Gated community in Chennai introduces KPIs for management committee members

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mightiness person a firm ringing to it, but is universal, touching each quality connection, including that of residents of a gated assemblage with their absorption committee (MC). A gated assemblage successful Manapakkam has understood this existential truth, hence an “appraisal” of each subordinate of the MC against their self-imposed goals astatine the opening of their term. The committee arsenic a full is assessed against its promises.

Casagrand Irene Owners Welfare Association (CGIOWA) believes it has acceptable a benchmarks done this system. The model encourages each subordinate to springiness their best, and those performing good to get re-elected to the committee.

Spread crossed 5.6 acres with 295 dwelling units crossed 15 blocks and 13 villas, this gated assemblage successful Alandur Zone (Ward 157) of Greater Chennai Corporation is lone 7 years old.

Solar Power Ninja

Association caput Lebbaeus Denis’s KPI was astir going solar. With flats ranging from 550 sq. ft. to 3500 sq. ft., the societal illustration of residents is varied, making buy-in a challenge. After aggregate meetings, rooftop star installation took disconnected successful 3 phases.

“Our 300 KWp rooftop star task contiguous powers the full community’s communal areas including lifts, aerial conditioners successful the nine house, h2o pumps, gym, STP, h2o attraction plant, plot h2o pumping, thoroughfare lights, car parking and each communal lightings and EV charging stations. TNEB says we are 1 of the largest successful Tamil Nadu’s residential segment,” says Denis, who besides overseas ineligible and plus absorption areas of the community.

Of the ₹1.4 crore invested to instrumentality star rooftop, CGIOWA took ₹1.25 crore from its corpus and the remainder from the gross streams it generates.

“Our yearly energy measure from the communal areas generates implicit 5.13 lakh portion that translates to ₹ 60 lakh. We person begun to spot star PVC arsenic a important instrumentality connected the concern we made,” says the secretary.

Currently, lone 25% of rooftop terrace has star panels and the remainder of the abstraction is disposable for aboriginal enlargement of the star initiative.

Casagrand Irene has brought retired a brochure detailing the process and features: however the Association selected M/s Tamilnadu Energy System arsenic vendor; method specifications of star panels and inverter; the break-up of energy charges. With a connection from erstwhile MLA T.M. Anbarasan, the brochure was distributed to adjacent to 100 communities successful the constituency.

Mr. Keep It Clean

Early this year, a squad from Urbaser Sumeet documented champion practices successful discarded absorption being adopted by the community. The designer of this strategy is said to beryllium Karthikeyan M., assisted by his wife. The mates had moved successful from Adyar, wherever they were portion of galore door-to-door drives by Residents of Kasturba Nagar (ROKA).

“In my KPI, I had promised to marque the assemblage zero waste,” says Karthikeyan, associated caput overseeing housekeeping operations and discarded management.

He maintains a tracking mechanics that shows however they cod and show discarded connected a regular and monthly basis.

Over the past six months, for instance, “black integrative cover” utilized to enactment garbage bins for bedewed discarded disposal has been reduced from 591 kg to zero kg, thereby preventing integrative discarded from going to dumping grounds.

Another data-driven thrust is reducing “Inseparable Waste” (Red discarded and sanitary waste) to beneath 10 kg per day. Karthikeyan spends astatine slightest an hr a time doing rounds and educating residents connected however to abide by the rules.

The nine besides has an integrated discarded converter and is readying to procure more. “Waste absorption initiatives astatine the assemblage are lone 4 years aged and we are taking babe steps. We anticipation to travel the 3 Rs with the enactment of residents, housekeeping unit and Urbaser Sumeet,” says Karthikeyan who works with an MNC.

Lebbaeus Denis says CGIOWA functions similar a mini-corporate, each process is documented and determination is an induction programme earlier a caller committee takes over.

The Water Evangelist

For president Senthil Jagadeesan, involvement lies successful water. He oversees h2o conservation initiatives including ensuring runoffs spell into the 75 recharge pits successful the nine and grey h2o is utilized successful plot and for landscape.

Magesh Giri, associated secretary, besides shares the ‘department’ with Senthil, overseeing plot and h2o management.

Ashok Premesh, treasure, is in-charge of gross absorption including compliance. Karthikeyan A.S., vice-president, overseas the information and parking management.

Likewise, Govarthan, an adjunct manager successful the movie industry, was brought into the committee seeing the diverseness helium would bring to the table. Every Pongal, the nine turns into a mini-village nether his supervision.

Denis says funds is not a constraints for MC members to relation effectively. “We spell each retired to springiness them what they privation and they bash perform,” says Denis, a serial entrepreneur. “We person antithetic gross streams to make funds. For instance, past twelvemonth we opened a workplace level with each prima facilities. By paying ₹2,000 a day, a nonmigratory tin usage it to accommodate a guest,” helium says.

Every year, we springiness a subsidy of ₹24 lakh to residents depending connected the size of the level arsenic we are generating revenue, helium says.

Of the 17 SDG goals, Denis says, the assemblage has ticked 7 goals required for assemblage living, and has acceptable its sights connected different goals. It is moving connected getting ISO and LEED certifications.