UN Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

UPES report · 5. An energy efficiency plan

5An energy efficiency plan

UPES has an energy efficiency plan, put into action through the RISE Centre's Climate Action Plan, to reduce overall energy use.

Impact

A formal plan with baselines, targets and responsibilities, put into action through the Climate Action Plan, guides energy savings across campus.

ISO 50001guides the energy efficiency plan
100 → 300–400 kWplanned rooftop solar expansion
  • The plan sets a baseline for energy use and defines reduction targets.
  • The RISE Centre's Climate Action Plan sets out efficient lighting and HVAC, more solar and cleaner fuels.
  • An Energy, Environment & Sustainability Committee and a Climate Action Task Force review progress.
  • An energy efficiency plan. Guided by ISO 50001 and BEE guidelines, the plan sets a baseline for energy use and reduction targets, uses periodic energy audits to find savings, and assigns actions, responsibilities and timelines.Source: Climate Action Plan, RISE Centre (PDF)
    Section 5.1.4 of the UPES Energy, Environment and Sustainability Policy on the energy efficiency plan
    Screenshot: policy section 5.1.4, Energy Efficiency Plan (page 6).
  • Climate Action Plan. The RISE Centre's Climate Action Plan turns the energy efficiency plan into concrete steps: upgrading lighting and HVAC with smart controls and more efficient units, expanding rooftop solar from 100 kW to 300–400 kW, replacing LPG with biogas and bio-CNG, electrifying campus service vehicles, and reporting energy and greenhouse gases every year. A Climate Action Task Force of senior leaders, academics, operations staff and students oversees the plan, and the RISE Centre is building a live Green Dashboard to report progress.Source: Climate Action Plan, RISE Centre (PDF) · RISE Centre at UPES
  • Annual reporting. UPES will publish an annual energy and carbon report covering energy consumption, energy use intensity, greenhouse gas emissions and progress against targets.

An Energy, Environment & Sustainability Committee implements the policy. It reviews the design of new buildings and renovations for compliance and approves and monitors the building upgrade plan, the energy efficiency plan and carbon reduction targets.