LEED Platinum
Existing-building operations
LEED v4.1 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings certificate dated October 2025.
Sustainability in action
Building a cleaner, more responsible future.
Explore GD Goenka University’s sustainability initiatives, institutional commitments and documentary evidence supporting the Sustainable Development Goals—with a focus on Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7).
Institutional snapshot
Evidence-led sustainability
The University’s sustainability reporting brings together operational initiatives, third-party recognition, policy documents and indicator-wise evidence. Figures are presented with their source and verification status.
269.1 kWp
Solar PPA capacity
Capacity stated in the Hero Solar agreement dated 26 October 2018. Other campus records list different capacity totals and are under reconciliation.
2018–19
State Energy Conservation Award
Second Prize certificate from Haryana’s New & Renewable Energy Department / HAREDA for energy-conservation activities.
Data note: The energy figures currently available for 2025 are reported values, not a final reconciled submission. Solar capacity figures differ across source documents; the landing page does not treat them as interchangeable or audited totals.
Goal 7 · Affordable and Clean Energy
Five reporting areas, one evidence-led view
The indicator reports organise the University’s available evidence against THE Sustainability Impact Ratings Methodology 2027. Each report identifies supporting records and unresolved data gaps.
SDG 7.1
Research
Research outputs and publications associated with affordable and clean energy.
Open report →SDG 7.2
Institutional measures
Energy efficiency, policy framework, building measures and investment considerations.
Open report →SDG 7.3
Energy use
Calendar-year 2025 total energy and university floor-space parameters.
Open report →SDG 7.4
Energy & community
Community outreach, public renewable-energy advocacy, industry services, policy support and low-carbon innovation.
Open report →SDG 7.5
Low-carbon energy use
Total energy used and energy used from low-carbon sources during 2025.
Open report →Campus initiatives
Infrastructure and institutional commitments
Photographs and certificates below are drawn from materials supplied for the University’s sustainability reporting.
Renewable energy
Rooftop solar photovoltaic system
The University’s records document a rooftop solar arrangement and campus PV installations. Capacity and generation should be reported using the relevant agreement, asset register and 2025 meter/inverter records.
Third-party recognition
LEED Platinum certification
The supplied certificate identifies GD Goenka University, Sohna, Gurugram, under LEED v4.1 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings, dated October 2025.
Documentary evidence
Certificates and recognition
These items provide context for institutional sustainability activity. Their captions distinguish what each document directly confirms from what would require further operational evidence.
State Level Energy Conservation Award
Certificate records Second Prize for 2018–19 in the Institutions & Organizations category for connected load above 30 kW.
Greenobin Recycling Certificate
Records 16,199.65 kg of paper recovered during FY 2025–26. This supports resource-circulation reporting, not a direct measure of low-carbon energy use.
Good Air Summit 2019
Certificate of appreciation presented to G.D. Goenka for participation. It is contextual environmental evidence and does not alone prove a clean-energy policy contribution.
Reports & resources
Explore the SDG 7 report set
The complete downloadable package includes the current working reports alongside this standalone landing page. These are review documents; confirm figures and public links before formal submission.
LEED Platinum certificateSupplied certificate image
View / save ↓Reporting principle: preserve source values, identify the reporting period and boundary, cite the underlying evidence, and mark unresolved differences for verification. The public-facing site should be reviewed by the University before publication.
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