The ICICI Bank Data Centre in Hyderabad has achieved the distinction of becoming the country's first Platinum rated project under IGBC Green Data Centre Rating System.

Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC presented IGBC plaque to Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank at a programme organised on recently in Hyderabad.

IGBC Green Data Centre Rating System would facilitate in providing tremendous tangible and intangible benefits. Tangible benefits include: 20 to 25 per cent reduction in Power Usage Effectiveness, 25 to 30 per cent reduction in water consumption.

Intangible benefits include enhanced air quality, excellent daylighting, health and well-being of the staff operating such facility.

Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC said, this achievement of ICICI Bank will go a long way in encouraging other Date Centres in the Country go the green way. IGBC aspires to facilitate 10 billion sq ft of green building footprint by 2022 (75th year of India’s Independence).

Chanda Kochhar in a statement said ICICI Bank would continue to partner with IGBC in taking forward the green building movement in the country.

Today, more than 150 professionals from ICICI Bank are now IGBC Accredited Professionals and equipped to manage the green building facilities of ICICI Bank, she informed.

Some of the green features incorporated in ICICI Bank’s Data Centre power saving, wheeling of 15 MW off-site renewable energy (9000 units to offset grid energy), photovoltaic installed at façade for on-site renewable energy generation and LED based energy efficient lighting fixtures and procurement of green certified products and materials

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