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ShareMumbai: The International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC), a US-based global non-profit and non governmental organisation, and Urjaravaran Foundation, a pioneering non-profit organisation, have joined hands to scale up implementation of energy efficiency programmes in greater Mumbai. The organisations have formed Mumbai Energy Alliance (MEA) to work towards the goal.
Mayor Shubha Raul will inaugurate MEA and an exhibition on the theme Empower India at a ceremony to be organised at Goregaon on August 20.
The vision of the MEA is to mobilise a collaborative effort to deliver large-scale, measurable energy efficiency improvements in Mumbai targeted at reducing the city's long-term energy costs and carbon footprint. The MEA plans to implement city-wide energy efficiency programs using innovative service delivery mechanisms combining technological, economic, social and financial mechanisms.
Urjaravaran Foundation is acting as a catalyst in bringing together public and private sector agencies, chambers of commerce and industries, educational institutions, consultants, civic forums and like-minded individuals to a common goal of promoting efficient use of energy which leads to a better environment to live in.
Both IIEC and Urjavaran Foundation, along with other MEA partners, including The Climate Group and ICLEI South Asia will soon initiate efficiency programs. Citizens of Mumbai will benefit from the proposed energy efficiency interventions that include efficient illumination, efficient space conditioning, efficient end-use pumping, LED street-lighting and smart grids.
Russi Engineer, founder and president of Urjavaran Foundation said, "The objective of the alliance is to propagate energy conservation and increase energy efficiency on a large scale."
The alliance will undertake awareness drives at housing societies, government offices, schools and colleges across the city. "Today, power crisis is the biggest problem faced by the state and we want to explore ways to overcome it. Extensive use of non-conventional energy resources like solar and wind power are also on the agenda," Engineer said.
Nitin Pandit, president, IIEC, said, "The Mumbai Energy Alliance intends to establish long-term local partnerships and we are pleased to invite Urjavaran Foundation to be a part of this movement." The activities would not only lead to reduced city's carbon footprint, but would also lead to developing new businesses and entrepreneurship in the area of energy efficiency, Pandit added.
