Bharathidasan University to tap solar energy

December 28, 2014 01:46 pm | Updated 01:46 pm IST - TIRUCHI:

TIRUCHI, TAMILNADU, 06/11/2014: V.M. Muthukumar, Vice Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, in Tiruchi, Tamilnadu.
Photo: A. Muralitharan

TIRUCHI, TAMILNADU, 06/11/2014: V.M. Muthukumar, Vice Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, in Tiruchi, Tamilnadu. Photo: A. Muralitharan

The Bharathidasan University plans to tap solar energy to meet its entire power requirements in the main campus.

To begin with, it has been proposed to install solar energy system for the administrative block, library building, dining halls in Vaigai, Kurinji and Porunai hostels. It will also cover street lights in the campus. The university has allotted Rs.65 lakh for the project and will be implemented through the Public Works Department (PWD) of the State government.

“It is a high time to make use of renewable energy. It is a first step to tap the solar energy, which is abundant in our campus. It is a clean energy and it will bring down the emission level at least to an extent,” V.M. Muthu Kumar, Vice Chancellor, told The Hindu.

The idea was not only to reduce the electricity charges but also to showcase the importance of tapping the naturally available energy with easy and cost effective ways. Enough signboards would be set up to inform the visitors that the varsity was using solar energy, he added.

Mr. Kumar said the installation work had commenced in the campus and it would be completed in three months. In the second phase, class rooms, auditoriums and canteen would be covered.

Stating that Wi-Fi facility, a high-frequency wireless local area network technology, had been created on Khajamalai campus of the university, he said steps had been taken to establish Wired Network facility to all newly constructed buildings under Campus Network Upgradation Scheme.

Besides steps were being taken to extend the National Knowledge Network connectivity, available on the main camps, to the Khajamalai Campus to upgrade the current 8 Mbps bandwidth.

The Vice-Chancellor said rainwater harvesting scheme was to be implemented in the university in three phases.

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