The Mukundapur unit of AMRI Hospitals - a multi-speciality healthcare facility in eastern India with specialization in oncology, neuro sciences, cardiac sciences, orthopaedics, emergency &trauma care, gynecology & childcare is the largest player in private sector with its existing strength of around 1000 beds.- has been awarded a '3-star' ratings under the 100-day Action Plan of the Ministry of Power, Govt of India, for excelling in energy conservation between August 2013 and July 2014. The award was given by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy during the release of the “BEE Star Rating for Hospital Buildings” guidelines in New Delhi.
 
Rupak Barua, CEO, AMRI Hospitals Ltd and  Sanjay Agarwal, Senior VP, Projects, AMRI Hospitals Ltd received the award on behalf of AMRI Mukunadpur from  Dharmendra Pradhan,.
 
The ratings parameters were prepared by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt of India after studying data for 187 hospitals nationally. The Mukundapur unit of AMRI Hospitals became the only hospital to be awarded with the rating from eastern India along with five other hospitals in India.
 
Hospital buildings with a connected load of 100 kW and above have been rated under this programme. The programme targeted five climatic zones in India for hospital buildings with more than 50% conditioned space and rated hospital buildings on a 1-5 star scale with 5- star labeled buildings being the most efficient. Data considered for the rating included hospital’s built up area, number of beds, annual electricity purchased, annual electricity generated, climatic zone in which building is located, and other related information of the facility. The ‘total electricity consumed by the hospital building' that is used as an input to evaluate energy performance, comprised of electricity purchased from utilities and generated on site through DG/GG. It did not include electricity generated from on-site renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic etc.
 
Speaking on the occasion,  Rupak Barua, CEO, AMRI Hospitals said, “We feel immense pride and satisfaction in the fact that the Mukundapur unit of AMRI Hospitals has made this mark.  We extend our gratitude to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency which has painstakingly developed the parameters. Proper and judicious use of energy in hospital buildings is the need of the hour. This awarding of the ratings goes on to prove our commitment to improved energy efficiency in hospitals and we hope to surpass excellence in the future as well. We sincerely hope that the ratings system and recognition given to top performers will also encourage others to excel in energy efficiency.”
 
Recent energy audit studies in buildings have shown large potential for energy savings both in government and private hospitals. National commercial energy benchmarking initiative was taken up with a goal to establish a framework to standardize energy data collection, baseline setting for “typical” commercial buildings, energy performance target setting and monitoring, and use the information to improve energy efficiency in buildings. The Star Rating Program for buildings is expected to create a demand in the market for energy efficient buildings based on actual performance of the building in terms of specific energy usage.