Jinasena breaks new ground with innovative irrigation systems
View(s):Jinasena (Pvt) Ltd, one of the leading water management system solutions providers in Sri Lanka, has broken new ground with the implementation of two innovative projects recently. These include designing and installing irrigation systems for Clearpoint Residencies in Rajagiriya and Constance Halaveli luxury hotel in the Maldives.
Overlooking the Diyawanna Lake, Clearpoint Residencies is known as the tallest residential vertical garden in the world and consists of 171 luxury apartments spread across 46 floors. Each apartment has planted terraces circling the entire structure, consisting of an inbuilt self-sustaining watering system specially designed by Jinasena. Using a pumping unit installed on the rooftop of the building, water is pumped to all apartments and used to water the trees and plants through a set of drippers. An automated timing device is utilised to set the times of the day for the plants to be watered. A special rain sensor is also used to detect if any rain has taken place, in which case, the amount of water pumped is reduced thereby leading to a saving in water usage. One of the key aspects of the system is the Pressure Regulating Valve (PRV) installed on every 5th floor of the 46-storey building in order to control the significant amount of pressure that builds up as the water travels from top to bottom of the building, the company said in a media release.
The Constance Halaveli project is the Jinasena’s first foray into the overseas market. The project consisted of designing and installing an irrigation system for the luxury hotel where Jinasena had to utilise the existing irrigation infrastructure to irrigate each of the 29 villas, including a super luxury President’s Villa, and certain common areas of the hotel. The solution utilised a series of tubing, spray jets and drippers that used desalinated water to carry out the watering during the night hours in order to not disturb the guests staying over at the hotel, the company said.
Elaborating on the two projects, Ajith de Silva – Deputy General Manager (Irrigation Systems) of Jinasena (Pvt) Ltd stated, “These projects presented some unique challenges which we were successfully able to overcome through our innovative thinking and unmatched expertise in irrigation systems. At Clearpoint, the challenge was that although we’ve done countless number of horizontal gardens, we’ve never done a vertical garden, let alone one of such size and complexity. At Constance Halaveli, we had to utilise the existing infrastructure without having the need to disturb the smooth functioning of the hotel by carrying out new installations. We are proud to have succeeded in both projects and met the given objectives on time, thereby exceeding the client’s expectations.”