We are a creative & passionate team of Architects Engineers Sustainability Experts Planners Managers

CSMVS Museum just got awarded IGBC Platinum Rating

Working on Heritage Buildings #EnergyEfficiency #Water Conservation #IEQ needs deep passion and commitment. We take pride in announcing that Mumbai’s pride the CSMVS Museum,just got awarded IGBC Platinum Rated in Existing Buildings Category Category.This is the First Museum ever to be rated under the Heritage Buildings Category. The journey was full of challenges however successfully overcome using the following Strategies:

• Unique Financial Model to deliver savings of 30% at No Cost to Client
• Deep Retrofits in Lighting and HVAC systems
• Successfully Integrated IAQ Sensors to track and monitor and Control IAQ Parameters
• Rain Water Harvesting Strategies and Ultra Low flow fixture retrofits to achieve 40% Savings in Water
• Zero Waste Strategies
• Installation of a 70 kWp Roof Top Solar PV System
• Measurement and Verification Protocols for HVAC Submetering Ecofirst is passionate to deliver a complete decarbonisation Strategy using unique wholistic strategies leading to #ZOT #ZeroOverTime outcomes for Existing Buildings

Our work in Existing Buildings continues with deep passion as we learn to apply all our challenges overcome in New Design projects.

#ZOT #ZeroOverTime #DeepRetrofits #FinancialModelling #ExistingBuildings #IGBC #EB
#SustainabilityInnovationGroup #SIG

Tactical Urbanism -Child and Family friendly crossing on Shivarkar Road, Pune

Do you slow down or stop your vehicle when you see a mother with her child waiting to cross the road??

Pune Municipal corporation (PMC) recently took a great #initiative in making the crossing #safe and #accessible for Young Children and their Caregivers near Vitthal Rao Shivarkar Park, a major destination for children’s everyday play. First of its kind, visual pop-up traffic calming measure for Punekars to yield to young children, their caregivers, elderly, etc.

Such small and quick interventions planned collaboratively are creating powerful impacts and bringing behavioural change!

So, let’s pledge to stop your vehicle next time when you see pedestrians waiting to cross!

All thanks to the great support by Traffic Police Pune, local residents, resident forums, volunteer students while implementing the project

A big shout out to all the team members who worked hard to make it possible!

Ecofirst Services Limited and Taru Leading edge were the technical partners for Urban 95 Pune team for this intervention.

#childrenandfamilyfriendly #safecrossing #youngchildren #ITCfriendly #tacticalurbanism #Urban95
#PuneUrban95

Ecofirst wins Indian Green League 2019

Ecofirst Team memebers, Ms.Sanchi Pathella and Ms.Shraddha Jadhav won top Rank at Indian Green League- IGL by winning the National Round Rank at IGBC Green Congress 2019 .The entire Ecofirst team Thanks IGBC and Congratulates the young members and the other IGL & IGBC teams for the successful event.

#Sustainability #GreenBuildings #Culture #Ecofirst #SustainableIntegartedDesign #EnergyEfficiency
#NetZeroBuildings #GreenCertification

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Dr. Shailendra Singh Solanki delivered a talk at IGBC Green Congress Hyderabad

Dr. Shailendra Singh Solanki, Our Infrastructure Head represented us at the recently concluded IGBC Green Congress at Hyderabad.

Referencing to some of our key projects, he delivered a talk and expressed his views on Sustainable Urban Water Management along with other esteemed panelists.

#IGBC #CII #WaterConservation #SustainableEngineeronomics #UrbanWaterInfra #GreenCities
#SustainableIntegratedDesign

Mr.Rakesh Bhatia delivered a Key Note Address at ISHRAE URJAVAN

Ecofirst is excited to announce that our Senior Vice President, Mr Rakesh Bhatia delivered the Key Note address at ISHRAE URJAVAN  2019-20 at the Nashik Chapter on the theme " Energy Sustainability Roadmap for the Healthcare Industry".

It covered trends in Passive and Active Technologies using Building Physics+GeoThermal/AeroThermal Heat Pumps + Solar Hybridisation and MicroGrids.

#Ecofirst #TATACONSULTINGENGINEERS #TCE #BuildingPhysics #HeatPumps #SolarHybridisation #MicroGrids #SID #SustainableIntegratedDesign #ECBCSuper #EnergyEfficiency #Hospitals #Hotels

Ar. Karim Panjwani trained PMC urban practitioners on “Planning and Designing ITC friendly public spaces.

Ar. Karim Panjwani our Lead-Urban Design Team, gave a presentation in Training Workshop ‘Planning and Designing ITC friendly Public Spaces’ organized as a part of Urban95 partnership between Pune Municipal Corporation and Bernard van Leer Foundation. Ecofirst services limited and Taru Leading edge are technical team for Urban 95 Pune.

His training was targeted to urban practitioners such as architects, urban designers, planners, engineers working with PMC to plan and develop designs for public spaces in Pune.

Mr. Karim shared knowledge on the social infrastructure such as Pre-primary school, Anganwadi, Daycare centres, Creches, Public toilets, etc. need to be designed keeping in mind the requirements of young children and their caregivers. He demonstrated the shortcomings of the present state of social infrastructure in Pune City from the lens of comfort and safety of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers(ITCs). He sensitized the participants on how to be more inclusive of ITCs in the designing/planning stage. He also emphasized on how the built-form & interface of the built is very important to be ITC-friendly.

Kudos to the team members who aid in the training workshop.

#childandfamilyfriendlycity #PuneUrban95 #trainingworkshop #socialinfrastucture #mobility #playspaces