SJVN Conferred With State Environment Leadership Award

Sh. Suresh Bhardwaj,  Minister for Education, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Sh. Anil Khachi, Chief Secretary, Sh. Rajneesh, Secy. Environment, Science & Technology, Smt. Geeta Kapur, Director (Personnel) SJVN and other senior officers of SJVN and Government of Himachal Pradesh were also present during the award presentation ceremony. 

 

The Office Building of SJVN has been designed with Green Building Concept. With built up area of 15200 square meters to accommodate more than 500 employees, the building has many unique features which includes 100 KW Solar Energy System & 40 KW Solar Water Heating System for energy needs.  The Office Complex also has composting machine for Solid Organic Waste Management with a capacity of 250 kg per day, and Rain Water Harvesting System for water conservation, which can store 50,000 liters of rain water.

 

Sh. Sharma informed that, SJVN have signed MoUs with Energy Efficiency Services limited for installation of 6000 LED solar street lights, high mast lights in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

 

SJVN  has a portfolio of 7489.2 MW, out of which 2015.2 MW is under Operation and the rest is under various stages of development.  He further said that to enhance environmental performance of SJVN, the Environmental Management System, ISO 14001 is being implemented in all operational projects of SJVN.