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Kotak - IIT Madras Save Energy Mission (KISEM)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

EAR/22-23/KISEM-12/IITI-03

The subject plant is located in district of and falls under NIC Category-17014. This assessment was carried out by the IEAC Center, IIT Indore, during the course of the year 2022.

General Info

Principal Product

Labels, Posters, Brochures, etc.

Plant Area (Sq.ft)

2,00,000

No. of Employees

120

Production Hours

7,152

Annual Production

2,25,00,000

Annual Sales

₹5,00,00,000

Assessment Summary

Total Energy Costs(per year)

₹64,17,000

Total Recommended Investment(one time)

₹1,41,01,077

Total Recommended Savings(per year)

₹6,98,172

Energy Costs Calculation
Electricity

Annual Usage

7,13,000

Unit

kWh

Unit Cost

₹9

Annual Cost

₹64,17,000

Total Energy Costs(per year)

₹64,17,000

Observations & Recommendations
CR - Compressor
ObservationRecommendationUnit SavingsAnnual SavingsInvestmentROIStatus
Overall air leakages are found to be high at different points of the circuitArrest air leakages regularly by conducting maintenance of compressed air system consisting of the plant, circuit and fittings.41,781₹3,76,028₹29,0001
Screw compressors - unloading time is high due to varying pressure demandExisting screw compressors could be retrofitted with a VFD drive and optimize power consumption according to actual pressure demand14116₹127046₹20000019
MT - Motors
ObservationRecommendationUnit SavingsAnnual SavingsInvestmentROIStatus
Efficiency of Induction Motors used in Manual Punching Machines is lowReplace 3 Nos of 5HP Induction motors with IE3 Efficiency class Induction Motors9200₹82804₹16400024
LT - Lighting
ObservationRecommendationUnit SavingsAnnual SavingsInvestmentROIStatus
Majority of lighting used in the plant area are inefficient fluorescent tube lights including FTLs and CFLsRetrofitting 24 Nos of Conventional Tubelights - (1x36W) T8 (FTL) with (1x20W) LED Tubelights1888₹16992₹1440011
Majority of lighting used in the plant area are inefficient fluorescent tube lights including FTLs and CFLsRetrofitting 4 Nos of Conventional Tubelights - (2x36W) T8 (FTL) with (2x20W) LED Tubelights629₹5661₹24006
Majority of lighting used in the plant area are inefficient fluorescent tube lights including FTLs and CFLsRetrofitting 10 Nos of Conventional (3x36W) Recess CFL fittings with 50W Recess LED Panel lights2075₹18675₹60006
HVC - Heating Ventilation & Cooling
ObservationRecommendationUnit SavingsAnnual SavingsInvestmentROIStatus
Ceiling fans used in the plant area and office are inefficient conventional typeReplacing 49 Nos of Conventional ceiling fans with BEE 5 Star Label BLDC ceiling fans7885₹70965₹15680027
ALS - Alternate Source of Power
ObservationRecommendationUnit SavingsAnnual SavingsInvestmentROIStatus
Electricity is consumed from utility grid alone and there is no source of renewable energy in the plantInstall a Rooftop 208 kWp grid tied Solar PV power plant at the free space available on the top of the plant roofing to harvest clean renewable energy249757₹2247809₹1352847773