ITC’s Sankhya is the world’s first data centre that is LEED Zero Carbon certified by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). This certification is valid for 3 years with the backing of a net zero report that has to be submitted every year.
B Sumant, executive director, ITC Limited said, “We embarked on this mission of transforming the data centre into a LEED® Zero Carbon building in 2016. Towards this, focussed initiatives were implemented including re-engineering the facility’s design, introducing efficient cooling systems, sensor-based lighting, establishing an active Building Management System, energy-efficient power backup systems, an intelligent network cabling system, etc. All of this contributed to optimizing energy consumption”.
Effective and vigilant operation and maintenance of the unit with SOPs and KPIs aimed at improving the energy performance of the building further as compared with the designed parameters kept pushing the conservation bar higher. Additionally, the power required for the unit was fully fed through the wheeling of renewable energy sources.
Additionally, ITC’s flagship hotel properties including ITC Grand Chola (Chennai), ITC Gardenia, ITC Windsor and Welcomhotel Bengaluru, Welcomhotel Chennai, Welcomhotel Coimbatore, Welcomhotel Guntur and ITC Mughal (Agra) are the first 8 hotels in the world to receive the LEED Zero Carbon certification.
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