Grundfos India is working towards helping Indian industries and corporates save both energy and water not only through it’s highly energy efficient products but also through the energy and water audits it conducts.
For us at Grundfos, taking our own medicine is more than anything, about creating environmental mind-set, management commitment and committed employees. Grundfos has made an internal commitment that the Co2 emissions by 2015 will not be more than the emissions in 2008. The company contributes towards energy and water conservation by reducing its own impact on the environment. Our headquarters in Chennai is India’s first gold-rated green building (LEED certification by USGBC in 2005) and is energy efficient with 100% recycling of the sewage, rain water harvesting and with solar collectors and photovoltaics. Grundfos India’s factory also received the gold certification in 2011 from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). In 2013, Grundfos India went in for a voluntary re-certification and in August 2013, the Grundfos office building was elevated to a LEED EB Platinum certification.
Early this year, Grundfos India also successfully installed of a roof top solar power plant at its headquarters in Chennai. The estimated annual power generation from this plant will be 78000 kWh with an annual cost savings of INR 13 lakhs. This will also lead to a reduction of 25000 litres of diesel consumption annually, contributing to a reduction of 70 tons of CO2 emission per year. With a capacity of 51.84 kW, this rooftop solar power plant is a grid connected system, consisting of solar photovoltaic panels, inverters and connecting cables. As this system does not have a battery, its operation is simple and it remains a completely green installation.
Like Grundfos there are many more examples in India of sustainable solutions that are also business wise prudent and pay back the investment.
Ranganath N.K.
Managing Director, Grundfos India
