Co-Energi guides Vidullanka towards Arc certification

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From left: Co-Energi Director Irshad Halaldeen, Co-Energi COO Mudushan Samarakoon, Vidullanka CEO Riyaz Sangani, Vidullanka Manager Operations Roshan Siriwadena

Located in Colombo 2, Vidullanka PLC is a renewable energy company that owns and manages hydro power plants in Sri Lanka and Uganda as well as biomass and solar projects across Sri Lanka.

As part of their corporate sustainability initiatives Vidullanka obtained the services of Co-Energi Ltd. to acquire an ‘Arc’ score for their corporate office.

Arc measures a building’s sustainability performance across five main categories, namely energy, water, transportation, waste and human experience. An initiative of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), Arc scores empower people to design, build and operate places that benefit both people and the environment. It helps users achieve green building certification, improve individual building sustainability, manage complex portfolios and transform cities and communities.

Vidullanka scored well above the global average for most of the categories. The scores obtained for each category was a careful study of tracking waste, measuring hazardous particles in the environment, conducting transportation and occupant comfort surveys as well as analysing monthly water and energy utility bills.

A building engineering consultancy based on the philosophy of ‘Smart Design’, Co-Energi specialises in green building consultancy and MEP design consultancy.

In an era of climate change with the planet under severe threat for survival and the construction industry accounting for 40% of worldwide energy usage, with estimations that by 2030 emissions from commercial buildings will grow by 1.8%, the need for sustainable smart building design to minimise energy has never been more critical.

Co-Energi has over 10 years’ experience in designing highly efficient AC Systems, rooftop solar designs, energy audits, MEP designs/retro fittings and over 12 LEED Certifications in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and is proud to have guided yet another well-known corporation in Sri Lanka to an Arc certification.