State Bank of India : Green IT@SBI

During the financial year 2009-2010, State Bank of India undertook a massive

rollout of Autamed Teller Machines. The Bank was conscious of the need to reduce

the carbon footprints as there were more than 10,000 ATMs to be installed all

across the country. Now, the power situation in India is poor and most areas are

facing power cuts to the tune of eight hours on an average a day. There is an

urgent need save power in the ATM channels.

In all the new ATMs, LCD monitors were deployed in lieu of CRTs. LEDs were used

instead of tube lights/CFL, 5 star EER 3.1 rated ACs were installed. Specially

designed ATMs were developed and installed that consumed low energy and require

no air conditioning environment. Even solar powered ATMs were developed for

rural areas. ATMs were built closer to the customer residences and their

workplaces, so as to reduce their travel time thus saving time and fuel.

This project is expected to help save a whopping 48508500 KWH per annum. This

translates to about Rs 24.25 crores of energy savings per annum. More benefits

include the convenience of 24x7 banking, increased use of e-transactions. Most

other banks in India are also realizing the benefits of adopting green

practices, and are therefore gradually adopting the same site preparation

specifications as used by SBI in this deployment.