The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli has bagged 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for having adopted and implemented various energy conservation measures. GOC Workshop is the only workshop of Indian Railways to have received the award this year.
The 60-year-old GOC has adopted best energy conservation technologies and practices, which are as follows
- Despite Covid-19 lockdown challenges, the workshop increased its production by 19.42 per cent
- The measures on conservation of energy have led to reduction of electrical and thermal energy consumption by 25.6 per cent
- Installation of IOT-based condition monitoring system in three electrical substations as well as 45 machines. Besides, the monitoring system has been installed in one 3-Tier AC coach as well, now running in Trichy-Howrah Express rake.
- Inside the workshop, two MIYAWAKI gardens were developed comprising 4000 saplings inclusive of 500 saplings of Bheema Bamboos
- During the year, the workshop achieved 28.87 per cent reduction in carbon footprint
- Energy saving, in movement of coach bogies, has been effected up to 46 per cent through movement by railway instead of by road between workshop and divisions which resulted in 67 per cent CO2 emission reduction as well
