Seminar Promotes Energy Efficiency By Avoiding Waste
By Grace Jlu

Bandar Seri Begawan - Energy efficiency is essentially about achieving `more with less' by using energy wisely and avoiding waste to achieve the same or greater results for consumers. Saving energy means saving money.

This was stated by the Head of Energy Matters, Department of Electrical Services (DES), Hj Umar bin Hj Mohd Tahir speaking on behalf of the Director of DES, Prime Minister's Office, Hj Aziz bin Abd Hamid, who was unable to attend the function, during the seminar on the `Promotion On Energy Efficiency And Conservation (PROMEEC) For Major Industries' at the Centrepoint Hotel in Gadong yesterday morning.

The objectives of the seminar was to promote energy efficiency' particularly in industry and to educate and train relevant staff members from various organisations to use energy efficiently.

Prior to the seminar, energy audits-cumtechnical visits were conducted at Butra Heidelberg Cement Sdn Bhd and Kingston Beverage & Creamery Sdn Bhd in Brunei by three technical experts from the Energy Conservation Centre, Japan (ECCJ), in cooperation with DES and Asean Centre for Energy (ACE). The audits were an avenue of transfer of technology and experience on energy efficiency and conservation from Japan to Asean member nations.

During the seminar, Hj Umar added that the objectives of energy audits were to study the present pattern of energy consumption and identifying the possibilities and opportunities of saving energy in factories.

He remarked that energy prices have increased dramatically over the years due to the huge demand of oil and climatic atmospheric temperatures which are also onthe rise.

The potential benefit of the energy audit is substantial which can result in cost savings that in turn help improve the business' competitiveness. He emphasised to participants of the seminar to be energy-wise and only use what is needed through the tool of _energy audits.

About 70 participants from the public and private sectors took partin the seminar, which comprised three sessions carrying the themes `Policy and Initiatives On Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C)', 'EE&C Best Practice in Industries' and `The Way Forward'. Speakers from Asean nations and Japan include Hisashi Amano, Hideyuki Tanaka acid Fumio Ogawa, Japanese Technical Experts from ECCJ, Dr Weerawat Chantanakome Executive Director of ACE, Hj Abd Shawal Yaman from DES, among others. Topics of the seminar included `Overview of EE&C programmes of Asean', `Energy Overview-in Brunei Darussalam'',.and `Initiatives and Programmes of ECCJ on EE&C in Industry in Japan'. Presentations of case studies of various genres included the cement industry in Brunei and `What are the Barriers and Measures on the Implementation in Industry?' The seminar included discussions on `The Development of Technical Directory' and `The Development of Database/Benchmark/ Guideline for Industry'. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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