Conserve Energy, Promote Efficiency
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - Practising efficiency and energy conservation should be in everyone's interest as it makes sense as well as dollars, DES Director Awg Hj Aziz bin Abd Hamid said yesterday.

In the energy chain process, efficiency and conservation improves productivity and reduces cost as well as wastage. Burning less energy reduces toxic emission and contributes to checking global warming, he told 21 workshop participants from Asean and Japan.

Price hikes indicate the scarcity in the supply of natural resources in meeting the rising demand in energy, he told the two-day workshop on the Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Conservation (PROMEEC) for Major Industry, Building and Energy Management.

Energy losses in plants can result from losses due to designs that do not incorporate energy sufficient specifications, operations that run on inefficient methods and poor efficiency conscious maintenance programme.

Reducing these losses will substantially increase the plant's efficiency, but data is required to identify and quantify the losses and subsequently suggest suitable techno-economic solutions to minimise these losses.

PROMEEC activities have assisted us to disseminate the energy consumption data and reinforce our understanding and capabilities in managing energy more effectively. They have also provided an update on the latest technologies available that are energy smart and environmentally friendly and we hope to build in us an energy conscious culture, he said.

Dr Weerawa Chantanakome, the Asean Centre for Energy Executive Director, said the PROMEEC project under the Senior Officials Meeting on Energy and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (SOME-METI) work programme, has made milestones in energy efficiency and conservation.

The project strengthens cooperation between Asean and Japan to promote a culture of increased efficiency and conservation in the region.

The PROMEEC project is on its seventh year of implementation. The first activity under the 2006-2007 work programme for PROMEEC building is the follow up to survey, energy audits, on-the-job trainings and workshops in Brunei.

BSP Deputy Managing Director Awg Hj Zainal Abidin bin Hj MohdAli said BSP is fully, supporting the country's initiative to conserve and ensure energy efficiency.

As part of our ISO 14001 certification, we are monitoring our energy consumption to ensure various activities are implemented in achieving this objective, he said.

Conserving energy should not be a government driven effort, but shouldered by all levels of society, young and old. This is one of the strategies of the Brunei Energy Association (BENA) to involve school children from the beginning to understand the importance of energy conservation and efficiency, by exposing them to the uses through essay writing and exhibition, he said.

For the professionals, BENA has invited speakers from Japan to share with its members on the best practices in energy management, he said.

Dr Prasert Sinsukprasert EE&C-SSN Chairman and Mr Tsuzuru Nuibe from ECCJ also spoke. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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