ACREX Hall of Fame
Acrex Hall of Fame Awards: Celebrating HVAC Building Excellence
ACREX Hall of Fame is an industry benchmark instituted
by ISHRAE along with the premier partner to recognize efficient and innovative building designs,
systems and technologies. ACREX Hall of Fame inductees are icons and role models for all building
developers, architects and designers to learn from and aspire to match, as we build India’s economic and
environmental future.
Induction into the ACREX Hall of Fame is by a rigorous objective evaluation of live operational data
from buildings. The evaluation is led by a distinguished Jury of scientists, architects and technocrats supported by
a Technical Committee of eminent designers and engineers from across the nation.
Hall of Fame 2024 Inductees
GMR International Airport Hyderabad
ITC Kohenur Hyderabad
U N Mehta Hospital Ahmedabad
Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee
Previous Hall Of Fame Inductees
2020
ISB Campus Mohali
2019
ITC Grand Chola Chennai
2018
Reliance Corporate Park TC22 Building Navi Mumbai
2017
Infosys EC53 Bengaluru
2016
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HOF 2023
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FOCUS SECTORS
DATA CENTER AND PHARMA MANUFACTURING UNITS
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
DATA CENTRES
1. Smart, Intelligent and Energy Efficient Buildings – Data Centre Building.
2. Minimum eligibility shall be IT(Rack) KW=500 in a single server hall or a minimum cooling
load of 150TR (including connected UPS & Battery Room).
3. The Data Centre should be of Minimum Tier-III, Rate-3, Level-3 Compliant.
4. The Data Centre should have been commissioned on or after 1 January 2015 and operational for
a minimum period of 2 years preceding the nomination submission date.
5. Retrofitted and Recommissioned Data Centres will also be eligible. Details of retrofits done
since 1 January 2015 to be provided.
6. Fully functional Integrated Monitoring Automation and Management System with one year's
recent (up to the date of nomination) operational data to be available on a Dashboard.
7. Performance parameters of interest are – PUE/DCiE/ CUE/WUE and HVAC system Energy
Performance Index (EPI), IAQ, Light power density and full compliance with relevant codes / standards.
8. Data Centre owner should be informed of the nomination and should be willing to share
building data. The Owner's authorised person's contact details are required.
PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
1. Smart, Intelligent and Energy Efficient Plant Building – The Building can be either
Injectable plant or Formulations Plant or both.
2. Minimum Plant Size in area Coverage:
a. Injectable Plant Minimum area of 1000M2 (One Thousand SqM)
b. Formulations Plant Minimum area of 10000M2 (Ten Thousand SqM)
3. The Pharmaceutical Plant should have been commissioned on or after 1 January 2015 and
operational for a minimum period of 2 years preceding the nomination submission date.
4. Retrofitted and Recommissioned Pharmaceutical Plants will also be eligible. Details of
retrofits done since 1 January 2015 to be provided.
5. Fully functional BMS and Minimum one year's recent (up to the date of nomination)
operational data to be available on a Dashboard.
6. The plants will be evaluated for energy efficiency of the installed systems while
consistently meeting the HVACR design parameters.
7. The plant should have been successfully approved by at least one of the following agencies:
a. US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA)
b. Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
c. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
d. World Health Organization (WHO)
8. The Plant owner should be informed of the nomination and should be willing to share building
data. The Owner's authorised person's contact details are required.
Glimpses of Hall of Fame 2024