housing) regulations were introduced to separate different functions, that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or such as manufacturing, from residential areas. But since the entertainment uses, where those functions are physically 1990s, mixed-use zoning has once again become desirable and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian as the benefits are recognised. connections. The concept of new urbanism and walk-to-work is gaining momentum in major cities. The Features of Mixed-uses Outdoor Space Brigade Group are pioneers in developing Mixed Use Developments especially in Bengaluru since 2004 with its Mixed-use development allows the creation of plazas and projects Brigade Millennium and Brigade Gardenia, Brigade outdoor corridors between buildings and sidewalks. Street Group introduced Bengaluru to Mixed Use Developments facing facades have a maximum setback to how much space comprising of Residences, Clubhouse, School, Convention is allocated for pedestrians to gather in. Landscaping another Centre, Auditorium, Music Experience Museum and various feature in outdoor spaces allow trees and plants to grow on other amenities. Subsequently, Brigade Group has developed buildings vertically rather than being faced out in a front row. Brigade Metropolis, Brigade Gateway, Brigade Meadows, Public Infrastructure Brigade Orchards and Brigade Golden Triangle comprising Residences, Mall, Hotel, School, Hospital, Clubhouse and Mixed-use in centers that have increased in population Office complex all in same campus. density has allowed people to access places through public transit and has helped encourage walking, biking, and cycling With the success of the completed projects, Brigade has raised to places of work and errands. Transportation has played a the bar and have added various new age amenities viz., Bachelor role in mitigating climate change by reducing congestion accommodation, Shared residences, Co-working space, etc. Brigade Brigade Brigade Brigade Brigade Gateway Golden Meadows Orchards Metropolis Triangle • Site Area: • Site Area: • Site Area: • Site Area: • Site Area: 36 Acres 40 Acres 20 Acres 60 Acres 130 Acres • Comprising of • Comprising of • Comprising of 650+ • Comprising of • Comprising of 1,500+ Residences 1,200+ Residences Residences 3,000+ Residences 4,000+ Residences (including assisted • Office Space for • Office Space for • Office Space for • Club House about 7,500 people about 12,500 living, villas and about 5,000 people • Convenience apartments) with Food court people with Food with Food court Shopping with • Convenience court (Brigade Signature Restaurants • Club House with Shopping with • Mall with Multiplex, Towers) Rooms, Indoor and Restaurants, etc. Food court, Outdoor Sports, • Mall with Multiplex Restaurants, Star Serviced residence (Orion Uptown), Hotel, School, • Convenience Food court, Hospital, Club Shopping with Restaurants, Star House, Man Made Restaurants, Cinema, Hotel (Holiday Inn Lake, etc. School, Man made Express), Club lakes, etc House, etc. 28 Annual Report 2018-19 Corporate Overview Management Reports Financial Statements Some of the mixed-use scenarios Brigade is designing the office building(s) property developments are: • Shopping mall conversion – residential and/or office units • Main Street residential/commercial – two to three-story added (adjacent) to an existing standalone shopping mall buildings with residential units above and commercial units on the ground floor facing the street • Live/work – residents can operate small businesses on the ground floor of the building where they live • Urban residential/commercial – multi-story residential buildings with commercial and civic uses on • Hotel/residence – mix hotel space and high-end multi- ground floor family residential • with ground-floor retail • Office convenience – office buildings with small retail and Parking structure service uses oriented to the office workers • Single-family detached home district with standalone shopping center • Office/residential – multi-family residential units within BRIGADE XANADU, CHENNAI BRIGADE EL DORADO BRIGADE CORNERSTONE UTOPIA WTC RESIDENCES, CHENNAI CONCEPTS PLANS Under Construction Integrated Township Projects Site Area: 47 Acres • Comprising of 4,200+ Residences and Brigade Club House WTC Site Area: 15 Acres • Office Space for about 7,500 people with • Comprising of 400+ Residences and Cornerstone Food court Residences & Club House Utopia • Mall with Multiplex, Retail Shopping, WTC, • Office Space for about 25,000 people with Convenience shopping, Restaurants, Sports Chennai Food court (World Trade Centre, Chennai) and recreation centre, etc. Site Area: 50 Acres • Comprising of 6,000+ Residences with Brigade Site Area: 36 Acres Brigade EI Community Centre • Comprising of 1,500+ Residences • Office Space for about 1,500 people with Xanadu, • Club House Dorado Food court Chennai • Convenience Shopping, etc. • Convenience store, Sports and recreation centre, etc. Annual Report 2018-19 29 Brigade Enterprises Limited Benefits of Townships: • Providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Efficient Land Use: In today’s scenario, development has construction workers and ensuring their use become synonymous with physical expansion or growth. • Monthly Helmet of Honour awards are formulated at There is a need for significant changes in the pattern of all Brigade projects to encourage use of PPEs, maintain land use and construction that will provide communities with hygienic conditions at project site and workers camp, better quality of life and at the same time conserve natural providing water and sanitary facilities, etc. resources. Townships reduces the impacts of urban sprawl by encouraging compact, mixed-use developments and • Landscape with local / native plants and tree species are promotes higher urban densities and improving quality of life. adopted Habitat Preservation & Restoration: Conventional • Conservation and reuse of top 20cm – 50cm of fertile development is generally insensitive to natural environment. excavated earth for landscape purpose Such developments may scar the landscape, take prime • Use of STP treated water from Brigade’s operational agricultural land out of production or destroy biodiversity and projects for construction activity viz., Concrete mixing, natural habitats. Curing, water sprinkling for dust suppression, etc. The Townships system is designed to facilitate restoration • Use of low flow water fixtures to reduce the use of fresh and preservation of the natural environment by encouraging water by 20-40% strategies that aid interface between the built environment and natural environment. This approach will not only enhance • Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting (Storage of rainwater in the fabric of the planned development but also provide underground sump and used for domestic purposes). The environments conducive for living and working. Rainwater harvesting systems are efficiently designed for peak rainfall as against average rainfall indicated in norms. Efficient Transportation Management: Traffic congestion, long distance commuting, rising levels of air and noise • Storm water management and Harvesting are through pollution are pressing issues in today’s cities. Efforts to relieve infiltration wells, manmade Ponds, swales, etc. congestion such as, constructing flyovers, road widening etc., are good initiatives but may not address issues such as fossil • Treatment and reuse of 100% sewage effluent generated fuel consumption and associated emissions. within the developments ‘Townships’ addresses these issues by encouraging effective • Reuse of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) treated water for and efficient transportation management strategies. Such Toilet Flushing, Landscaping and make-up water for Water- strategies include increasing opportunities for bicycling, Cooled Air-Conditioning systems. 80-100% of the treated encouraging pedestrian friendly network; reduction in the water is recycled for above secondary purposes number of automobile trips, promoting public transportation • Construction materials Viz., Cement, Steel, Gravel, Sand, and use of alternative vehicles. etc are procured from local manufactures to reduce the Other Common Sustainability systems followed in all projects emissions due to transportation of Brigade Group • Installation of photovoltaic (PV) cell for power generation • Green Building Certification for all commercial office buildings • Installation of Solar Water Heaters to maximum extent • Transplantation of existing trees at the project sites possible • Purchase of power from Green Power generators viz., • Regular monitoring and regulation of Ambient Air Quality Wind, Solar, Geothermal,