Amid lockdown, Surat airport saves Rs 12 lakh on electricity bills

Surat: Taking advantage of the halt in all flight operations from Surat’s domestic and international airport, the airport authorities undertook a major overhauling of the premises thereby saving Rs 12 lakh in electricity costs in the last six months.
Implementation of energy-saving measures helped the airport achieve the important milestone, said airport director, Aman Saini. “We have done away with conventional lighting fixtures and implemented energy saving measures. Thanks to the energy efficient and eco-friendly inverter airconditioning system and LED lighting fixtures, we could cut power consumption to the tune of Rs 12 lakh in the last six months,” Saini said.
Saini further said that the terminal building’s flight information display system (FIDS) too has been upgraded. “Instead of LED TV screens, the terminal now has LED walls. Altogether, 39 new FIDS has been installed at the entrance and exists to display real-time information on arrival and departure of schedule of flights,” he explained.
“We have installed two big LED screens at the arrival and departure for the passenger convenience. Also, we have fixed a system into the LED screens for the date and time synchronisation” Saini added.