Energy Performance Benchmark

Infosys SDB-11, Pune

Guruprakash Sastry
Regional Head – Infrastructure / Green Initiatives
About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.

Enabling clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation

• Total Revenue: USD 12.7 Billion (FY2020)

• 242,000+ employees
• ~ 50 million sq.ft of space
• Campuses across India – office buildings, training facilities, food courts, guest
rooms, amenities, etc.
Infosys Sustainability Journey
• Focused team “Green Initiatives” started in 2008
• Aggressive goals to reduce environmental footprint
• Made a public commitment in 2011 to become carbon neutral by 2018
(revised to 2020)
• Initiatives across energy and water taken up at enterprise level since 2008
• Focused waste management and carbon offset initiatives since 2015
• Data driven design and operations
• Known as global leader in environmental sustainability
Impact of Energy Efficiency initiatives @ Infosys
Approach to Energy Efficiency

Ultra – Efficient New Buildings

Deep Green Retrofits in Existing Buildings

Automation and Continuous Monitoring

High emphasis on data.

We believe in “What is not measured cannot be managed”
Ultra Efficient New Buildings – Design Approach
Ultra-Efficient Building: SDB-11, Pune
Building Details

Built Up area 0.5 Million Sq.ft

Total Floors LG 1+LG2+GF+9F

Occupancy 4304

Air conditioning
Radiant Cooling
system

SDB : Software Development Block

Energy Consumption data: SDB-11, Pune

Energy Consumption (kWh) EPI (kWh/sqm/annum)

4,000,000 80 74.0 72.2 75.1
3,504,631 3,420,489 3,554,935
70
3,000,000 60
50
2,000,000 40
30
1,000,000 20
10
0 0
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

EPI : Energy Performance Index / Specific Energy Consumption

Salient Features of SDB-11, Pune
 Sustainability in design: Longer facades of the buildings oriented North-South and
limiting the overall Window-Wall ratio within 30%
 Utility areas covering East and West facades. Insulated walls and roof.
 High performance double glazed windows and adopting external shading has limited
the heat ingress.
 Windows split into daylight and vision panels to bring in natural light and reduce glare
 Innovative radiant cooling system provides high comfort and low energy operation
 Building operates with series counter flow chiller arrangement which significantly
improves the efficiency of the chillers at full load and part load condition
 Part of largest experiment on cooling systems comparison – along with SDB-10. (Refer
picture in next slide)
SDB-11: Low Energy Design

Projected balconies on South

façade serve as effective shading
SDB-11: Integrated RE
Dedicated Outdoor
Air System and

Solar PV Plant on the

terrace
SDB-11: Largest comparison of cooling systems

SDB-11 (Radiant Cooling)

SDB-10 (Chilled Beams)
Salient Features of SDB-11, Pune
 Low energy lighting: 0.5 W/sq.ft in design and less than 0.2 W/sq.ft in operations
 Occupancy sensors for cabins, meeting rooms and toilets
 Server room with chilled water unit during main chiller operation and DX unit during
non-office hours gives 40% savings in comparison with 100% DX based system.
 100% of waste water is recycled and reused in the campus for flushing, irrigation and
cooling tower makeup purposes
 Continuous monitoring of all the electrical and HVAC equipment efficiencies through
Central command center ensures efficient operation on a continuous basis.
 Infosys SDB-11, Pune is an IGBC LEED Platinum Certified building
SDB-11: Continuous monitoring
SDB-11 Design and performance benchmark

Sl.no Performance metric Infosys design 2007-08 Infosys new design % Improvement

Total building energy

1 200 kWh/m2/year 75 kWh/m2/year 70%
consumption (EPI)

2 Lighting design 1.2 W/sqft 0.48 W/sqft 60%

Air-conditioning design
3 350 sqft per TR 750 sqft per TR 53%
(Reduction in heat load)

Total building electrical

4 6.5 W/sqft 3.5 W/sqft 46%
design

Infosys buildings are known to be among the most efficient globally and are a benchmark in the
industry. However, we feel there is always room for improvement and hence there is a continuous
effort towards further improvement by investment in new technologies and partnering with national
and global experts.
SDB-11: Benchmarking with Global Best
Design target Units Conventional Efficient RMI standard* Infosys
Buildings Buildings SDB-11
Building energy consumption kWh/m2-y 200 125-60 <95 <75
Lighting Power Density: Design W/sqft 1.5 0.8 0.4-0.6 0.5
Lighting Power Density: Operational W/sqft 1.5 0.6 0.1-0.3 <0.15
Installed computers/appliances.. W/sqft 4-6 1-2 <0.5 <0.7
Window glass R-value m2 K/W 0.18 – 0.35 1-1.7 ≥3.5 >5
Window glass (Light to Heat ratio) VLT/SHGC 1 1.2 >2.0 >2.0
Installed mechanical cooling sqft/ton 250-350 500-600 1200-1400+ 750 – 1000
Cooling system efficiency kW/ton 1.9 1.2-1.5 <0.6 <0.59

*RMI : Rocky Mountain Institute, US

RMI is globally renowned for their work on super-efficient buildings and sustainability
Sustainability @ Infosys
 Reduced per capita electricity consumption by
55% from FY2008 to FY2020 HVAC &
Lighting
 Reduced per capita water consumption by 64%
Construction
from FY2008 to FY2020 Architecture
& Project
& landscape
Mgmt.
 44.3% of our electricity was from renewable
sources in FY2020 Infra & Green
team
 Installed capacity to treat 100% of organic specialists
waste within our campuses Smart
Buildings & Electrical
 Biogas plants installed to treat food waste and Campuses
organic waste converters to treat garden waste
Water &
 Reduced per capita emissions (CO2e) by 70% Waste
from FY2008 to FY2020 Mgmt.
Innovative radiant cooling – Slab based

 Largest Building with radiant cooling system

 30% more efficient than most efficient conventional cooling system
 Requires 75% less air compared to conventional system
 Frees up valuable real estate space, lesser no. of equipment
 Higher thermal comfort
 Highest indoor air quality .

Radiant slab
Cooling energy consumption (kWh/m2/year)
120 100
100
80
60
40
35 25
20
0
Standard Air- Efficient Air- Radiant cooling
Radiant pipes conditioning conditioning
Innovative Radiant Cooling – Ceiling based
Innovative Radiant Cooling System
 Developed by Infosys in-house team
Radiant Baffle
 Received European patent in 2018.
 Produces twice the capacity and costs half of
current solutions in the market
 Produces 150 W/m2 at 8 K delta T as per
EN14240 standards
 Only part of the ceiling needs with Radiflux
panels and very easy to install and leak proof
fittings
 2 million sq.ft of office space at Infosys with
radiant baffles
Remote Performance Management

Infosys Central Command Center

Optimizes operations across 30 million sq.ft

Deep Green Retrofits
Re-engineering & Retrofit of
Renewable Energy @ Infosys
Water management – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Fresh water consumption Per Capita : 39 liters / day

Waste management
Goal: Zero Waste to landfills

Achieved 91% waste diversion from Landfills (FY2020)

Waste management

2 tons/day Biogas plant at Pune

campus for treating food waste

Equivalent to 120 kg of LPG per day

GHG Emissions

For further details, refer to

Infosys Sustainability Report

https://www.infosys.com/sustainabi
lity/documents/infosys-
sustainability-report-2019-20.pdf

Published in accordance with GRI (G4)

standard
Carbon Offset

To achieve 100% offset by 2020

Over 50 National and International awards
Recognition from UN

For commitment and efforts to

Infosys won the become carbon neutral
‘2019 UN Global
Climate Action Award’ For reducing carbon footprint
significantly over the last 11 years

https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-
change/climate-neutral-now/infosys First Indian company ever to win a
UN Climate Award
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