President’s Report for 2018-2019 – Environment Committee

Director: Rtn. Homi Katgara

Chairman: Rtn. Priyasri Patodia

Co-chairperson: Rtn. Dilip Piramal

Member: Rtn. Rajesh Shah

1st Project
Talk by Swami Swatmananda of Chimaya Mission. Swami was invited by RCB to give a talk on September 4th, 2018, on: Sensitizing people towards environmental responsibilities.

2nd Project
Environment-friendly, energysaving façade and landscape lighting at the CSMVS museum. This is in tandem with an already installed solar plant by RCB upon the same premise.

CSMVS is a Grade I Heritage Building of the city housing about 50,000 artefacts with an outstanding collection.

The environment-friendly energy-saving cold light source and its advantages:

Save 60 per cent energy over traditional façade lighting.

Reduce carbon footprint reduction in environment.

Low sky glow and light trespass which help to reduce light pollution.

Modular solution with scalability help to give flexibility in installation and reduce damage to monument while installation. Helps to restore the Grade I Heritage Building.

LED lights with zero UV and IR component help preserve the monument’s structure and its life.

LED lights attract fewer insects and flies when on in outdoor installation and safe for insects.

Solar resource with net zero concepts in selective area can be considered to reduce load. Future upgradability.

The CSMVS museum has been issued a Platinum Certification (the highest on the sustainable practices rating scale) from the IGBC (Indian Green Building Council).

It is a certification issued to public buildings that develop sustainable practices and solutions to reduce negative environmental impacts.

While the LEED certification is en route, RCB has also been instrumental in installing an additional 35 KW of solar panels within the museum premises.

This has brought down the energy consumption down by an additional 9.3 per cent. The Club also helped increase the rainwater harvesting capacity of the site from 10,000 litre to 40,500 litre, aiming to make the institution self-sustaining.

The Club proposed a sewage treatment plant to make optimum use of the water drained into the sink to maintain the building’s gardens and lawns.