MM : Rashtrapati Bhavan saves most energy : Aug 31, 2007

Rashtrapati Bhavan saves most energy
PM's home comes second, having reduced power needs by 23%

NEW DELHI: The sprawling Rashtrapati Bhavan and the official residence of
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have cut their energy consumption by nearly 25
per cent by switching over to better technologies.

    "While Rashtrapati Bhavan has cut down its energy needs by nearly 40 per
cent," said Ajay Mathur, director general of Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(BEE), "the Prime Minister's residence has reduced the same by 23 per cent.

    "We conducted a survey and gauged the possibility of reducing the
consumption of electricity. Through a bidding process, the work was given to
a company which facilitated this conservation."

    Speaking at a renewable energy symposium in New Delhi, Mathur said a
number of innovative technologies were adopted to achieve this step.

    "Transport Bhavan, Sanchar Bhavan and Shakti Sadan, headquarters of
Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) are also doing a great job to conserve
electricity," Mathur said. DTL uses 30 per cent less energy now than it did
some months ago. Now the work has been taken over by the Central Public
Works Department (CPWD) and they are taking one government building at a
time to make them energy efficient.

    Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the capital's energy demand was
increasing by nine per cent every year. "This growth in energy demand is
unsustainable," Dikshit said, "We are also planning to change the technology
of street lighting before the 2010 Commonwealth Games."

    Delhi Power secretary Rakesh Mehta said hospitals, big hotels and
restaurants have been directed to switch over to energy efficient modes.
IANS

Rashtrapati Bhavan has cut down its energy needs by nearly 40 per cent


Publication:Mumbai Mirror ; Date:Aug 31, 2007; Section:Nation; Page
Number:15

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