Geeta Kapur, Director (Personnel) SJVN received Four Star Certification

New Delhi: Smt. Geeta Kapur, Director (Personnel) SJVN received Four Star Certification from Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment “GRIHA” Council for  Corporate Head Quarters of SJVN” Shakti Sadan, Shimla during a ceremony held at New Delhi. The ceremony was Chaired by Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary (Environment), Government of India.

Smt. Geeta Kapur further apprised that Shakti Sadan has been designed with Green Building Concept. With a built-up area of 15200 square meters to accommodate more than 500 employees, the building has many unique features which include a 100 KW Solar Energy System & 40 KW Solar Water Heating System for energy needs. A Sewerage Treatment Plant with the capacity to recycle 90,000 litres of wastewater has also been installed in the building. 

The Office Complex also has composting machine for Solid Organic Waste Management with a capacity of 250 kg per day, and a Rain Water Harvesting System for water conservation, which can store 50,000 litres of rain water.

Smt. Kapur further said that it is a moment of pride for every SJVNite as Shakti Sadan is the First Building in the State of Himachal Pradesh to get this rating. Moreover this year Shakti Sadan is the only CPSU Building to achieve this rating by GRIHA.

GRIHA Ratings attempts to quantify aspects such as energy consumption, waste generation, renewable energy adoption, etc. to manage, control and reduce the same to the best possible extent.GRIHA attempts to minimize a building’s resource consumption, waste generation, and overall ecological impact within certain nationally acceptable benchmarks.