As part of its commitment towards the environment, IT bellwether Infosys Technologies is taking steps to ensure that all upcoming buildings of the company are gold rated by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the certification for energy-efficient buildings.

Developed by the US Green Building Council, LEED Green Building System aims to promote design and construction practise that increases profitability while reducing the negative environmental impacts of buildings.

The Bangalore-headquartered company was working with experts on the subject to employ the latest technologies in every aspect of energy consumption in areas like lighting and air-conditioning, the company said in its annual report filed with the SEC.

"Through our integrated approach to implementing infrastructure, we hope to reduce energy consumption by 50 per cent over the next few years," it added.

As on March 31, Infosys [Get Quote] had 8,362,592 square feet of built-up areas under construction over nine locations. The buildings once completed can accommodate 26,881 people.

Apart from improvising the air-conditioning and lighting system, Infosys is working to install lighting systems to make optimum use of daylight and attain maximum efficiency through artificial lighting. The company was also planning to procure green power to reduce emissions.

Meanwhile, Infosys has replaced the old hardware with more energy-efficient hardware. The new PCs and laptops the company is purchasing comply with environmental standards.

Infosys has already started consolidating its server systems. "We are consolidating systems to reduce the hardware footprint and thereby reduce energy consumption in terms of cooling and power," it said.

The company has consolidated 185 individual file servers across the world into 33 Network Attached Storage infrastructure.

For any future needs to increase the server capacity, they will be adding the disks to the NAS infrastructure, instead of adding the file server.