MoP - Ministry of Power

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Sh. Sushilkumar Shinde, Minister of Power at National Launch of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)
Take steps to encourage preferential treatment for use
of energy efficient equipment or appliances
Promote innovative financing of energy efficiency
projects
Give financial assistance to institutions for promoting
efficient use of energy and its conservation
Prepare educational curriculum on efficient use of
energy and its conservation.
Implement international co-operation programmes
relating to efficient use of energy and its conservation.
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES
Bureau of Energy Efficiency has already launched many
voluntary and mandatory provisions of the Energy Conservation
Act which received support from all the stake holders.
Standards and Labeling .
The Hon'ble Union Minister of Power launched the National
Energy labeling program on May 18, 2006 at New Delhi.
To begin with, the scheme is being implemented on
voluntary basis for Room Air conditioners, Refrigerators
(No-Frost) Direct Cool, Tubular Fluorescent Lamps and
distribution transformers. The scheme is to be extended to
other equipments as well and will be made mandatory. As
the scheme was initiated in the terminal year of X plan, it is
expected that direct energy savings will commence from
the first year of XI plan and is likely to result in energy savings
of about 18 billion units annually from 2011-12.
The equipments like Electric Motors, Agricultural pump
sets, CFLs, consumer electronic products, etc. are being
added in a phased manner.
National Campaign on Energy Conservation.
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh
launched a National campaign on energy conservation on
the occasion of the Energy Conservation Day observed on
14th December 2004, primarily to create awareness about
the meaning, need and significance of the energy
conservation.
Under the National Campaign of the Energy Conservation,
a painting competition on the energy conservation
for the school children of 4th and 5th standards of the
35 States and the Union territories was conducted. Total
number of 17560 schools and 3.43 lakh students of 4th
and 5th standard participated in school level competition in
year 2005, these numbers grew to 17991 schools &
3.99 lakh students and 24385 schools & 5.25 lakh