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Criterion VII
Innovative Practices
7.1 Environment Consciousness
7.1.1. Does the Institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and
facilities?
The ‘Energy and Environment Protection Club’ has initiated multiple
activities in making the campus more ecofriendly and also formulated
measures to save energy.
Solar Conflux
: Designs of efficient solar concentrators
Ennova
: New Business ideas in energy field
Panorma
: New ideas on biodiesel
Solar tracker workshop
: Education about increasing efficiency
of solar devices
Carbon footprint initiative
: To make VIT a carbon neutral
campus
Turtle on wheels
: To promote usage of cycles over
automobiles
Earth hour
: Switching of lights for one hour
The energy audit was conducted by the ‘Energy and Environment
Protection Club with the following objectives:
Identifying the quality and cost of various energy equipments and the
overall energy profile.
Assessing present pattern of energy consumption in different cost
centers of operations.
Relating energy inputs and production output.
Identifying potential areas of thermal and electrical energy economy.
Highlighting wastage’s in major areas.
Fixing of energy saving potential targets for individual cost centers.
Implementation of measures for energy conservation and realization of
savings.
Sufficient data were collected across the campus and the following
initiatives were recommended:
Installation of light sensors and timers in solar powered street lights
Installation of light sensors in library
Installation of central solar vapor absorption (working on LiBr-water,
absorbent-refrigerant solution) air-conditioner in library
Replacement of 40W tube lights by 18W CFLs in washrooms
Replacement of 11W night lamps by 3W LEDs