Education Park is an innovative sustainable school design developed as a collaborative team effort to prove that high-performance architecture can be achieved using local materials and labour.

 By integrating low-cost technologies and solar passive design, the project creates a scalable blueprint for rural infrastructure that is both ecologically responsible and economically viable.

In Khargone, Madhya Pradesh—one of the poorest and hottest districts in India—extreme environmental and economic conditions create a significant barrier to quality education:

• Climate: Summer temperatures peaking at 48°C.

• Infrastructure: Unreliable energy grids in a rural setting.

• Economy: Limited budgets requiring alternatives to conventional, high-cost construction.

• The design combines traditional logic with sustainable technology. 

• A central courtyard acts as a primary heat sink, driving natural ventilation and daylighting while providing a multi-use assembly space. 

• Resource security is managed through integrated rainfall harvesting, watershed management, and drip irrigation, supported by a landscape of over 1,500 native trees to mitigate the heat island effect.

• Construction Cost: Built at ₹650/sft—an 18% saving over the regional conventional average of ₹800/sft.

• Thermal Delta: The solar passive envelope maintains an interior temperature up to 10°C lower than the outside peak.

• Natural Light: Measured classroom illumination stays between 300 to 1000 lux (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM), removing the need for artificial lighting during school hours.

• Energy Status: Powered by three types of Solar PV panels, the site is a Zero Energy School with 100% energy autonomy.

• Passive Design: Orientation and thermal mass regulate the climate naturally. The window systems use three distinct glazing types to optimize the balance between airflow and heat gain.

• Solar Autonomy: Three different solar PV technologies provide a redundant, autonomous power source for the entire campus.

• Site Ecology: Planting 1,500+ native species was essential to lowering the micro-climate temperature and restoring local biodiversity.

• The project's performance and design methodology are published in the TERI Journal.

•  It is also officially recognized as a model school by the local administration for its scalable approach to rural infrastructure.