Initiatives to conserve Electricity
The following initiatives have been taken up by the Government of India to put in place a mechanism to ensure energy efficiency/conservation in domestic, agricultural and commercial sectors of the country:
i. Standards & Labeling programme for appliances to provide the consumer an informed choice about the energy saving and thereby the cost saving potential of the relevant marketed product.
ii. Labeling of energy efficient agriculture pumpsets upto a connected load of 15 KW.
iii. Prescription of Specific energy consumption norms for energy intensive industries notified as designated consumers and implemented through Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme.
iv. Formulation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) for energy efficiency improvement in commercial buildings.
v. Design-guidelines for energy efficiency in multi-storied residential buildings.
vi. Demand Side Management (DSM) in Municipal, Household, Agriculture and Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) sectors.
vii. Promotion of energy efficient LED lamps through DSM based Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) & Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP).
viii. Promotion of Energy Efficient Fans and Agriculture pumpsets.
This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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