This standalone building of around 11970 sqft has a shop floor of around 5000sqft. The Ground, Mezzanine and the First Floors are for retail. The Second and the terrace floor is a Puma Social club. The parking is in the Basement. The shop floor area in the building will be completely powered by renewable energy through solar PV panels installed on the roof. The building is built on a 90’ x60’ site in a dense commercial area with a relatively small foot print. The primary challenge was that of not enough roof area for the all the required Solar panels to fully support the energy requirements. Thus the first step was to design a highly efficient building envelope which will cut off most of the external forces that causes high energy usage and support it with many sustainable ideas which will allow us to cut down the energy requirements further.

The building has an earth air tunnel installed below the basement which pre cools air before reaching the AHU’s. The building envelope is made of reclaimed clay porotherm blocks which is light weight as well as insulates the internal spaces. Under floor ducting for air conditioning, voids for light and stack effect, recycled steel, extractors on the roof for air draft to maintain comfort, bamboo clad surfaces, water cooled chillers, occupancy sensors, optimizing use of natural light, LED track lights etc. are among many ideas used in the project. Puma India Flagship Store at Bangalore receives a LEED PLATINUM rating and becomes the FIRST RETAIL BUILDING in India to do so.