Indus Towers Achieves 50% Portfolio of Green Sites; Envisions to go Diesel-free

NEW DELHI, August 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Reduces carbon emissions equivalent to planting 27 million trees 

Indus Towers, India's largest telecom infrastructure company achieves a key milestone in its sustainable telecom journey by converting half of its portfolio to green sites. In line with its commitment towards protecting the environment, the company has made significant progress in expanding its green sites portfolio to over 62,000 mobile sites across India. Today, Indus Towers operates more than 86,200 sites as outdoor sites, totalling to 70% of portfolio, by eliminating usage of air conditioners at such sites.

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Marquee initiatives like 'Shut AC' program coupled with deployment of disruptive storage solutions have resulted in significant reduction in direct carbon emissions equivalent to planting 27 million trees and diesel savings of 200 million litres in last five years. Since its inception in 2008, the company has consistently worked towards creating value for all its stakeholders in a sustainable manner with commitment towards green initiatives and 'Putting India First'. Technology innovations continue to be the backbone of every change envisaged at Indus Towers with focus on driving down environmental impact while enabling uninterrupted telecommunication networks.

Speaking on the occasion, Bimal Dayal, Chief Executive Officer, Indus Towers said, "Our vision is to achieve diesel-free operations and we are actively exploring deployment of new-age solutions to reach this goal. Technology and innovation remain to be at the core of all our business operations as we focus on sustainable telecom journey for a better India."

Leveraging innovation and technology to reduce environmental impact 

Indus Towers uses hih-energy efficiency solutions to achieve maximum power output and has been deploying Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) batteries at its sites. Implementing environment-friendly initiatives such as Solar Cooling Units (SCUs) and Simple Power Solutions (SPSs) at sites, the company has saved nearly 40 per cent energy savings since inception. An SCU is a smart and innovative solution that runs independent of power from a grid, battery or diesel and is charged with solar energy. It also uses natural air as its coolant, with zero cost of cooling. The company is also testing Hybrid solar, fuel cells, bio-mass and CNG/PNG energy solutions to power mobile towers.

Energy use and conservation 

One of the accomplishments towards reducing significant power consumption has been replacing air conditioning with Free Cooling Units (FCUs) and Natural Cooling Units (NCUs) to maximise the conversion of Indoor (ID) to Outdoor (OD) as a part of 'Shut AC' initiative. The company has reduced energy consumption in mobile towers in addition to lowering carbon emissions.

Innovative design approach 

Indus Towers has evolved a wide variety of design concepts around aesthetic towers catering to the needs of ground-based and rooftop installations. Its solution portfolio comprises of various options such as camouflaged monopoles with day and night views, street light cum telecom poles, palm trees, rooftop grilles, and water tanks, aesthetic small cells solutions for bus shelters, public restrooms, foot-over bridges, flyovers and metro pillars. These solutions are designed to suit site deployment in public places, gardens, parks, municipal areas, residential and commercial complexes, metro stations, shopping complexes, malls, SEZs, highways, institutional areas, etc.

Note to the Editors 

Green Sites are telecom tower sites where network operations are run without using diesel as power back up, yet without compromising the network uptime. 

Outdoor Sites are sites where air-conditioners are replaced with Free Cooling Units (FCUs) and Natural Cooling Units (NCUs) to maximise the conversion of Indoor sites to Outdoor sites as a part of Indus Towers' 'Shut AC' initiative. 

About Indus Towers Limited

Indus Towers Limited is an independently managed company offering passive telecom infrastructure to all telecom operators. Indus is headquartered in the National Capital Region. Founded in 2007, Indus Towers Limited has been promoted under a joint venture amongst Bharti Infratel Limited (group company of Bharti Airtel limited, rendering telecom services in India under the brand name Airtel), Vodafone India Limited (rendering telecom services under the brand name Vodafone) and Aditya Birla Telecom Limited (group company of Idea Cellular Limited, rendering telecom services under the brand name Idea), which created history by collaborating to share telecom towers and infrastructure.

Indus has presence in 15 telecom circles of India and has achieved over 2,97,867 tenancies till date. With the current count of over 1,22,920 towers, Indus has the widest coverage in India and is also the largest telecom tower company in the country.

Indus' vision of 'Transforming Lives by Enabling Communication' is setting a new paradigm for a networked economy, on a world-leading scale, whereby there is inclusive and impactful growth for all.

For any further information please visit our website http://www.industowers.com.

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