To mark the National Energy Conservation Day and to create awareness among the people about the importance of energy as well as saving or conserving energy, a programme will be held between 11 am and 1 pm at KDMIPE, ONGC campus, Kaulagarh on Wednesday. Those have done exceptionally well in the field of conserving energy would be awarded at the programme, said Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) director Jyoti Neeraj Kharwal on Tuesday. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat will be the chief guest of the programme. The programme will be attended by officers of various departments, industry professionals, schools and college officials, students and intellectuals. Besides, several progammes, including exhibitions and book release on energy conservation, would be held at school and college level across the state and winners would be awarded by UREDA.
Kharwal said that this programme is organised each year to mark the National Energy Conservation Day on the direction of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), ministry of power, government of India. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is a constitutional body which comes under Government of India and helps in the development of policies and strategies in order to reduce the energy use. The Energy Conservation Act in India act aims to employ the professional, qualified and energetic managers as well as auditors who are with expertise in managing the energy, projects, policy analysis, finance or implementing the energy efficiency projects.
The department officials say that the exact means of energy conservation is using less energy by avoiding the unnecessary uses of energy. Using energy efficiently is very necessary to save it for the future usage, they say. Energy conservation should be rooted in the behavior of every human being to get more effect towards the plan of energy conservation, they further say. One can save the energy by deeply taking care of it such as turning off the unnecessarily running fans, lights, submersible, heater, combining car trips or other electric things of daily usage, the officials State.