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HCL's energy conservation initiatives
HCL eco Safe Policy clearly recognizes the importance of products  that are energy efficient and help customers cut costs of ownership and attain broader goals of protecting the environment. All our products have been incorporated with Green PC features and ACPI mode for power saving.
All our manufacturing facilities practice various measure to reduce power consumption by using natural light during daytime, installing different capacities DG sets that consumes optimum amount of diesel as per required load.
HCL strongly advocates that India needs Energy Efficiency 'regulations' for future industrial and economic growth.
Today, our country's per capita emissions are only a fraction of those in developed countries. By foreseeing the level of industrial growth in the near future, HCL strongly advocates that India needs Energy Efficiency 'regulations' for future industrial and economic growth.On account of global warming and the acute energy shortage faced by our nation, HCL has committed towards
- Organising tree plantation programme to combat greenhouse gas emissions
- Strongly supports all the initiatives of the Indian Government in favour of GHG emission reductions
HCL policy in support of GHG reduction
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development highlighted the need and action plan to regulate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions which have a direct impact on climate change. Under the Kyoto Protocol, signatory countries are required to reduce their combined GHG emissions by 5% from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.
India signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2002. Though India is exempted from the framework of the treaty, however it is supposed to gain from the treaty in the form transfer of technology and other investments measures. Since India has obligation towards the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, hence HCL fully supports this position. India maintains that the major responsibility to curb the emissions rests with developed countries, which have accumulated emissions over a period of time.
With growing pace of Indian economy, HCL visualizes the future and would take proactive action towards the Kyoto protocol. HCL is fully committed to reduce its GHG emissions within a certain timeframe. HCL, as a policy, supports Kyoto Protocol by acting as a proactive player to reduce the GHG emissions. HCL would support a low carbon economy and would take measures to cut its own direct emissions to start with. To visualize this vision, HCL already had taken measures to use energy efficient products both directly and indirectly. HCL has participated in many Government/Industry initiated programmes on GHG reduction.
HCL would work towards a low carbon economy and therefore demands from Government of India to have Energy Efficiency Regulations. HCL would proactively work with all stockholders including Government and industry to make level playing field on Energy Efficiency Regulations.
Detailed Report:
Carbon Footprint disclosure
Own GHG emissions reduction commitment
Commitment v/s Performance
Energy Saving Measures Taken During 2008-2009 at other locations of HCL
Amounts of renewable energy used
Energy efficiency of new models
Integration of environment management processes in manufacturing facilities.
Carbon Footprint disclosure
Primary to HCL's strategy to reduce the environmental impact of its operations is its commitment to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint. HCL has commenced working towards accomplishing this commitment. In order to conform to the requirements of international reporting, more robust data and management systems will be developed by HCL as delineated in the various protocols and accepted standards.
HCL will report its GHG emissions based on:
- The guidelines provided by "The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard", revised edition, 2004.
- "Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: G3", published by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), 2006 and
- Relevant provisions of ISO 14064 on "Greenhouse Gas Quantification, Reporting and Verification" - Greenhouse gases - Part 1: Specification for the quantification, monitoring and reporting of organization emissions and removals
GHG emissions under Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 will be reported by HCL containing:
- Scope 1: Production of electricity, heat, or steam, physical or chemical processing / manufacture
- Scope 2: GHG emissions from imports of electricity, heat, or steam
- Scope 3: Indirect emissions
2007 was a crucial year for HCL, when we started calculating our GHG emissions from financial year 2007-08. We hired a reputed consultant to guide us on scope-1 and scope-2 GHG data collection. To start with, we started collecting data for our GHG emissions for locations of HCL Infosystems which contained all kinds of locations spread across the country.
Among all the last 3 years, in 2007-08 we had a growth acceleration resulting in a higher carbon footprint.
Therefore we decoded to adopt 2007-08 as the base year for our Green House Gas footprint calculation and disclosure.
We have been publishing our internally audited figures on scope 1 and scope 2 emissions since then. In 2007-08, HCL's overall emissions were 15587.44 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, the break-up of which is detailed in the table below:
In 2007-08, HCL's overall emissions were 15587.44 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, the break-up of which is detailed in the table below:
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions breakdown for July 07-June08:
| Scope 1 Emissions |
tCO2 equivalent emissions |
% of total emissions |
| tCO2 emissions from fuel combustion in the manufacturing units/offices of HCL in Diesel Generators and CNG machines |
716.04 tonnes |
4.59% |
| Scope 2 Emissions: |
| tCO2 emissions from purchased electricity from grid |
14871.40 tonnes |
95.41% |
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| Total |
15587.44 tonnes |
100% |
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Own GHG emissions reduction commitment
Taking 2007-08 as our base-year, we took a very aggressive target of 20% reduction of our GHG emissions by 2014 for all our existing locations.
Road-Map for GHG reduction:
We have a well planned road map for achieving this challenging target. Five projects have been started in this direction, which have started working towards the following 6 projects with dedicated people from Admin, marketing, commercial and procurement departments:
- All new locations will be LEED certified green building: We have already started working towards this direction with our upcoming buildings at Greater Noida and Kolkata, both of which will be LEED certified green buildings.
- More Use of solar energy (doubling the current proportion of solar energy from 0.13% to 0.26% of our overall energy consumption)
- Installation of energy saver ACs (reduction of 5% electricity consumption)
- Replacement of tube lights with more efficient LED/T5 lights
- Replacement of CRTs with TFTs
- Replacement of normal SMPS with energy star SMPS
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Commitment v/s Performance:
After implementing the above steps in HCL Locations across the country, we again gathered the GHG emissions data for the duration July 2009- June 2010.
As expected, the overall GHG emissions for 2009-10 came out to be lower than the GHG data for 2007-08.
In 2009-10, HCL's overall emissions were 13970 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, the break-up of which is detailed in the table below:
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions breakdown for July 09-June 10:
| Scope 1 Emissions |
tCO2 equivalent emissions |
% of total emissions |
| tCO2 emissions from fuel combustion in the manufacturing units/offices of HCL in Diesel Generators and CNG machines |
1171.9 tonnes |
9% |
| Scope 2 Emissions: |
| tCO2 emissions from purchased electricity from grid |
12798.1 tonnes |
91% |
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| Total |
13970 tonnes |
100% |
To further consolidate our commitment towards a sustainable business conduct, we went one step ahead and commissioned Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.- a reputed name in the field of GHG report auditing- for assuring the authenticity of our publically stated GHG emission figures for FY 2009-10. This rigorous exercise, which involved 210 sites of HCL Infosystems (spread across the country) has been performed in accordance with the ISAE-3000 standard. We are happy to announce that the Auditors are satisfied with HCL's estimate of GHG emitted for the period of July 2009 - June 2010.
HCL is committed to disclosure of GHG emissions of their supply chain as well as targets for reducing these emissions. We have written letters to our major vendors to share their GHG emissions and we await the information so far;we are regularly in touch with a first stage vendors regarding the same and as soon as we receive their GHG emissions disclosure, we will report the same.
To see our GHG emissions data report for major locations, and the Assurance-report from Ernst & Young, please click here
Result: HCL Infosystems has reduced the GHG emissions for 2009-10 by 10.4% in absolute terms as compared to the GHG emissions for base year 2007-08. Clearly, we are on our way of reaching the 20% target by the year 2014.
In future we will strive to expand the scope of GHG emissions, and will further keep on improving our systems on the data - accumulation, review and reduction of GHG emissions. We will include the scope 3(indirect) emissions in our next GHG emission report, and will keep you updating on this front from time to time.
Examples of energy saving initiatives:
In out Pantnagar plant, we have implemented the following energy saving measures during 2006 and 2007:
- We monitor our power consumption daily to detect abnormal increase
- We maintain our equipment on a monthly basis to ensure it does not consume higher power than normal
- We practice switching off power consuming equipment when not required
- We use natural light for general lighting during daytime
- We use energy efficient metal halide, CFL lamps and electronic ballast for all lights which reduces power consumption
- No pumps have to be used for water withdrawal, since we have constructed an artisan bore well
- We installed different capacities of Diesel Generator sets to optimize diesel consumption. Diesel Generator sets are used as a back-up if GRID power is not available
- We use spot air conditioning as per requirement, instead of continuous, complete air-conditioning
- We have installed hot air exhaust systems in our Reliability Testing area, and under deck insulation in our production hall to reduce the AC requirement
- We have replaced AC with fans in our customer inspection area
- We have installed sun film on window glasses to reduce the heat load
- Through the installation of a capacitor bank, power consumption is reduced further
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Energy Saving Measures Taken During 2008-2009 at other locations of HCL
- We have replaced 1715 nos (240 in Mumbai, 45 in Jaipur, 50 in Kolkata and rest at Noida offices) of Fluorescent tube lights and copper chokes with energy efficient T-5 lights and electronic chokes.
Energy consumed by FTL = 90 VA
Energy consumed by T-5 = 32 VA
Saving per light = 58VA
Total saving per month = 58/1000 x 1715 nos x 10 hr/day x 25days/month= 24867 units/month
- We have replaced 382 nos of CRT monitors with LCD monitors at Noida office.
Energy consumed by CRT= 0.65 A
Energy consumed by LCD monitor = 0.2 A
Total saving per month=0.45 x 220 V/1000 x 382 x 9 hr/day x 25 days/month= 8509 units/month
- We are switching off light at HCL offices at 7 pm, thrice per week. This has been a strict rule or all HCL offices since October 2008.
- At our UMO factory, we r switching off UPS at night and holidays, we have programmed conveyor lines to stop when not required, and we have replaced incandescent bulbs with CFL. Resultant saving is 8634 units/month.
- At PMO factory, we have replaced 91 nos of 250 w metal halide lamps with 125w lamps. Resultant saving is 2958 units/month.
- At Mumbai and Cochin office, we switch off AC units during lunch period. 1:30 to 2:30 pm daily.
- At Pune office, we do not need to switch on light during daytime, as sufficient natural light comes through windows.
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Amount of renewable energy used
At present, HCL Infosystems Ltd sources approx 12000 units of its electricity needs from Solar energy. It works out to be around 0.13% of our overall energy needs.
Target for increasing the use of renewable energy
By 2010-11, we have set an aggressive target of doubling our solar energy usage. We have already achieved our target of doubling our solar energy usage to 0.23% of our overall energy needs.
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Energy efficiency of new models
HCL Infosystems follows 2 steps for improving the energy efficiency of its green PC models:
- Choosing the right hardware for a green PC (e.g. using motherboards with Dynamic Energy Saver (DES) technology), and using more efficient power supplies (ES 4.0 and ES 5.0)
- Setting the right tuning of the software to support green computing
These methods have resulted in energy conservation of 20 to 33 % for our green PC models (depending on the model) and 75 % for the monitors.
The entire range of HCL products has ACPI mode for power savings, as well as UL certification for safety.
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Energy-Star Product-line from HCL
ENERGY STAR 4.0: HCL registered its first products for Energy Star 4.0 certifications in August 2007. Since then, we have so far achieved ES 4.0 compliance for 702 computer systems; 50 among them in the Notebook/Tablet category and the rest 652 in the Desktop category. In all these models, ES 4.0 was a standard fitment. The details of these models are as follows:
ES 4.0 compliant products-list of HCL
ENERGY STAR 5.0: Our Products-team was aware about the Energy Star 5.0 standards from past few months, and we had been communicating with our suppliers/vendors for the same in a pro-active manner. Consequently, today we have a total of 204 Desktop models which are ES 5.0 certified. In all of these models, ES 5.0 has been incorporated as a standard Fitment. The details are as follows:
ES 5.0 compliant products-list of HCL
55 % of all HCL computers models are ES 5.0 compliant and are listed on Energy Star website.
Energy Star is no more valid for India (as per the US EPA latest guidelines) and that a new standard called BEE-Star has come in place of that. HCL ME series 54 was India's first BEE-Star laptop, and today 100% of HCL Laptop range complies to BEE-Star. Currently we are in the stage of rolling out BEE-star compliant HCL desktops. As and when the BEE-Star specifications for Servers come out, we will comply with them as well.
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Integration of environment management processes in manufacturing facilities.
- We are actively pursuing customers to opt for our ES products.
- Rainwater harvesting system.
- E-mail facility and Intranet facility for e-documents.
- Area for green belt and landscaping to generate dust free and cool microclimate.
- Good House keeping and human safety processes to create conducive environment for world-class manufacturing facility.
- Usage of Expanded Polyethylene (EPE ) buffer (?) which is recyclable and bio degradable.
- No usage of polyethylene less than 20 microns.
- Reuse / disposal / recycling of scraps (other that EEE) through authorized scarp dealers.
- All WEEE generated across all HCL facilities is directed to our recycling agency or is sent back to the test and repair centers for reuse.
- Use of recyclable packing materials in PCs & Monitors.
- Made S3 as the default sleep state in all the product shipped with Microsoft Windows OS, so that the product enters into standby state automatically after specified amount of system in activity
- Compliance to MPR-II certification for CRT monitors
- Compliance to TCO’03 certification for LCD monitors
- Initiated actions for moving to SMPS with active or passive power factor correction
- Initiated actions for moving in to 80plus high efficiency SMPS as option
- Adopting new generation Intel’s low power consuming CPU’s and offering it to the customer as an option
- Adopted DDR2 memories in almost all the products lowering the power consumption
- Sourcing cabinets in SKD form and assembling in house, allowed us to increase the number of units per pallet, which translated into less energy required to ship each cabinet.
- Except special products, all the product manuals moved to e-manual in CDROM reducing paper consumption
- Display devices shipments shifted from cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors to flat panel displays significantly leading to less material use per unit. Flat panel display typically uses 40 to 50% less (by weight) materials when compared to conventional CRT screen and requires approximately 60% less energy in use.
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