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• List of distribution utilities with their contact details state wise and status of distribution and commercial losses in each utility.
• List of regulators with their contact details state wise
• Statistics on meters (number of meters by location - residential, commercial etc. and whether they are single phase or three phase meters and name of manufacturer) and how they are read (visual, handheld or AMR) for each utility or state wise and the operating cost per meter.
• Overview of various on going and planned AMR and DSM programs and opportunity for BPL products and solutions in the same
• Summary of various initiatives of Ministry of Power like APDP, APDRP and R-APDRP
• Facilitated membership in Meter Inter Operatability Standards (MIOS) Forum of Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) and procurement of electronic meters and the APIs for BPL Modems of PowerMax
• Facilitated presentations / demo in TWO utilities on BPL and the products and solutions offered by PowerMax.
• Developed a ‘Pay for Service’ model based on discussions and demo with one of the utilities as a follow up to the presentation and based on the inputs to be provided by PowerMax. ‘Pay for Service’ model will be proposed as an Advanced Metering Initiative with POWERMAX’s BPL products and solutions wherein PowerMax Communications Pvt Ltd or a third party would supply and install, at their own cost, the equipment required for advanced metering and other BPL services and the Utility would ‘Pay for Service’ for each meter that is read automatically.

Diagnostic Studies of the Ceramic units in Morbi, Thangadh, and Khurja covered the following:

• Field Surveys of representatives SSI Units, Service providers, Suppliers, customers, Institutes on various aspects like status of technology, including that of raw material, furnace, heat treatment, finishing etc, and various manufacturing processes/operational steps involved etc.
• Manufacturing costs and its break up; Safety and Environment and O & M practices.
• Quality Management from raw material to finished/semi finished product
• Available skills and existing practices of capacity building
• Waste streams and Value Engineering and House keeping of the units
• Market linkages and share
• Management Structure of units and niche areas of operation and bench marking of technology.

Energy Audit of 15 SME units covered the following key areas /issues:

• Develop energy auditing methodology
• Process analysis to assess the energy consumption/efficiency
• Raw material preparation and handling, Firing, hardening, by-products and effluent
• Evaluate furnace technology status, fuel consumption and benchmarking
• Furnace efficiency and flue gas studies
• Studies on efficiency and conservation opportunities in raw material, water and waste minimization
• Energy management and efficiency action plan.

The focus of the energy audit was analysis of past data, benchmarking, identifying areas of energy savings (window Acs, Central AC plant, lighting, etc.). The approach in this study is based on the following:

• Field measurement of the various equipments and Data Analysis.
• Analysis of the historical data pertaining to energy consumption and hotel operations.
• Identifying opportunities for energy efficiency improvements.
• Estimation of the energy savings potential.
• Financial analysis for the investments.

The annual energy bill of the hotel is Rs.117.61 lakhs including Electricity purchased from UPSEB and HSD consumption by DG sets and boilers.

The value of energy savings identified in this study is about Rs. 33.77 lakhs per year with an overall investment of Rs. 52.55 lakhs. The simple pay back period on the total investment is 1.56 years. More through financial analysis has been carried out and the IRR and RoI have been worked out.

• Data collection of past energy consumption (fuel and electricity) of the property
• Field Measurements and Observations on Electricity distribution, air conditioning and Lighting
• Interventions for Energy Efficiency
• Techo-economics of Investment Proposed

SSR International Airport is planning on expanding its capacity with new cargo zone, terminal facilities, freeport area, business lounge areas etc. The expansion would result in a significant increase in the energy consumption. Considering the forecasted increase in energy demand the Air Mauritius Limited (AML) has contracted services of SSAEL to develop a Energy Usage & Integration Strategy for the next 20 years.

SSAEL assessed the future power requirement for: short term (up to 2010), medium term (2010 to 2015) and long term (2015 to 2022) as a result of expansion and increasing passenger loads at SSR International Airport, Mauritius in line with the Master Plan prepared by Aeroport de Paris (ADP) France. Scope / tasks carried out included:

• Examined and recommended changes in rating and set up of equipment to cater for the forecasted energy load in line with the expansion envisaged in the Master Plan .
• Survey of energy use and consumption including electrical power and lighting building envelope etc.
• Studied the feasibility on the use of renewable energy sources such solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, landfill gas, wind energy and their application wherever warranted and integrate the same into building and facility design where feasible.
• Specified efficient layout of Power distribution for future expansion
• Advised on enhancing power quality in Terminal Building.
• Identifed energy saving in the significant consumption areas, recommended the energy efficiency measure and carried out detailed investment grade financial feasibility of measures proposed.
• Identifed energy saving in the significant consumption areas, recommended the energy efficiency measure and carried out detailed investment grade financial feasibility of measures proposed.
• Developed energy strategy for AML for next 20 years which considered grid supply and renewable energy.
• Planned and designed power distribution inside the airport to cater for future development as per Master Plan. This involved sizing power cables, switchgear and routing to locate them strategically.

Hiranandani Constructions Pte. Ltd. is a leading real estate company in Mumbai. The company’s complex Hiranandani Gardens in Powai, Mumbai is a self contained township spread over 250 acres of prime land. There are more than 3000 residential apartments, office Park housing independent offices buildings and large offices for the corporate sector.

A detailedTechno Commercial feasibility study was carried out during the period of December 2002 to propose a suitable Energy Performance Contract.The annual energy bill for facilitiesare about Rs 30 million. The Energy Efficiency project was estimated to save about Rs 3.706 million.

The short term measures itself were projected to save Rs 1.998 million with a very nominal investment of 0.85 million. The scope of the assignment covered the techno commercial study and evaluation of baseline energy consumption , energy use efficiencies and technologies and to recommend EE interventions for improving energy use efficiency in : Air conditioning ( HVAC) and lighting, Efficiency improvements in n Ssewerage Treatment Plant (STP), auxillary water pumping systems and Common facilities. Specific recommendations included :

• The energy consumption of the office complex was benchmarked in terms of Building Energy Performance Index (BEPI).
• The Air conditioning unit in the complex had two chiller units of 200 TR and 85 TR and it was recommended to run chiller 2 on loads less than 100 TR. It was recommended to have an hour meter for logging the running hours of each compressor. The use of Variable speed drive for both condenser and chilled water pumps were recommended.
• The Air handling units were found to have air infiltration and it was recommended to arrest it.It was recommended to use variable speed drives in certain AHUs along with the use of flat belts and EE motors.
• It was recommended to convert all lights to energy efficienct lights and also to reduce certain lights. A voltage regulating transformer for corridor lighting and also the use of photoelectric sensors was recommended for staircases.
• The sewerage treatment plant was found to be running on overload motors and it was recommended to manage the over load and also to control the aeration blower by a Dissolved Oxygen controller.
• The Auxiliary Water Pumping had a scope for efficiency improvement in pumps and it was recommended to install water meters and pressure gauges to monitor the efficacy of the system

Description of the Services Provided:

• Collection of on site data both current and historical to establish consumption pattern. Recommendation & Implementation of erformance contract ½ to achieve the recommendation made under the techno-commercial study.

Connaught Plaza restaurants Pvt Ltd (Mc Donald’s India) is having a chain of fast food restaurants essentially in Delhi and Jaipur.It has more than 25 outlets in Delhi. The company is associated with McDonalds USA, and , in the year 2001-02, had sales revenues about of Rs 500 million. This project was commissioned under the sponsor ship of USAID’s ECO Project

Electric power was the major energy used by the complex. The power supply to the outlets was by Delhi Vidyut Board and Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB).

The annual electricity bills of the outlets were about Rs 10.96 million.

The project was aimed at reducing the energy Bill of each of the outlet from Rs 0.22 million per outlet per month to Rs 0.18 million per outlet per month – a reduction of 18%. The proposed Energy Conservation options projected to save Rs 3.181 million with an investment of Rs 3.457 million. Specific details of the project include :

• SSAEL entered into a energy savings performance contract with the customer which guaranteed 15% of savings in the annual bill.
• It was observed that AC accounted for 60% of the energy consumption, lighting 15%. Kitchen equipment 20 % and others 10 %. It was recommended to meter and monitor energy consumption of Air conditioning, lighting and kitchen equipment for each of the individual outlets. The investment required was estimated at Rs 30,000 per outlet.
• It was found that the insulation of the Chiller water line and refrigerant line was damaged at certain places. It was recommended to log and monitor the chilled water supply and return chilled water temperatures. The thermocouples need repaire and calibration. It was also recommended to use variable speed drive for both condenser and chilled water pumps.
• The Air handling units was studied and it was recommended to arrest air infiltration and air leaks in the AHUs. Variable Frequency drives were recommended for AHUS and also the use of EE motors were recommended.
• The studies found excess energy consumption on account of over illumination recommendations were made to correct the same . The replacement of conventional tube lights with energy efficient tube lights was also done. It was also recommended the use of lighting controller and occupancy sensors in certain areas.
• We also suggested improvements in Vapour Absorption Machine and recommended the use of energy efficient gas water heaters to replace the electrical ones.

Description of the Services Provided:

• Collection of on site baseline data as well as the collection of historical data to establish patterns of energy consumption.
• Performance contract for a period of 2 years.

Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is one of the leading medical institutions in the country. The average monthly electricity consumotion is 4.35 lakh kWh/month in summer and 3.60 lakh kWh/month in winter. The annual energy bill of the institute is about Rs 220 lakhs.The Energy Bill of The Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is above Rs. 200 Lakhs per annumThe water bill of the institute is about Rs 60.00 lakhs per annum and it is highly desirable to conserve water and intiate steps for water recycling as a prudent measure. The report on the Baseline studies identifies short and long term for reduction of annual energy and water costs by 30 %. The daily emergy consumption at the time of audit was 13000kWh or Rs 60000 per day or Rs 18.00 lakhs per month.

• The contracted Maximum demand of the institute was 900 kVA and it was found to be short by 100 kVA. It was recommended to log the energy data everyday and ensure that the record demand doesn’t exceed the CMD.
• We had made the Specific Energy Consumption analysis and the specific energy consumption was found to be about 25.42 kWh/bed. The specific energy consumption was found to be 26 kWh/bed day in summer months to about 20-kWh/bed day in winter months. We have recommended regular monitoring of the specific energy consumption.
• The Airconditioning amounts to 40 % of the energy consumption and it was found that the water pumps of the AC s were overloaded. Some maintenance changes were recommended. To maintain the specific energy consumption of the Central AC plant at 1.0kW/TR we recommended an investment of about 3.00 lakhs mostly for maintanence works with the savings potential of about 8.96 lakhs annually.
• We have found the need of controlling the water flow to the AHUs of the Central AC plats using Variable Frequency Drives which provide a saving of Rs 1.49 lakhs with an investment of Rs 4.00 lakhs. It was also recommended to install automatic AC controllers in all Room Acs. It was also recommende to pre cool the incoming the fresh air by using the exhaut air of the OT s where 100% fresh air. With a total investment of 16.90 lakhs we expect to save Rs 13.27 lakhs annually.
• The lighting load was also studied and recommendations were in rewiring the Group light Switching as well as replacing all tube lights with energy efficient lights
• The final report was able to identify to save minimum 10 % of the energy bill amounting to 21.2 lakhs with an investment of 8.5 lakhs mainly for the up gradation of the existing system.
• Proper house keeping measures are expected to save about 30 % of the water consumption.

Developed Geographical Information System (as available at www.energyhub.in and www.mapunity.in/projects/gvep ) along with training and capacity development at state and national levels for implementation of the Remote Village Electrification Program of Government of India. The project will provide the support services at national level for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, other implementing agencies and GVEP partners.

Pilot projects have been set up for village electrification projects in Chattisgarh and Assam wherein Census Data 2001 was tagged to the bookmarked locations of the villages on the GIS Map. The data for solar insolation and wind speeds was also tagged to the village location by fetching this data from the online database of NASA for surface meteorology.

GIS and KM tools can be used to develop protocols for Remote Village Electrification Program (RVEP) of Govt. of India, document the best practices and support Monitoring and Evaluation of the programme. Participatory GIS and KM Systems can enable the communities to have a voice in how their energy needs are met and make the RVEP truly people centric. The activities undertaken:

• Needs Assessment and Systems Analysis
• Prototyping of software tools
• Model for Data Capture and for mapping the resources
• Further Software Development and Technology Adaptation
• Build the KM tools and Integrate with GIS tools
• Training, Capacity Building and Field testing
• Engaging the Community of Stake holders – through Persistent Web Presence and Face to Face Meetings

The approach suggested in the project would help in realizing the MDGs and leverage other developmental activities (in education, health, income generating activities etc) through greater access to energy services. The web based GIS and Knowledge Management tools developed through this project have immense potential for wider replication across India and can potentially be adapted for use by Rural Renewable Energy Projects in other developing countries.

Presentation on the project was made at the Sustainable Development Network Week at Washington DC during Feb 21 – 26, 2008. Presentation and demo of the software was given to IREDA, Himurja, CREDA, AEDA, RREC Ltd, WBREDA and at Solar India 2007 conference.

Build institutional capacity and develop the work plan in a consultative manner for a national association of Energy Efficiency Service Providers and ESCOs.

Consultative meetings with various stakeholders all over India (five major cities) to capture their aspirations and develop the agenda and work plan for the Association. Developed business plan, revenue model and organization structure.

Prepared two proposals for funding the activities of the association –

• first one covering training, capacity building, business development, financial intermediation, legal assistance, carbon advisory services, measurement and verification protocols and information dissemination.
• the second proposal was to develop strategic policy interventions for promoting EE in India through market driven mechanisms.

Deliverables also consisted of outreach material –

• Content for the website / knowledge portal (www.icpeeb.org ) and
• Handbook for Outsourcing Energy Efficiency Services and Financing EE Projects (detailed version for operational managers and short version for decision makers)