Akshay Urja Bhawan is an integrated building for the
Headquarters of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE) in Pragati Vihar, New Delhi, India. MNRE is the
nodal Ministry of the Government of India for all matters
relating to new and renewable energy. This building includes
the ministerial cabins, staff cabins and workstations, project
offices, meeting rooms, classrooms, conference room,
automatic car parking, auditorium, amphitheatre, cafeterias
and green building resource centre.
The vision is to design a self-sustainable and net-zero
government institutional building by using a combination
of climate-responsive architecture with energy-efficient
technology. To make it accessible to the public, museums,
green building resource centre, auditorium and amphitheatre
for plays related to architecture, green buildings, cultures
and future development were added in the building, all
of which are expected to generate revenue. The building
hopes to work as a common ground for architects, artists,
engineers and other people to connect and exchange ideas
of sustainable living.