On the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, the first green building of ONGC was inaugurated at Dehradun by Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman ONGC Group of Companies. An iconic building of Uttarakhand, it has been named Green Hills as it aptly reflects the verdant green hills of the surrounding Shivalik range.
Addressing the large gathering of ONGCians present for the inaugural function, Sudhir Vasudeva said, “ With the formal inauguration of its first green building, on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, ONGC hopes that this will usher in an era of undiminishing energy finds. Also the coffers of not only the organization but of the country will be filled always.”
He complimented all members of the various teams- from ONGC, Architect, Contractors and Construction agency for having executed the project despite various hurdles.
KS Jamestin, Director (HR) ONGC who was also present on this occasion congratulated all those whose efforts have made ONGC’s dream come true. He expressed special gratitude to all the workers and laborers whose toil often goes unrecognized but who are a vital part of such a project.
Dr AK Balyan, MD and CEO Petronet lNG and former Director (HR) ONGC was also present for this function.
During his tenure in ONGC he was a part of the team that conceptualized the Green Buildings of ONGC. NK Verma, Director (Exploration), ONGC also graced the occasion with his presence.
It was a dream of the erstwhile CMD of ONGC, late Subir Raha, that ONGC should take the initiative to create green buildings as its offices, at some of its prime work centres and five Green Buildings are coming up at ONGC- Dehradun, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
The Green Hills is the first green building to have been completed. The Green Hills is built up area of 14600 sq meters it is spread of five floors having capacity of 620 persons. Registered with UNFCCC under Clean Development Mechanism it will generate 735 CERs every year landscaped Green Roof and abundant bamboo plantation in the atrium of the building conserving water upto 30 percent through use of onsite sewage plant and low flow sanitary fittings.
The rainwater harvesting is also taken care at the building and upto 43 per cent energy saving by use of energy efficient motors.