Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) has been awarded the prestigious PEER (Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal) Platinum certification by Green Building Certification Inc (GBCI). This honour makes BIAL among the first airport operators in the world to receive an outstanding score of 92/100 for its airport power infrastructure. Marking this achievement, Hari Marar, Managing Director & CEO, BIAL, has shared, “We are proud to receive this recognition from GBCI for our relentless efforts in the energy conservation and energy resilience domain. As the operator of a world-class airport, BIAL has undertaken a variety of steps to deploy onsite renewable energy generation systems, offsite renewable power procurement, to meet our long-term goal of becoming Net Energy Neutral in 2020-21. Certified with PEER Platinum Rating will only motivate us to keep fast tracking our sustainability journey, even as we keep enhancing our infrastructure to meet the ever-increasing air transportation needs of passengers.” To ensure that the airport’s power system continues to support its sustainable development goals, BIAL sought PEER certification to analyse and improve the airport’s power system performance and has been awarded the 'Platinum Rating’ based on GBCI’s review process. About 98 per cent of the project’s distribution circuit is protected with distribution redundancy and auto restoration. It also has a 6.8 MW onsite solar PV system that supports essential services during grid failure and long-term blackout and 100 per cent of its energy mix comes from renewable energy. Overall, through procurement of renewable energy, energy conservation measures and modernised system that prioritises sustainability, efficient power has helped the airport achieve energy savings of 14.7 million units (or kWh), cost savings of Rs.84 million ($1.2 million), and mitigate about 46 kilo tonne of CO2 emissions annually.