• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: Under construction / set up

Hyderabd population is projected to hit 13.6 million by 2021. Currently over 3 million personalized vehicles ply on Hyd roads, with an addition of 0.20 million vehicles every year. Therefore, the development of Metro Rail was approved for 72 km., covering three high density traffic corridors of Hyderabad (Miyapur to LB Nagar – 29 km; JBS to Falaknuma – 15 km and Nagole to Shilparamam – 28 km) that is estimated to cater 17 lakh passengers per day. Advantages include most effieint transport in terms of energy consumption, space occupancy and numbers transported. Very eco-friendly causing no air pollution, much less sound pollution and low energy consumption (20% per passenger km in comparison to road-based systems.

• Start year: 2011
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

The then governemnt has released an order in 2004 addressing the usage of solar energy systems in the state. Solar energy will be used for advertisement hoardings, street lights, and hot water systems. The state government gave orders to all commissioners of municipal corporations and the vice-chairmen of the Urban Development Authorities of cities in the state.
To enforce this policy following provisions are proposed for GHMC for inclusion in the building bye laws of Hyderabad:
1. ―No new building in the following categories in which there is a system or installation for supplying hot water shall be built unless the system or the installation is also having an auxiliary solar assisted water heating system:
a) Hospitals & Nursing Homes
b) Hotels, Lodges, and Guest houses
c) Hostels of Schools, Colleges, Training Centers
d) Barracks of armed forces, paramilitary forces and police
e) Individual residential buildings having more than 150 sq. mt. plinth area
f) Functional Buildings of Railway Stations and Airports like waiting rooms, retiring rooms, rest rooms, inspection bungalows and catering units
g) Community Centers, Banquet Halls, Barat Ghars, Kalyan mandaps and buildings for similar use.‖

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: Under construction / set up

The proposed 19.8 MW plant is under construction and is expected to commence operations in 2018. The project once operated would reduce net GHG gas emissions, enhance economy, reduce trucking long distances, reduce landfill usage and expansions.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: Completed

1. Under Batchat Lamp Youjana (BLY) scheme, 1104179 CFLs of 11 Watt/20 Watt capacity have been distributed to some of the domestic consumers in Hyderabad/Secunderabad, which results in reduction of 94488 MT of carbon emissions into the atmosphere per year.

• Start year: 2011
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

• Start year: 2011
• Type: Assessment/Research
• Status: In operation

3. Government has issued mandatory orders vide GO Rt.No.133 dated 22-08-2011 of Energy (RES) Dept for compulsory Energy audit in the Government /Quasi Government/Local Bodies/Universities/Colleges. NREDCAP has introduced Building Energy Auditing scheme by extending financial assistance up to 40% of audit fee or Rs.30000/- whichever is less. In the following buildings Energy audit has been completed in Hyderabad City.

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: In operation

GHMC through counters has sold around 4 lakh LED bulbs (9 W), 30000 tube lights(20 W) and five star rated ceiling fans (50 W) to the Hyderabad public. • It is estimated that from 4 lakh LED bulbs, around 8000 KW of energy demand would be reduced per year, 52000 MWh units saved per year, Rs. 20 Cr of the expenditure is saved per year and around 40000 Tons of CO2 emissions would be reduced in one year
• It is estimated that from 30000 tube lights, around 60 KW of energy demand would be reduced per year, 1350 MWh units saved per year, Rs. 0.45 Cr of the expenditure is saved per year and around 1100 Tons of CO2 emissions would be reduced every year
• It is estimated that from 6000 ceiling fans installed, around 160 KW of energy demand would be reduced per year, 850 MWh units saved per year, Rs. 0.3 Cr of the expenditure is saved per year and around 700 Tons of CO2 emissions would be reduced every year.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

• Automation of street lighting is being adopted in an aggressive way. First phase is currently underway and 2nd and 3rd phase will be completed by March. Target is to reduce the electric charges tremendously by automation and using less wattage with more lumen technologies.
• High wattage luminaries are being replaced by LED induction
• Lighting on all flyovers in the city are being changed into LED on priority basis because of difficulty in obtaining permissions from traffic department to change the street lights
• Lighting is being changed to solar in all city parks.
• Technical committee has been formed for energy conservation and standards will be finalised.
• Residential areas are connected by SV lamps and Tube lights, plan to replace with low watt consuming LED in a phased manner by next year.
• Implementing various projects on pilot basis and depending on technologies successful and based on technical committee recommendations tenders will be called.
• Metering has been compulsory for all facilities

• Start year: 2011
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

APSRTC has undertaken the initiative to reduce the air pollution in the city. Hyderabad city has got 1623 CNG loaded vehicles which includes private and commercial vehicles. APRSTC also endeavor to add to current fleet.

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: In operation

Aims at transforming conventional energy fixtures to LED withing GHMC building premises. Includes Conversion of existing 137 Air Conditioners to five star rated AC’s; Conversion of 616 Ceiling Fans (70 W), 15 Wall mounting fans and 14 pedestal fans to EE fans; Conversion of around 3441 indoor conventional lights to LED lights (152 - T8/T12 14 TS; 634 - Ts/T12 40W; 2655 - T8 (2 feet) Fitting (2X2 20W); Conversion of 4 lift motors to EE fixtures; Conversion of 29 Garden light/pole light/ground light or building focus light to LED; Conversion of Outdoor lights: 729 CFL, 81 LED, 65 Exhaust fans, 431 Computers, 56 Scanners, 214 Printers, 35 Xerox Machines, 29 Water coolers, 39 Air coolers, 25 Refrigerators and 18 TV to Energy Efficiency fixtures.

• Start year:
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status:

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: In operation

Identified to convert 464066 conventional streetlights to LED lights by end of Dec, 2017. So far around 2 lakh street lights were converted.• Total no. of street light fittings – 464066
• Total connected load – 75.32 MW
• No. of On/Off switches – 25001
• • Current consumption: 240.78 MU
• No. of LED fixtures received – 2.19 lakhs
• Of these 2 lakhs bulbs replaced, it is estimated that around 7000 KW of electricity is saved per day.
• It is estimated to save around 20.73 Million units per annum after converting entire 464066 street lights to LED (i.e. Rs. 14.72 Cr is estimated as savings per annum)
• Also estimated to reduce Co2 emissions by 1.6 lakhs tons per annum
• The capacities of the LED lights include 18, 35, 70, 110, 190 watts.

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: Planning phase

An average of 100 bicycles, including e-bikes, will be placed at each metro station, where the customers will be able to use the bicycles using swipe-card technology. The e-bikes will be charged with solar power, the first of its kind in India. The project will set up 63 bicycle stations at metro stations in Hyderabad and in total HBC plans to construct nearly 100 bicycle stations at different locations in Hyderabad to provide last-mile connectivity.

• Start year:
• Type: Organizational / Governance
• Status:

Empanelment of self-certifying structural engineers, architects and document auditors for speeding the permit process for buildings. The self-certification process offers faster option for organized document holders and GRIHA and LEED certificate holders.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

Installation in 2012-13:

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: Under construction / set up

Hyderabd population is projected to hit 13.6 million by 2021. Currently over 3 million personalized vehicles ply on Hyd roads, with an addition of 0.20 million vehicles every year. Therefore, the development of Metro Rail was approved for 72 km., covering three high density traffic corridors of Hyderabad (Miyapur to LB Nagar – 29 km; JBS to Falaknuma – 15 km and Nagole to Shilparamam – 28 km) that is estimated to cater 17 lakh passengers per day. Advantages include most effieint transport in terms of energy consumption, space occupancy and numbers transported. Very eco-friendly causing no air pollution, much less sound pollution and low energy consumption (20% per passenger km in comparison to road-based systems.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: Completed

15 numbers of biodiversity parks are being developed with;
• Maintenance of minimal disturbance to the natural landscape
• Nature trails along the natural contour.
• Removal of Invasive alien species
• Addition of native flora
• Rain water harvesting
• Solar lighting
• Biodiversity signages
• No ground water tapping

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: Under construction / set up

It is an initiative to connect communities to lakes and a serious effort to revive the surface water bodies in Hyderabad city. Identified 62 lakes in Serilingampally areas as the initial target to restore and conserve. As an initial step had started with 3 lakes in the city. Major actions includes capacity building and community engagement. Actions involve not just to conduct clean-up and awareness and plantation drives, but also to prepare holistic development plans for the lakes, including cheaper and efficient methods of sewage treatment through natural and organic methods and send this treated water to the lakes.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Assessment/Research
• Status: In operation

The City biodiversity Index is a self-assessment tool for cities to monitor and evaluate their biodiversity conservation efforts. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has prepared the City Biodiversity Index for the 1st time in India.
In August 2012, G.H.M.C. had a baseline score of 36 out of 92. Because of recent initiatives, the score has been approximately assessed as 59. The official announcement of the revised score and other information will be published during 2014, after scientific validation of various indicators.

• Start year: 2008
• Type: Assessment/Research
• Status: Completed

ICLEI-SA is carrying out the first review of implementation of Urban Environmental Accords in Indian Cities. UEAs are described as the synergic extension of the efforts to advance sustainability, foster vibrant economies, promote social equity and protect planet’s natural resources. The major issues of the urban areas addressed through the accords are energy, waste reduction, urban design, urban nature, transportation, environmental health and water.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

All lakes in the city totalling to about 32 in numbers are proposed for development of greenery including protection with fencing

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Public Participation/Stakeholder engagement
• Status: In operation

This programme has been taken up in association with Centre for Environment Education for giving biodiversity education to the school children at a cost of Rs.13.78 lakhs. Under this programme, the children from 100 Government and slum schools are being involved for imparting environment education by taking the students around G.H.M.C. parks.

• Start year:
• Type: Technical / Infrastructural
• Status: In operation

The Hussain sagar lake which was constructed in the year 1562 to cater irrigation needs of the then city is curerntly badly polluted. Therefore, HMDA has been working on diverting sewage inflows apart from industrial effluents. HMDA has been working out a 1600 mm ring sewer main running to a length of 2.5km from Necklace road to opposite the Sailors club. Another part has been the Balanagar sewage trunk main of 1400 mm dia which is 4.85 km long from the confluence point of Jeedimetla and Kukatpally nala to ring sewer at necklace road. HDMA has also provided STPS for the Hussain Sagar cleaning - one with 30 MLD capacity and another at 20 MLD capacity.