JOIN USInfosys Limited has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) India ‘platinum’ rating by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for its software development block 5 (SDB 5) in Mysore.
This is the third Infosys building that has won a platinum rating, taking the total platinum certified building area at Infosys to 780,000 sq ft.
LEED-India Green Building Rating System is a nationally and internationally accepted benchmark for design.
Completed in March, 2011, the building is located in the Infosys Limited Special Economic Zone, Mysore. SDB 5 has been built keeping in mind a holistic approach to sustainability in five key areas, including - sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality, said the release.
Commenting on the certification, Ramadas Kamath, SVP - administration, infrastructure and security at Infosys Limited said, “ We have achieved LEED Platinum certification for the SDB 5 in our Mysore campus based on an integrated green design and construction process. With each new LEED-certified building, we get one step closer to our vision of a sustainable future.
Green Initiatives
Over the past four years, Infosys has taken great strides towards becoming a sustainable organisation and has committed to being carbon neutral by 2017.
From 2008 to 2011,Infosys has reduced its per capita energy consumption by 23 per cent and its per capita water consumption by eight per cent across its operations.
We now have some of the world’s most optimised buildings on our campuses, and are purchasing over 30 million units of green power this year. In addition, in the past three years we’ve planted over 80,000 trees across our campuses.
We are in the process of applying for more than 4 million sq ft. of LEED/GRIHA certifications as we continue on our journey to be leaders in sustainability, said the release.