Apollo Hospitals with Smart Joules to reduce carbon emissions

The ten-year initiative spans 18 hospitals across the nation and leverages the ground-breaking JoulePAYS solution by Smart Joules for energy-efficient cooling, heating, ventilation and automation Apollo Hospitals has joined hands with Smart Joules to reduce carbon emissions by an astounding 2,90,000 tonnes, bolstering India's efforts to decarbonise. This ten-year initiative spans 18 hospitals across the nation and leverages the ground-breaking JoulePAYS solution by Smart Joules for energy-efficient cooling, heating, ventilation and automation. JoulePAYS, a pay-as-you-save solution from Smart Joules, is designed for retrofitting existing buildings and factories. It promises clients substantial energy savings at zero investment, with part of the savings shared with Smart Joules. This unique approach allows businesses to pursue profitable climate action and de-risks energy efficiency decision-making by providing profit assurance. Within just four months of the integration of the JoulePAYS solution into Apollo Hospitals' infrastructure, 235 energy conservation measures have been put into action, resulting in a forecasted savings of over 235 million kWh and INR 2 billion by 2030. Dr K Hariprasad, President, Apollo Hospitals said, "Apollo Hospitals has always been committed to providing world-class healthcare services to our patients, while also being mindful of our environmental impact. By adopting Smart Joules' innovative JoulePAYS solution, we have been able to optimise our cooling, heating, ventilation, and automation systems across our hospitals, significantly saving energy without compromising on any aspect of the patient experience. This is a win-win situation for us, our patients, and the planet. We hope that our initiative will inspire other healthcare providers to join us in this green revolution." Arjun P Gupta, CEO, Smart Joules, affirmed the company's commitment to assisting India's business sector in achieving sustainable development goals and energy efficiency, thereby contributing to the nation's decarbonisation targets. "By 2030, we aim to help reduce 29 million tons of carbon emissions. Our collaboration with Apollo Hospitals can be traced back to 2018. Their trust in expanding our work across all of the largest hospitals in their portfolio demonstrates our leadership in delivering real energy savings on the ground through a mix of technology innovations and simple-to-adopt business models. We are looking to offer similar zero-investment, zero-risk and guaranteed savings offerings to other leading Indian businesses who want to cut costs and carbon emissions across their entire portfolio of facilities under a single contract," stated Gupta.