Mahindra And EESL Collaborate For Energy Efficient Solutions

Mahindra & Mahindra and Energy Efficiency Services Limited today announced that they have collaborated for a LED replacement programme with energy efficient (EE) alternatives across Mahindra's 18 manufacturing facilities in India. Mahindra has invested ₹ 16 crore in this project and according to its Managing Director, Dr. Pawan Goenka, the savings made by the company will surpass the investment in a year's time.

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This collaboration is EESL's first private sector engagement to promote energy efficient appliances in a working space and is aimed at encouraging private sector to adopt energy efficient appliances. Having said that technical assistance, cost efficient procurement and project management services for this project across all Mahindra facilities have been provided by EESL.

In addition, energy audits are being undertaken in 6 manufacturing facilities of Mahindra to explore further energy saving opportunities which include waste heat recovery, energy efficient motors and heating, ventilating & air-conditioning (HVAC) etc. EESL will also help Mahindra in the training and capacity building of its employees to use the new energy efficient equipment and adopt efficient practice to conserve energy. Under the aegis of this programme EESL will enable Mahindra to manage its energy needs efficiently and affordably.

Dr. Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, said, "We are delighted to partner EESL in making our manufacturing facilities energy efficient. At Mahindra, we view sustainability as a vital business strategy thereby helping our stakeholders to Rise. As a responsible organization not only have we adopted energy efficient solutions in our manufacturing facilities but have also encouraged our suppliers, dealer partners and employees to do so, to reduce carbon emission for a cleaner, smarter and greener tomorrow".

Mahindra became the first company in the world to commit to doubling energy productivity by 2030. It has also committed to invest $10 per ton of carbon emitted in technologies to reduce its carbon footprint. The partnership with EESL will go a long way in fulfilling these commitments.

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