As Walt Disney aptly said, “the more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else. This is what makes you unique.” Paul George Global School wants to inculcate this feeling of uniqueness among its students and the architecture of the school campus is just a reflection of this ethos.
The Paul George Global School campus is located in Alaknanda in South Delhi and has a campus par excellence. With world-class infrastructure facilities, the school has a Wi-Fi enabled eco-friendly campus which includes all sorts of facilities required for the differently-abled as well. The school also has an impressive array of academic and sporting facilities. The school has a multipurpose facility of an indoor Basketball, Badminton and Table Tennis court with a provision for automated retractable seating and a stage to host cultural programs, gatherings and stage performances. The front block on stilts have the provision of an automatic temperature controlled shaded all-weather swimming pool underneath and an 8-lane, 100 metres synthetic track running through the building. A skating rink along with a ‘Wimbledon type’ tennis court is also being constructed on the roof of the school building thereby, optimally utilising available space.
The school believes in leading by example and thus, the entire construction has been done keeping the environment in mind and is strictly eco-friendly. The inner partitions of the school building are made up of a drywall, without using the conventional bricks and water, thereby, saving energy and restricting the utilisation of water during construction. The school is also equipped with ‘Radiant Cooling’, also known as Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) to have an eco-friendly efficient and effective utilisation of energy for overall cooling of the premises. The entire initiative is made to reduce the carbon footprint.
A Rainwater Harvesting System is also operational in the school whereby rainwater is collected and drained through perforated pipes to underground areas to recharge water levels and prevent depletion of the groundwater table. The campus also has an eco-friendly STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) to reduce the use of water by recycling the treated water for flushing and horticulture. All this is being done for developing an environmentally sustainable edifice.
The outer walls of PGGS have AAC Block (Air Aerated Concrete Blocks) which is energy-efficient and environment-friendly. Since the AAC blocks are produced by pollution-free industries, conventional bricks were not required.
The inner partitions of the school building are made up of drywall partitions, without using the conventional bricks and water, thereby, saving energy and restricting the utilisation of water during construction.
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) panel
The central green play area is proposed to have a transparent solar building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panel covering, for trapping solar energy for the electrical requirements of the building, which would also provide incidental shelter to the playing area below in adverse weather.
The school is also be equipped with ‘Radiant Cooling’, also known as Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) to have eco-friendly efficient and effective utilisation of energy for overall cooling of the premises. Moreover, the system have added health benefits for the children as compared to regular air-conditioning apart from reducing energy consumption by nearly 30% annually.
A Rainwater Charging System is also operational in the school whereby rainwater would be collected and drained through perforated pipes to areas underground to recharge water levels and prevent depletion of the groundwater table.
The school also has an eco-friendly STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) to reduce the use of water by re-cycling the treated water for flushing and horticulture. All this is being done for developing an environmentally sustainable edifice.
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