Ceylinco Life opens exemplar green branch in Ja-Ela at a cost of Rs.180mn

Ceylinco Life Chairman R. Renganathan and Managing Director/CEO Thushara Ranasinghe (extreme right and extreme left) accompanied by directors and members of the company’s senior management at the opening of the new green branch in Ja-Ela

Ceylinco Life has opened the latest of its eco-friendly branch buildings in Ja-Ela on company-owned land, providing customers in this busy suburb a purpose-designed facility that delivers an enhanced visitor experience while advancing the sustainability goals of the company. 

An investment of Rs.180 million, the five-storey, 9,664 square-foot building is located at 26, Highway Access Road, Ja-Ela and significantly enhances Ceylinco Life’s presence and visibility in the area. It is the 31st such planet-friendly branch building constructed by Ceylinco Life to date and the third largest branch building of the company.
Contributing to a further reduction of the carbon footprint of the company, the new branch is powered by a 33kW on-grid solar power system and a 5kW off-grid battery backup power system via the seventh largest solar panel installation in the Ceylinco Life network. It minimises consumption of electricity from and supplies excess electricity to, the national grid. It also has a rainwater harvesting facility as well as a 100 percent wastewater recycling system that minimises consumption of pipe-borne water and a sewerage treatment plant.  

The building will function as an office for the Ceylinco Life branches in Ja-Ela, Kandana and Ragama and is the fifth branch building built on company-owned land in the Gampaha district, after the branches in Divulapitiya, Kadawatha, Gampaha and Negombo. The building has been designed for future expansion as the need for more space arises. Ceylinco Life is in the process of constructing green buildings for its branches in Minuwangoda 
and Matugama.