EESL to invest ` 1,000 cr under buildings programme

The Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) intends to bring investment to the tune of ` 1000 crore covering more than 10,000 large government/private buildings in next 2-3 years under the Energy Efficient Buildings Programme.

The scheme will be implemented by EESL, a JV under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India. EESL also signed a MoU with PWD Maharashtra to retrofit 1,500 buildings under PWD in Maharashtra with energy efficient appliances.

It is estimated that about 1 crore LED lights, 15 lakh energy efficient ceiling fans and 1.5 lakh energy efficient ACs will be retrofitted by EESL in these buildings. Apart from retrofitting, EESL also aims to widen its services in areas like centralised AC system, Energy Audits and New Generation Energy Management System in buildings.

“The National Buildings Energy Efficiency programme has the potential to reduce not only cost and energy consumption but significantly contribute to management of peak demand,” Power Minister Piyush Goyal said while launching the programme.

The Minister also inaugurated National Building Dashboard which will allow the public to access real time information on the energy and monetary savings along with the CO2 emissions through the retrofitting in the buildings across the country. He adds, “The National Building Dashboard is also an effective tool to not only measure savings real-time but demonstrate the transparency in implementation of projects.”

He added, that “Today, India is coal surplus, power surplus and with the National Buildings Energy Efficiency programme, Maharashtra will lead the country in demand side management. No other state has taken up such a grand initiative to make buildings energy efficient.”

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