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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION & GREEN BUILDING

saving was retained by the agency executing the project. REFRENCES:
In this case, North DMC devised the model in which they S.No. PUBLICATION SOURCE DATE OF
were earning virtual revenue by way of saving from day PUBLICATION
one i.e. the start of project. 1 DAINIK JAGRAN (HINDI) 01.03.2017
2 TOP STORY (ENGLISH) 01.03.2017
Many government agencies have adopted this
3 HINDUSTAN (HINDI) 22.07.2017
methodology used for this best practice for their similar
4 NAVBHARAT TIMES (HINDI) 22.07.2017
nature of projects. Even one of the premier agencies
5 HINDU (ENGLISH) 22.07.2017
involved in energy efficiency i.e. EESL has tendered on
6 PIONEER (ENGLISH) 22.07.2017
the model of North DMC or states like Odisha and others.
7 STATESMAN (ENGLISH) 22.07.2017
So, this methodology adopted for this practice is probably 8 TIMES OF INDIA (ENGLISH) 19.10.2017
first one in India, which has easy transferability in 9 ASIAN AGE (ENGLISH) 19.10.2017
addition to the proven results. 10 HINDUSTAN (HINDI) 19.10.2017

LESSON LEARNED:
North DMC is one of the largest municipalities serving a
population of more than 50 lakh that too in capital of the
country i.e., Delhi. So, it has to be the trend setter in terms
of implementing energy efficiency projects. Huge
potential, not only for protecting environment but also for
energy saving in street lighting, was the real motivation
behind this work. Additional positive aspects such as
enhanced visual comfort, safety of women and restoration
of faith of common man in government system etc. are
also remarkable.
Some of the municipalities in India have already taken up
similar energy efficiency initiative and North DMC went
through some of those project details and devised its
contract conditions and strategies accordingly by
analysing pros and cons learnt from those examples.
North DMC went one step further by bringing in value
additions like virtual revenue generation from day one,
which was quite unlike the existing models of that time.
Advice of North DMC for others who opt to follow the
model was to analyse existing setup so as to have clear
idea beforehand about the savings and other outcomes.

In nutshell, without investing a single penny, just by sheer
planning and meticulous execution, regular virtual
revenue generation can be ensured for a long run for
financially constrained public utilities.

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