Pune, December 9, 2009: Wipro today unveiled Pune’s first Gold rated Green Building in the IT segment. The Wipro Campus has been rated Gold by LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) of US Green Building Council. A discussion was organized primarily with the aim of showcasing this Green building and increasing awareness on Green IT besides providing greater insights into its implementation, business benefits and challenges faced in implementation.
The Wipro Pune Campus has been built keeping in mind Eco Sustainability and the energy simulation results show that it will achieve 22.3% more energy efficiency, water use reduction up to 30%, effective waste management and will retain the Bio-diversity. Some of the features that have gone into making this Campus a truly world class Green Building are as follows:
- Site Development
Minimize storm water run-off, encourages car pooling and bicycling, increase urban density and green space. Planting of native species in landscaped areas
- Water Efficiency
Eliminates site irrigation, reduce water consumption, increased use of recycled water. High Efficiency irrigation coupled with treated Sewage from STP reused for gardening, flushing and AC-makeup. Water efficient landscaping, grey water recycling, environmental tobacco smoke control, outdoor air delivery monitoring and minimum IAQ performance helps in optimizing water efficiency.
- Energy Efficiency
Reduced energy consumption by using energy efficient dimmable ballasts and movement sensors manufactured by Wipro Lighting, eliminated ozone-depleting chemicals and use of light shelves for increasing the natural lighting in the building resulting in low lighting density requirement. New technologies such as chilled Beam systems have been implemented to enhance the energy savings. Introducing Variable frequency drive, two way valve, Variable air volume and Pre-cooling method have helped reduce energy consumption in HVAC system.
- Material Selection
Minimized construction waste, re-use of existing building façade, used recycled & salvaged materials and renewable construction materials like thermal cladding, reclaimed wood, etc, and designed for a more durable building
- Indoor Environmental Quality
Incorporates day lighting, use low off-emitting materials, provides operable windows and occupant control of work space, improved delivery of ventilation air
- Innovation in Design
Uses a LEED Accredited Professional, greatly exceeds the requirements of a credit, incorporate innovative environmental features not covered in other areas.
Speaking on the occasion
Mr. Niranjan Kumar K C, General Manager- Infrastructure Creation Group, Wipro Technologies said, “To act responsibly is imbibed in Wipro’s value system and we have a very comprehensive program that drives increasing ecological sustainability in all our operations. We have a strategic focus to build our development centers into a more ecologically sustainable one and even converting the existing facilities into Greener campuses. The Pune campus is one more definitive step towards becoming a 100% Green organization.”
Across India, Wipro campuses and offices have adopted ecological sustainable initiatives in energy, water, waste management and preservation of biodiversity. In energy efficient solutions and processes, air conditioning solutions and power saving initiatives for computer systems have been put into place. Awareness is being created on use of paper and benefits of recycling paper. Employee awareness programs are rolled out periodically to make them more aware of ecological sustainability and involve them in the organization’s initiatives.
Eco Chapters have been set up in all facilities with active participation of more than 3000 employees in advocating and working with co-employees and the society to increase awareness on Eco Sustainability.
Wipro’s Green Objectives
Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Waste Management are the prime green objectives of Wipro as an organization. Aggressive targets are set within the organization, year on year, to ensure conservation of natural resources. Internal bench marking is prepared with various measures being identified and benchmarked with all facilities in Wipro. Periodic audits are conducted at all locations and innovative solutions are implemented.
Green Building Profits
Significant savings on recurring costs with nominal increase in capital costs have been achieved. Sensitivity analysis through Energy Modeling has helped identify right value for money solutions. In addition, to the monetary benefits the biggest triumph has been the enhanced occupant comfort.
In June this year, UN Habitat Business Award for sustainable urbanization declared Wipro Limited one of five winners of the HABITAT Business Award 2009. Wipro is the only Indian company to win this award bagged it for LEED Certification.
Wipro’s initiative on Bio-Gas from Organic Waste was selected as one of the 26 "Good Practices" for 2009. These good practices were all deemed to have made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of life in their cities and communities.
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT enabled services, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. Wipro’s ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.
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