Meet the Winners of the Mission Energy Challenge:
Manufacturing Facilities:
Winner: Kesoram Industries Ltd [Cement Division] Unit: Vasavadatta Cement, Sedam
Runners: Godrej & Boyce – Appliances Division, Satara
Pridiw Poly Industries, Madurai
Subros Limited, Pune
Homeowners:
Winner: Ameetsinh Vaghela
Runners Up: Manoj Jain
Sanjeev Jain
Binoy Kamath
Educational Institutions:
Winner: Indian School of Business, Mohali
Runners Up: MS University of Baroda
Chiranjiv Bharati School, Palam Vihar
Sanghamitra School, Hyderabad
Commercial Establishment:
Winner: Larsen & Toubro Limited
Runners Up: CESC Ltd, Kolkata
Bougainvilla Hermitage Retirement Village, Goa
Kohinoor Hospitals, Mumbai
Meet all the shortlisted contestants who participated in the Mission Energy Challenge:
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Energy Challengers share their Mission Energy Moments
Dipak Khandare from Navi Mumbai, has started carpooling with his colleague to and from office every alternate day, helping him save 14 litres of petrol per month, amounting to about Rs. 1,120 per month.
Girish Kargetu from New Delhi has replaced traditional lights with CFL, constructed his own Biogas Plant and adopted 5-star rated 48 watt energy saving fans. He has used broad windows to ensure enough sunlight and air, indoor plants for better room quality and is using plastic bottle as a technique for watering his plants.
Somnath Banerjee from Ahmedabad has installed LED in his all the rooms of house along with a 5 star labelled refrigerator.
Kohinoor Hospital in Mumbai has installed Green Roofs, Solar Plant and LED Lights to conserve energy.
Challenge contender Maharaja Sayjirao University of Baroda (Vadodra) have started documenting, monitoring and verifying energy efficiency, savings and harvesting.
Challenge contender Binoy Kamath has installed solar panels, a mosquito mesh to allow air circulation and a solar lamp with motion sensors.
Contender Sunil Sood from Ranchi has purchased two small Solar Torches and one Solar Lantern which are charged during the day and used for lighting purposes at night.
Students of Chiranjiv Bharti School showcase their projects on solar energy and energy conservation as part of our campaign.
Students from Chiranjiv Bharti School also got a chance to make and try out small solar cars.
Our challenge contenders MEP Consultants in Hyderabad have installed solar panels and encourage energy reduction at work.
Our challenge contenders ACC Limited, Jamul Cement Works, Bhilai organised a special meeting for employees to come up with ideas to conserve energy and are looking to implement them in the workplace.
Challenge contender Sunil Sood using a 5 watt lamp and 11-15 watts fan while working on his laptop.
Vasavadatta Cement from Karnataka celebrate 'No Vehicle Day' by not using vehicles for the entire day.
A glimpse of Bougainvilla Hermitage Retirement Village preparing soil and planting saplings.
Our challenge contender ISB shares their Mission Energy Moment.
Subros Ltd from Pune have added insulation covers on the pipes to avoid temperature loss.
Challenge contender Yusuf Turab says: My green roofs have helped me save tremendous amounts of energy. My entire terrace is now either covered with a green or cool roof.
Our challenge contenders Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd, have installed astronomical timer on the lighting circuits which help to reduce kilowatt-hour usage by turning off street lights according to altitude and longitude.
Challenge contender Vijay Kolaventy has installed LED lights and a solar panel in his house in Hyderabad.
