Dispatch of experts to the Steering Committee for formulating Indian “Energy Conservation Guideline”
Under the instruction and financial support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ) has been supporting introduction of the “Energy Conservation Guideline” into the industrial sector in India as this fiscal year’s project for India. On September 21st, we participated in a steering committee meeting sponsored by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of India to cooperate with them in formulating the Indian version of the “Energy Conservation Guideline”.
Steering committee meeting
Japanese presentation
India is planning to introduce “Energy Conservation Guideline” that effectivity has been proven in Japan as a policy for promoting energy conservation in the industrial sector. In order to formulate the Indian version of the “Energy Conservation Guideline”, the steering committee was organized under the BEE, appointing the representatives from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA), and other industrial bodies as committee members, and the first meeting was held in the BEE’s meeting room on September 21st.
Since the presentation of the “Energy Conservation Guideline” to India the last fiscal year, the Energy Conservation Center, Japan has been supporting introduction of the “Energy Conservation Guideline” into India. Invited to the meeting as an observer this time, we outlined the “Energy Conservation Guideline” and explained a future support program.
For the future schedule, the steering committee will prepare the draft for the Indian version of the “Energy Conservation Guideline” by the end of the year and compare notes with Japanese experts at a workshop to be held in Japan in the middle of next January to finalize the draft.