We support and nurture education or awareness
programmes to protect the natural biodiversity.
Ascendas Go Green 2015 was celebrated at
Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad over the
entire month of June. Various Go-green initiatives
like Eco Drive Camp, Green Jigsaw Challenge,
Green concert, Eco run, Recycle league, Eco
Bazaar and Go Green walk were organised
in this month-long event across the cities.
We continuously adopt measures to optimise
the use of resources to achieve tangible cost
savings. We have a dedicated team that
monitors our energy and water consumption
to identify key areas for improvements.
Energy consumption
With the exception of ITPB, the rest of our
operations are mainly powered using grid
electricity. We proactively conduct periodic energy
audits and carry out energy-saving initiatives in
our properties to improve energy efficiency. In
Hyderabad, the installation of adiabatic cooling
system for air cooled chillers yielded total
energy savings of 256,015 kWh in FY15/16.
Figure 5: Total Carbon Emissions (tonnes CO
2
)
Figure 4: Total Energy Consumption (MWh)
1
FY14/15
53,517
FY15/16
55,021
FY14/15
48,379
FY15/16
49,739
Over the past year, our total energy consumption
increased by about 2.8% due to new acquisitions
and higher occupancy rates in FY15/16.
Carbon emissions
Our consumption of electricity is the main
contributor to our carbon emissions. Through
improving the energy efficiency of our buildings, we
continue to focus on reducing our carbon footprint
across our operations. In FY15/16, we experienced
a slight increase of 2.8% in carbon emissions due
to new acquisitions and higher occupancy rates.
1
Excludes the dedicated power plant in itpb
We comply with all local Pollution Control Board
regulations for our operations. We routinely
monitor source emissions from our utilities by
conducting laboratory tests to ensure they are
within the norms; we also contribute to lowering
our carbon footprint by continuously striving to
reduce total energy consumption in our properties.
As most of our greenhouse gas emissions
come from indirect sources such as purchased
electricity, we will step up our energy conservation
initiatives to minimise our carbon footprint.
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