DNV Arcelia is a luxurious residential apartment project located in Pune, comprising five towers of eleven storeys each. The project intends to get registered under GRIHA, a five-star rating system for green buildings which emphasizes on passive solar techniques for optimizing indoor visual and thermal comfort. In order to address energy efficiency, GRIHA encourages optimization of building design to reduce conventional energy demand and further optimize energy performance of the building within specified comfort limits. WISE extended its services to DNV Arcelia for undertaking energy audit and submitted its report for necessary compliance under GRIHA.

The Centre for Solar Energy extended consultancy services to Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation, Ahmednagar, for installation of captive rooftop solar power plants in its Medical College and Hospital, and College of Nursing in Ahmednagar. WISE undertook energy assessment and feasibility studies for installation of solar plants under net metering and prepared DPR and extended BID management services for selection of EPC contractor. The team also extended project management services till the commissioning of the cumulative 1.65 MWp solar plant at the Ahmednagar campus of Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation. The project was inaugurated by Hon. Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India, Shri Nitin Gadkari in October 2021.

Inauguration of the Solar Plant at Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College and Hospital in Ahmednagar in October 2021. Anand Wagh, Fellow & Head, Centre for Solar Energy, WISE (extreme left), along with stakeholders from Dr Vikhe Patil Foundation and M/S Roofsol. Energy Pvt Ltd.