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Industry Investor Insights on Energy Efficiency & Digital/AI at CLIMAFIX Summit 2025

Industry Investor Insights on Energy Efficiency & Digital/AI | CLIMAFIX Summit 2025 This session from the CLIMAFIX Summit 2025 explores how energy efficiency, digital technologies, and AI are reshaping India’s energy landscape. The panel brings together industry leaders from renewable energy, EPC, digital innovation, academia, and the startup ecosystem to discuss challenges, opportunities, and real-world use cases across renewable power, heavy industries, infrastructure, and climate-tech entrepreneurship. The conversation covers forecasting for renewables, digital twins, energy management systems, air-conditioning optimization, construction efficiency, industrial IoT, data models, lab-to-market acceleration, and the role of early adopters and investors in scaling climate-tech solutions. Speakers: • Sanjay Kumar – Orbi2aNext • Anandnambi G – Technip Energies • Arun Nair – Startup Singam • Arul Shanmugasundaram – Swelect Energy • Anson Sando – IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) Moderator: Tina Philip, Director – Accenture ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 – Opening & brief introduction 00:21 – Moderator introduces panelists & context 01:21 – Moderator Tina Philip introduces herself (Accenture) 02:24 – Renewable energy vs energy efficiency discussion begins 03:21 – Framing the panel: India’s energy efficiency landscape 04:12 – Panelists begin introductions 05:06 – Sanjay Kumar (Orbi2aNext) – Company intro & digital twin needs 07:22 – Anson Sando (IITMRP) – 24/7 renewable campus & energy management 09:02 – Anandnambi G (Technip Energies) – Digital innovation & AI in industry 10:18 – Arul Shanmugasundaram (Swelect Energy) – Renewable integration & forecasting challenges 11:42 – Arun Nair (Startup Singam) – Startup ecosystem perspective 12:30 – Question: Role of AI in renewable value chain 13:02 – Renewable forecasting, storage decisions & AI/ML limitations 15:15 – Wind unpredictability & noise-handling in models 17:28 – Battery dispatch decisions for 24/7 renewable supply 18:59 – Monetising smart energy operations 20:12 – Energy efficiency in construction & manufacturing 22:11 – Reducing steel tonnage with digital optimisation 24:18 – Energy intensity of steel & manufacturing 26:16 – Digital twins for construction (metro example) 28:23 – Industrial adoption challenges & digital tools 29:23 – Implementing AI & digital in process industries 31:08 – Modelling physical systems for reliable AI 33:12 – Importance of structured data & engineering models 34:13 – Accelerating lab-to-market from academia 35:31 – Heat gain analysis & building efficiency (IITMRP example) 37:08 – AC optimisation & zone-based cooling 38:43 – Combining startups, industry partners & research 39:46 – Moderator’s wrap-up transition 40:11 – Climate-tech startup adoption & visibility (Startup Singam) 42:21 – Importance of early adopters in climate tech 43:02 – Final closing remarks from moderator 43:26 – End of session