Our International Business Units (IBU) in Dubai, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, and Fiji are included in the scope of reporting for FY2019-20.
Since these units have different targets, performance levels, and baseline year as compared to the Indian Units, we are reporting them separately in this section. However, our endorsement of environment-friendly procedures and processes remains the same across the world.
All reductions are w.r.t base year FY2014-15 except for hazardous waste where it is FY2015-16.
i. Installation of AIRCO saver (retrofitted energy-saving device) to optimise power consumption in AC units.
AIRCO Saver
ii. Existing capacitors in the capacitor bank were replaced along with revamping of 400 KVAR capacitor bank to optimise the power consumption by inductive loads (motors). Achieved around 7% reduction in current consumption for the given KW.
Initially, store lighting contributed to 8-11% of the total power consumption. We changed the conventional lighting system to skylights in stores and cut the figure to 2-4% of the total power consumption.
Sludge is generated from the waste solvent recovery process. This was reduced by increasing the reuse of waste solvent in batches. Fiji and Oman units are utilising an average of 3.5 kl and 2 kl of waste solvent per month in batches.
