EESL to partner Delhi’s govt hospitals for improving quality of air

Circulation of infected air owing to air-conditioned premises has been among the key concerns of health administrators during the pandemic.

Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) is looking to address this issue through tie-ups with operators of public spaces like hospitals, malls, airports and offices. For starters, it is in discussions with the Centre to start projects in some the government-run hospitals in Delhi.

This is part of its Retrofit of Air-conditioning to Improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency (RAISE) programme, a pilot that was launched in its own building earlier this year.

According to Rajat Sud, managing director of EESL, the programme is part of its four-point agenda for saving energy, sustainability, securing energy and efficiency. The process requires induction of fresh air into centralised systems by upgrading through retrofitting or replacing existing AC plants.