Infosys reports 56% energy saving; Govt to start a pilot project with IT
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12/11/2014 12:15
Country’s second largest software exporter Infosys, which has its campuses across the country, has reported substantial savings in consumption of scarce electricity and water through smart and sustainable design and operational practices.
A delegation of Infosys led by Mohandas Pai on Tuesday made a detailed presentation to a group of Union Ministers including Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu, Power Minister Piyush Goyal, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Pai informed the minsters that the innovative practices being adopted by Infosys are standardized, replicable and scalable. He said that the smart design and operational practices being followed by Infosys has resulted in substantial savings in capital costs.
The gains reported by Infosys include: a total energy saving of 56 per cent through smart building design, cost saving of Rs 9.50 cr per year on energy consumption by a building of 10 lakh sq. feet which works out to be a saving of Rs.95 per sq.ft per year.
Ministers have welcomed the experiences shared by Infosys. Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu directed Secretary(UD) to set up a Committee with representatives of CPWD, NBCC, DDA and DMRC to hold further talks with Infosys on their experiences and report on the feasibility of taking up a Pilot Project with Infosys technologies. The report is to be submitted by the end of this month.
Naidu said, he will visit Infosys campus in Hyderabad while Piyush Goyal will visit a university campus built by Infosys in Jaipur. He said that the experiences of Infosys would be useful in the context of the government’s initiative of building smart cities
12/11/2014 12:15
Country’s second largest software exporter Infosys, which has its campuses across the country, has reported substantial savings in consumption of scarce electricity and water through smart and sustainable design and operational practices.
A delegation of Infosys led by Mohandas Pai on Tuesday made a detailed presentation to a group of Union Ministers including Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu, Power Minister Piyush Goyal, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Pai informed the minsters that the innovative practices being adopted by Infosys are standardized, replicable and scalable. He said that the smart design and operational practices being followed by Infosys has resulted in substantial savings in capital costs.
The gains reported by Infosys include: a total energy saving of 56 per cent through smart building design, cost saving of Rs 9.50 cr per year on energy consumption by a building of 10 lakh sq. feet which works out to be a saving of Rs.95 per sq.ft per year.
Ministers have welcomed the experiences shared by Infosys. Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu directed Secretary(UD) to set up a Committee with representatives of CPWD, NBCC, DDA and DMRC to hold further talks with Infosys on their experiences and report on the feasibility of taking up a Pilot Project with Infosys technologies. The report is to be submitted by the end of this month.
Naidu said, he will visit Infosys campus in Hyderabad while Piyush Goyal will visit a university campus built by Infosys in Jaipur. He said that the experiences of Infosys would be useful in the context of the government’s initiative of building smart cities
