Platinum level certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

The Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd’s signature project, Infinity Benchmark, has been awarded LEED Platinum level certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. The award was handed over by Shri K Rosaiah, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at the 7th CII Green Building Congress 2009 at Hyderabad on 10 September 2009.
Mr Pulak Chamaria, Executive Director, Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd, in his address announced that located in Sector V of Salt Lake City, the IT Hub of Kolkata, Infinity Benchmark is the second building outside USA and 7th in the world to get a Platinum rating by the renowned US Green building Council (USGBC), under LEED Core & Shell version 2.0.
Mr Chamaria added “we are very proud and happy to receive LEED Platinum certification for our IT empowered workspace, Infinity Benchmark. It is the highest recognition to the continuous efforts put in by our team in creating this unique infrastructure and placing Bengal in the global green map. Our engineering, design and architecture team has worked extremely hard to ensure that we qualify to achieve the stringent guidelines set by USGBC and reach superior standards. At Infinity, guided by our honourable Chairman & Managing Director Shri Ravindra Chamaria, we believe in setting benchmarks and would continue to excel in such initiatives”. We had a dream to bring West Bengal on the IT radar and thus was born Infinity Think Tank – the first IT empowered workshop in Eastern Region, which tremendously helped IT growth in West Bengal. Infinity Think Tank set the benchmark and changed the entire growth of IT and quality infrastructure in Kolkata.
Infinity Benchmark was designed by J P Agrawal of Agrawal & Agrawal, Kolkata to achieve LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. LEED verifies environmental performance, occupant health and financial return. LEED was established for market leaders to design & construct buildings that protect and save precious resources while also making good economic sense. LEED certification of Infinity Benchmark was based on a number of green design and construction features that positively impact the project itself and the broader community.
Infinity Benchmark covers an area of 5,60,000 sq feet spread over 20 storeys. The building has a multi-level car parking facility, a multi-cuisine Food Court of International standard, a Business Centre, a Retail area dedicated for IT related products and office support facilities, and Osho World.
Mr Chamaria adds, “The impact of energy and water costs directly affects the operations of the occupants. Water and Energy represents 30% percent of operating expenses in a typical office building and with this achievement, occupants at Infinity Benchmark will see the financial benefits from day one which translates into saving of Rs 5/- per sq ft – a laudable benefit to our clients”.
Infinity Benchmark‘s LEED certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. “The urgency of USGBC’s mission has challenged the industry to move faster and reach further than ever before, and Infinity Benchmark serves as a prime example with just how much we can accomplish.”
New Entrants at Infinity Benchmark
KPMG, ICICI Bank Ltd., GTL Ltd., GTL Infrastructure Ltd., Uniworld Edutech Ltd., Foster Wheeler Bengal, Kobelco Machinery. Pvt. Ltd., Amrit Feeds Limited, Firepro System Pvt. Ltd., Shrishti Resorts & Multiplexes P. Ltd., Embee Software Pvt. Ltd., Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. have already taken up space in the building.
About the U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit member. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations. Since UGSBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 17,000 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED® green building rating systems.
About LEED®
The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category. LEED can be applied to all building types including new construction, commercial interiors, core & shell developments, existing buildings, homes, neighborhood developments, schools and retail facilities. LEED for Healthcare is currently under development and is expected to be released in early 2008. Incentives for LEED are available at the state and local level and LEED has also been adopted nationwide by federal agencies, state and local governments, and interested private companies. For more information, visit USGBC.
About Infinity
Infinity Infotech Parks Limited is a multinational organisation with interests in building IT infrastructure and other Real Estate projects. From a dream to bring West Bengal on the IT radar, Infinity pioneered in creating infrastructural solutions for the IT & ITeS sector. Infinity conceived and created the path-breaking first intelligent IT-empowered workspace in the Eastern Region in 2000 – Infinity Think Tank at Sector V, Kolkata – that combined environmental values with a futuristic design and robust engineering. The significance of the special construction and design of infrastructure built by Infinity is the architectural ingenuity with a futuristic outlook incorporating features to assist the work performance of the IT industry.
Infinity Think Tank inspired and made us dream to create a new benchmark in Green IT- empowered workspace. The dream turned true as we created Infinity Benchmark, the 7th Platinum rated USGBC certified Green Building in the world, the 2nd such building outside USA.
Godrej Waterside, a joint venture between Infinity and Godrej Properties, situated on the banks of a serene water body known as “Munshir Bhery” – in Sector V, adjacent to water body, is our forthcoming Green IT infrastructure.
We are in the process of constructing India Design Centre – the country’s First Green Semiconductor Hub in Kolkata thus making a dream come true for our Hon’ble IT Minister, Dr Debesh Das.
We would also be creating more Green IT spaces in Kolkata, the first Green IT SEZ in Siliguri and the First Green IT Park in Sri Lanka. One can enjoy a holistic work-play environment that caters to the needs of knowledge businesses.
Infinity lays emphasis on optimization of resources, innovation of solutions and preservation of environment. Environment preservation and upgradation is an inbuilt component of all its architectural designs. It is registered with the US Green Building Council under their Leed Rating Programme. The green specifications provide an environment that generates positive energy ensuring superior work ambience.
Built on the expertise of creating world-class infrastructure, Infinity now endeavors to once again be the pioneers – the company has diversified into developing elite residential destinations in Guwahati –Signature Estates, Ulubari is the new dream of developing the first Green Home in Eastern Region .
Our Corporate Social Responsibility
For Infinity, CSR is more than just an ethical commitment, deeper than corporate spin; it is embedded in the business, influencing decisions on everything. To facilitate the education of needy children, Infinity supports The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a NGO that provides unlimited mid-day meals in schools in partnership with the Central and respective state governments of India. Currently the program is feeding around 10,50,647 children in government aided schools and anganwadis (day care centers) in 17 locations across India on any given day.
Possibilities Infinite
Infinity InfoTech Parks Limited has carved a niche for itself for development of quality corporate spaces and is always raising the bar in every ensuing project. Infinity has facilitated the knowledge-based industry to grow in Kolkata and has set standards for the IT infrastructure and other Real Estate projects.
Infinity is a philosophy that guides and inspires our imagination and efforts to touch perfection. At Infinity, the pursuit for excellence continue.
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