RIL bags two awards on National Energy Conservation
15 Dec '07
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) bagged two prestigious awards on energy conservation at New Delhi. RIL's Hazira Manufacturing Division bagged the first prize, while it's Vadodara Manufacturing Division got the second.
The energy award has been given away by Hon'ble President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil at a grand ceremony on December 2007 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Shri H. S. Kohli, Executive Director, RIL received the award for the Hazira Manufacturing Division and Shri P Vijayaraghavan, Site President, Vadodara Manufacturing Division for this site.
The National Energy Conservation award - conferred by Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency – Govt. of India is a prestigious award in the field of energy conservation. The award criteria includes specific energy consumption reduction with respect to the previous year, energy conservation schemes implemented and savings achieved, energy management systems established and emphasis provided to the safety and environment in the organization.
Reliance's manufacturing division located at Hazira, Gujarat, won the first prize in "National Energy Conservation Award - 2007" under Petrochemicals sector. Its' a record fourth time that RIL's Hazira Manufacturing Division is winning the first prize under petrochemicals sector.
Reliance's Hazira Manufacturing Division has demonstrated a total commitment to the cause of energy conservation by establishing structured energy management and continually improving its systems since the year 1999 by involvement of all personnel. This has resulted into over 15% reduction in specific energy consumption.