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COGNIZANCE 2011
11TH - 13TH MARCH 2011

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The city, like most of the bursting cities in India, is mainly on the plains with a river dividing it into two. It has expanded itself to cover around 1500 sq. Km. It experiences a sub-tropical climate with around 6 months of rainfall and 9 solar hours daily. This makes the city apt for harvesting rain water and solar energy. The population of the city is increasing exponentially. In the past 30 years, the city's population more than tripled. We need to design smart buildings to accommodate this increase in population. The major problem that the buildings are facing today is congestion. This results in lack of sunlight reaching the homes. Lack of planning is also one of the reasons behind it. Also, the city is in an earthquake prone area. It makes it highly vulnerable to seismic movements. Improper selection of material leads to weak structural strength and also huge amount of losses through the wall. Modern buildings should incorporate proper planning of cities and localities. Also, the building should be designed to utilize the available renewable resources as much as possible. This would make the building self-sustainable. Along with the maximum use of renewable energy resources, the building should cater to the requirements of the residents. It should not compensate on the luxury but should be zero-energy consuming building. Design smart buildings according to the topology of the city and help build a smart city for India. LEVEL 1 In this level the participants will have to submit a report for being selected to LEVEL-2. The contents of the report should be a case-study on the city and designing a Smart Building. The various sections of the report could be: ? Overview about what your Smart Building(solution to the problems) is? ? Designing a Smart Buildings for the city(graphical representation) ? The benefits of the Smart Buildings that you have designed. ? How will the modern system change the present scenario- a comparative study? ? Financial Model of the putting up of such a system. ? Suggesting a method to go implement the new infrastructure you have suggested. ? Conclusion ? References

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COGNIZANCE 2011
11TH - 13TH MARCH 2011

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The last date of entry of the abstract of this report is February 15th, 2011. The abstract will have to be sent in .pdf format to smartcities.cogni@gmail.com. In this abstract, the participant will have to send whatever they have prepared in the report till that day. It has to be a minimum of 3 A4 size pages in standard 11 font size. The participants short-listed from the received entries will be asked to come over to Roorkee during 11-13th March to participate in the event. The short-listed teams have to send in their complete reports for the next level by 5th March, 2011 failure of which can result in disqualification. For more tips and support for the report preparation, join the event google group. LEVEL 2 11thMarch: Level 2 will involve competing with the Smart Buildings designs of the other participants in front of a panel comprising of intellectuals from the Planning Commission of India, leaders of Smart Buildings Organizations in India and highly-reputed researchers. The participants will be required to prepare a presentation on the basis of what they have prepared in the report. The participants will be helped in preparing various simulations and data representation for the event. The winners will be given rewards at the end of this level. LEVEL 3 After the 2nd level, the participants will be asked to team up with Smart Transport, Smart Grid, Smart Water Supply designers and prepare an integrated report on the same with same contents for the level-1 but incorporating all the verticals and thus a complete design of the MODERN SMART CITY. For all this, they will be given 24 hours time. They will need to submit a report by 5 pm 12th of March. Based on the latest integrated report they have submitted, they will have to prepare a presentation and present it to a panel of highly reputed jury members. The award will be given to the best integrated Smart City design team members and lots of consolation prizes will be given.

SMART BUILDINGS

COGNIZANCE 2011
11TH - 13TH MARCH 2011

FOR A BETTER

TOMORROW

RULES AND REGULATIONS(IMPORTANT DATES) Each team would be of maximum two members Team members could be an undergraduate or postgraduate or a research scholar or can be interdepartmental team(basically anyone who is enrolled in a university can participate) ? A participant can participate in any one of the verticals (Smart Grid/Smart Buildings/ Smart Water Supply/ Smart Transport) only. ? The team members would first have to register at the cognizance site and get a Cognizance ID. th ? Then register for the event by sending a registration mail to smartcities.cogni@gmail.com by 10 February 2010. ? of the registration mails would be SMART_CITY_yourvertical_yourteamname Subject ? The registration mail should contain the names of the members, their college, their department, their age, and their COGNIZANCE ID, the vertical they have selected. ? registration is confirmed, the participants can start working on the report and join Once the the Google group for support and discussions/tips for the report. ? date of submission of abstract for Level 1(details of which are discussed above) is 15th of The last February, 2011. ? The results of the Level 1 will be announced by 20th February, 2011. th ? of submission of the complete report for Level-2 is 5 March, 2011. The report has to be Last Date sent to smartcities.cogni@gmail.com in pdf. th ? would take place in IIT Roorkee during Cognizance 2011 on 11 March, 2011. Level 2 ? The results would be announced just after the event and the prizes distributed. ? The teams for the next round would be formed at 11th March, 2011. ? The submission for report for final round will be at 12th March, 2011. th ? round will be held at IIT Roorkee on 13 of March, 2011. The final
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JUDGING CRITERIA:
? Effectiveness ? Feasibility of Idea ? Innovation and Novelty ? Commercialization ? Setup Cost ? Self-Sustainability(external help required for sustenance) ? Other Benefits for the Community (like employment generation) ? Eco Friendliness

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