Sunday, December 2, 2012

Government Buildings Saved RM3.5m In Electricity Bills This Year

Twelve government buildings identified as the biggest consumers of electricity, registered savings of RM3.5 million or 10.3 per cent in power usage, between January and October.

Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui said, this was achieved after an energy manager was appointed for each building which used more than 3,000,000 kilowatts per hour in six consecutive months, and suggested steps for energy conservation for implementation.


Among the buildings are the Finance Ministry building which recorded savings of 20 per cent and the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry building with 9.8 per cent, he told reporters after meeting with ministry personnel here today.


Chin said, they could increase savings by using energy-saving bulbs such as light-emitting diode (LED) or compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), whereby RM800 million could be saved a year, should all buildings be fitted with such bulbs. He said the ministry was still discussing with the Finance Ministry on implementing the change to energy-saving bulbs as it would involve high costs.


"We are now looking at working with producers to come up with their proposal on how they can implement this for the government.


"If they can work with us on the implementation, for example, they are paid according to the savings (made from the usage of the bulbs). Then, the government will be able to implement this much faster," he said.


Government buildings currently spend more than RM2.7 billion on electricity a year.

Source: Bernama 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pencapaian yang baik. semoga rakyat akan menggunakan bekalan elektrik dengan berjimat cermat dan menyokong kempen Earth Hour.

Anonymous said...

Mungkin lepas ni boleh kurangkan lagi..

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