AIIMS bids to become green hospital

NEW DELHI: In order to become a Green Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) introduced an environment-friendly and energy efficient, information and communication technology project.

The project includes the replacement of Air conditioning chiller plants of aggregate capacity of 4,500 TR by energy efficient VFD technology based chillers, replacement of approx 32,000 CFL light fitting by LED based fixtures, electronic monitoring system, solar generating panel of 670 KW and aggregation of existing IT servers and medical data integration platform by installation of server and storage with 650 Terabyte capacity.

In a statement, AIIMS informed that with the intervention AIIMS embraces latest technology to contribute to an environment friendly pursuit. This is expected to lead to Rs 16 crore per annum saving in the electricity bill. Moreover, the estimated CO2 emission reduction would be 14,500 tonne a year.

“Besides this, the building management system installed under the project, would make the infrastructure services more efficient and sustainable,” the statement said. The total cost of the project is Rs 110 crore. The project was inaugurated by Randeep Guleria, AIIMS director along with Kenko Sone, Minister of Economic and Development, Embassy of Japan and Hiroshi Oikawa, president of NEDO.