AP bags top prize in energy conservation

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM) won first prize in the National Energy Conservation Award in the State Designated Agency (SDA) sector in Group II.

On the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day on December 14, President of India Droupadi Murmu presented the prestigious National Energy Conservation Award-2023 to APSECM at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. On behalf of the AP government, special chief secretary, energy, K Vijayanand and joint secretary, energy and chief executive officer, APSECM B A V P Kumara Reddy received the award from the President of India.

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has divided the states into four groups based on their respective energy consumption. Andhra Pradesh is classified as a Group-II state, with total final energy consumption (TFEC) in the range of 5 to 15 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe). The state was chosen as the best performer in Group II and achieved 83.25 points in SEEI 2023. The state improved its score by around 7 per cent compared to its SEEI 2022 score of 77.5.

On this occasion, special chief Secretary Vijayanand said the state government has involved all the departments to promote energy efficiency and constituted energy conservation cells with nodal officers in all departments. The state government implemented several energy efficiency programs in domestic, industry, agriculture, including buildings, and estimated to have achieve around 5,600 million units of energy savings worth Rs 4,000 crore.

He further said the APSECM achieved major strides in implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in commercial buildings and promotion of energy conservation in residential buildings apart from energy efficiency projects in schools, hospitals, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Speaking on this occasion, CEO, APSECM, Kumara Reddy thanked the state government and BEE for their support to APSECM that helped to achieve good results in the area of energy efficiency.