CII Chhattisgarh in association with Chhattisgarh State Renewable Development Agency (CREDA) organised first-ever a two-day Energy Efficiency Conclave 2015. Chief dignitaries present were S K Shukla, CEO, CREDA; Kartikeya Goel, IAS, Director, Directorate of Industries; Dinesh Agrawal, Chairman, CII Chhattisgarh; Sanjeev Jain, Chief Engineer, CREDA and Ashish Jain, Vice Chairman, CII Chhattisgarh.
The second day of the session on Saturday began with the panel discussion on ‘Policies required to accelerate improvement in Environmental Performance’. The panellists were Kartikeya Goel, S K Shukla, Dinesh Agrawal, and Ashish Jain. The panel discussion focussed on a review of the current policies by various policy makers and discussion was also held on new policies needed to accelerate improvements in energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, renewable energy and thus, improve the overall environmental performance of the industry.
A parallel focus was on methods to improve the energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental performance in buildings. The panel discussion was followed by the session on renewable energy for industries, boilers and steam systems wherein speakers from CREDA and other top companies made their presentation. The two-day conclave ended with award distribution ceremony of CII Chhattisgarh Excellence Award in safety, health and environment (SHE).
The winner of the SHE Awards in large category is lafarge Cement (Sonadih Plant) and in medium and small category is Hira Power & Steel ltd. The event was supported by CREDA, Bureau of Energy Efficiency & S K Samanta & Co ltd. large number of delegates from industries and Government were present in the Conclave.