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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox building
| name = SPIC House, Chennai
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| building_type = Commercial offices
| architectural_style = [[Modernism]]
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| owner = Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp Ltd.
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| address = 88 [[Anna Salai]], [[Guindy]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] 600 032
| location_town = [[Chennai]]
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| opened_date = {{start date and age|1977}}
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| renovation_date = 1993
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| floor_count = 10 (main building)<br />8 (annexe building)
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| architecture_firm = East Coast Constructions & Industries Ltd.
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'''SPIC building''', [[Chennai]], is one of the oldest skyscrapers of the city. Earlier, it was popularly known as "twin towers of Chennai." The main building has 10 floors and Annexe building has 8 floors. It houses the headquarters of Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp. Ltd., a joint venture between the [[MA Chidambaram]] Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corp. Ltd ([[TIDCO]]). It is one of the Asia's largest fertilizer factories located in southern part of India. The building is built facing [[Guindy]] railway station, on [[Anna Salai]].

The SPIC administrative building was built in 1977 and Annexe building in the year 1993. However, one of the two buildings still stand, the other being sold and partly demolished, underscoring the declining fortunes of the company.<ref>{{cite web
| last =Ramesh
| first = Niranjana
| title = With focus on fertilizers, can Muthiah revive SPIC's fortunes?
| work =
| publisher =livemint.com
| date = 26 April 2011
| url = http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/26221412/With-focus-on-fertilizers-can.html?d=1
| accessdate = 31 July 2012}}</ref>

==Consulates==
The building houses honorary consulates of [[Belgium]] and the [[Philippines]].<ref name="Belgium">
{{cite web
| title = Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad
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| publisher = Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
| url = http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/embassies_and_consulates/belgian_embassies_and_consulates_abroad/
| accessdate = 23 Feb 2012}}
</ref><ref name="Philippines">
{{cite web
| title = PHL Embassies and Consulates General
| work =
| publisher = Republic of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs
| url = http://dfa.gov.ph/main/index.php/about-the-dfa/rp-embassies-consulates-a-rcos/phl-embassies-and-consulates-general
| accessdate = 24 Feb 2012}}
</ref>

==Energy conservation==
The building receives 11 kV power from [[Tamil Nadu Electricity Board]]. The contracted demand is 1,300 kVA. The 11 kV supply is converted to 440 volts through two 1 mVA transformers. The average energy consumption is 9,000 (kWhr) units per day. Of the 9,000 units, two-thirds of the consumption is consumed by air-conditioning system. Both the main and the annexe buildings are fully air-conditioned. However, in the main building, which is more than 20 years old, energy conservation efforts are not initiated.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Veluswamy
| first = V. A.
| title = Energy conservation in SPIC HOUSE
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| url = http://www.emt-india.net/Documents/CS28Aug09/Petrochemical%20-%20SPIC.pdf
| accessdate = 8 Aug 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[List of tallest buildings in Chennai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Office highrises in Chennai]]
[[Category:Office buildings completed in 1977]]

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