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Railways bag 11 National Energy Conservation awards - The Times of India by riteshexpert on 15 December, 2012 - 04:00 PM
avatar riteshexpert Railways bag 11 National Energy Conservation awards - The Times of India on 15 December, 2012 - 04:00 PM

MUMBAI: President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 11 National Energy conservation Awards - 2012 to Indian Railways - the highest ever by any Indian industry for the remarkable achievements by its Zonal Railways in Energy Conservation initiatives during the year 2012.

In order to intensify the energy conservation initiatives, Ministry of Power has instituted " National Energy Conservation Award" which is given on National Energy Conservation Day on December 14 every year.

These awards are given to 11 major category (like Railways, hospitals, office buildings, industry, power, plant etc.) covering 35 different subsectors of large and medium scale industries mainly on the basis of improvement in specific energy and energy conservation initiatives. Chairman,

Railway Board Vinay Mittal, Member Electrical Kul Bhushan and other Railway officials were present among others on the occasion.

Awards for the above, including Railways category, are decided by 'Award Evaluation

Committee' under Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) based on approved evaluation

criteria. Electrical Energy Management (EEM) Department, Railway Board is a permanent member of Award Evaluation Committee.

A total 87 awardees out of total 773 applications were selected (1st Prize - 29 nos., 2nd Prize - 26 and Certificate of Merit - 32 Nos.) for National Energy Conservation Awards 2012.

Directorate of Railway Board has enunciated a number of policies for implementation by Zonal Railways for reducing the energy intensity and electricity consumption. To give a focussed attention in this direction the year 2011-12 was also declared as "The Year of Green Energy" by Indian Railways and dedicated efforts were made for creating awareness for green energy initiatives, tapping non-conventional energy resources, energy conservation measures etc.

These efforts have resulted into a reduction of 1.03 per cent of electricity consumption for non traction application (2458.34 Million unit during 2011-12 as compared to 2483.96 Million units during 2010-11) despite about five per cent increase in connected load.