HCL Infosystems awarded LEED Platinum certification for its Data-Centre
Posted on: 22/Feb/2011 11:26:48 PM
HCL Infosystems Limited, India’s premier hardware, services and ICT System Integration Company, today received the prestigious LEED CI Platinum certificate for its Data Centre in Noida. The recognition distinguishes HCL Infosystems as the first company in India to be awarded the certification in internal construction of the Green data centre.
The LEED certification endorses the green data centre of HCL Infosystems, having demonstrated performance in site sustainability, water and energy efficiency, material and resource reuse, indoor environmental Quality, design Innovation and many other parameters.
Mr. George Paul, Executive Vice-President, HCL Infosystems said, “HCL Infosystems has been leading the green revolution in the Indian IT industry with earlier this year top ranked by Greenpeace and also publicly committing to sustainability through revisiting the vision statement. Today sustainability has to be acknowledged as a pivotal point in any organisation’s growth and this recognition is a testimony to our sustained commitment towards the environment. It’s a matter of pride to receive the prestigious LEED CI Platinum certification and we will continue with our efforts to make technology ecologically viable.”
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. It renders third-party verification that a building or community has been designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
