State Energy Conservation Fund

July 11- Haryana Government has decided to create a StateEnergy Conservation Fund and make use of energy efficient streetlighting systems mandatory with effect from April, 2009 thus saving222 MW of electricity.This was stated by Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hoodawhile speaking after inaugurating a national level workshop on'Promoting The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)' in Gurgaontoday. The workshop has been organised by Haryana Department ofRenewable Energy in collaboration with Bureau of Energy Efficiency(BEE) of the Union Power Ministry.He said that the decision to have an energy conservation fund hasbeen taken to meet expenditure on the promotion of variousprogrammes and projects aimed at conservation of energy.Mr Hooda said that all existing and new colonies and urban areasnotified by the Urban Local Bodies Department, sectors of HaryanaUrban Development Authority, industrial estates of Haryana StateIndustrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, housingcomplexes, colonies and townships developed by private or semigovernment or autonomous institutions of the State would have energyefficient street lighting system.Mr Hooda appreciated that the Bureau of Energy Efficiency hasprepared a Energy Conservation Building Code, in view the fivedifferent climatic zones of India, in which it has fixed minimumenergy consumption standards of buildings.Mr Hooda said that while recognizing the significance of energyconservation in building sector, Haryana Government would ensurecompliance of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), in a phasedmanner, in all new buildings to be constructed in Government sectorby April 2010. In the first phase, during the current financial year,the new Government buildings covering about one lakh sq. ft. areawould be constructed in compliance with the ECBC.Mr Hooda pointed out that with the change in the building designsand installation of energy efficient equipments in the buildings, wecould conserve 27 to 40 per cent of energy. The designs of buildingsshould be prepared in such a way that these provide natural light andair which would help in less consumption of energy. He quoted theexample of building designs of palaces and 'Hawelis' of Rajasthansaying that these provided comfortable environment even during summerseason. Therefore, with proper designing of the buildings we couldsave a large amount of energy. Also, we should install energyefficient electric equipment in buildings.The Chief Minister said that we could conserve 25,000 MW ofelectricity in our country by implementing energy conservationmeasures. Haryana has an estimated potential to conserve 565 MW ofelectricity by adopting energy conservation measures. The cost ofimplementing energy conservation measures as compared to that ofproduction of electricity was only one third. Therefore, while addingto the generation capacity of energy, we must also lay focus onconservation of energy.He said that the State Government has already decided to make the useof Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), T-5 tubelights,Light EmittingDiodes (LED) Lamps, low pressure sodium vapour lamps and high pressuresodium vapour lamps mandatory for all Central Government offices andall other consumers of electricity having a load of 30 Kilowatt orabove with effect from August 15, 2008.He said that as use of energy efficient CFL lamps could save up to80 per cent of electricity, the State Government has initiated aspecial programme to encourage people use such lamps. Therefore, inall the buildings of offices of Haryana Government, Boards andCorporations and rest houses, all the incandenscent bulbs andtubelights have been replaced with energy efficient CFL lamps and T-5tublights. Haryana was the first State in the country to take such astep to conserve energy, he added.He said that the Government has made the use of ISI marked pumpscompulsory in the agriculture sector. It has also implemented ascheme to provide financial subsidy at a rate of Rs. 500 per HorsePower up to a maximum of Rs. 5,000 to the farmers installing thesepumps.He said that the State Government has also decided to takespecial steps to create awareness about energy conservation programmesand energy conservation measures through various means.The Chief Minister also released two books namely Energy Conservationhandbook for buildings and home prepared by Haryana Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency and Energy Conservation Building Code Tip Sheetprepared by Energy Simulation.Secretary, Union Ministry of Power Mr. Anil Razdan hoped thatHaryana would be a pioneer state in conservation of energy. He furthersaid that energy saving devices should be installed keeping in viewthe five climatic zones in the country. He assured the Chief Ministerthat government of India would provide all sort of help to the stategovernment in implementing the energy saving schemes.Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, RenewableEnergy and Power Departments, Mr Ashok Lavasa said that Haryana statehad always been a leader for the implementation of various energyconservation programmes and for implementation of Energy ConservationAct. He was of the view that about 30 per cent of the Indianpopulation resides in urban areas in the post independence era, whilethe population of India had grown three times.Mr Lavasa said that a boom in the building construction sector inreal estate development. He said that every year more than 40 millionof sq. meter of commercial and residential space was being added whichwas resulting in the additional demand of near by 5.5 billion units ofpower.Director General Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Mr Ajay Mathur saidthat Haryana government had been the national leader in ensuringenergy access to all. He said that Gurgaon was emerging India's futureas Haryana had attracted industrialists and entrepreneurs. He saidthat after implementing the ECBC code the consumption of power couldbe reduced substantially. Joint secretary power Government of India MrDevender Singh also spoke on the occasion. The workshop was attended by Administrative Secretaries, Heads ofDepartments, Architects and Engineers of Architecture Department,Housing Board, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Tourism, PoliceHousing Corporation, Urban Development and Town and Country PlanningDepartment. Also, builders and developers of the National CapitalRegion, representative of Union Ministry of Power, BEE, Confederationof Indian Industry, FICCI and those of the State designated agenciesimplementing energy conservation programmes in the country alsoattended the workshop.Others present on the occasion included Parliamentary Secretary RaoDan Singh, Dharamvir Gauba, Sukhbir Singh Jounapuria, BhupinderChoudhary, Radhesyam Sharma and Naresh Yadav all MLAs, PrincipalSecretary to Chief Minister, Mr M.L. Tayal, Commissioner GurgaonDivision JPS Nagal, Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Sharma, Commissionerof Police Mohinder Lal, Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta, DirectorHAREDA Mrs Sumita Misra and representatives of various States.