UNB, Dhaka :
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) has initiated a move to formulate an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Master Plan (Eecmp) to improve the overall efficiency of energy use in the country.
Official sources said, SREDA has already outlined its focused areas of the energy efficiency and conservation where it will work with utmost importance.
SREDA was recently created under a new Act to promote renewable energy and bring efficiency in the use of energy, particularly the power and natural gas in industry, commercial and domestic sectors.
Maintaining coordination among public and private sector entities in these fields is also an objective of SREDA.
According to a Power Division study, the country could save some 2640 MW of electricity from its current consumption of total 7,650 MW in all the sectors if efficient machines and appliances are used by consumers.
The study found that there is a potential for saving 1020 MW of electricity from current consumption of 1700 MW by residential and commercial consumers through use of efficient bulbs. Even more power could be saved if LED bulbs are used which consumes only 12 percent electricity to provide 100 percent light of an incandescent lamp or conventional bulb.
About 30MW load could be saved from tube lights from the existing 120MW while 520 MW could be saved from the current consumption by the use of fans in residences and offices which now consume 1300 MW.
In the similar way, some 360 MW could be saved from the use of electrical motors which now consume 1800MW through use of ‘variable drive’-a new device, which saves 20 percent power.
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) has initiated a move to formulate an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Master Plan (Eecmp) to improve the overall efficiency of energy use in the country.
Official sources said, SREDA has already outlined its focused areas of the energy efficiency and conservation where it will work with utmost importance.
SREDA was recently created under a new Act to promote renewable energy and bring efficiency in the use of energy, particularly the power and natural gas in industry, commercial and domestic sectors.
Maintaining coordination among public and private sector entities in these fields is also an objective of SREDA.
According to a Power Division study, the country could save some 2640 MW of electricity from its current consumption of total 7,650 MW in all the sectors if efficient machines and appliances are used by consumers.
The study found that there is a potential for saving 1020 MW of electricity from current consumption of 1700 MW by residential and commercial consumers through use of efficient bulbs. Even more power could be saved if LED bulbs are used which consumes only 12 percent electricity to provide 100 percent light of an incandescent lamp or conventional bulb.
About 30MW load could be saved from tube lights from the existing 120MW while 520 MW could be saved from the current consumption by the use of fans in residences and offices which now consume 1300 MW.
In the similar way, some 360 MW could be saved from the use of electrical motors which now consume 1800MW through use of ‘variable drive’-a new device, which saves 20 percent power.
