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Conservation projects help Dewa save Dh100m
Dubai, Mar 18, 2010 (WAM)- The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has saved nearly Dh100 million last year thanks to its various resource conservation programmes in residential, commercial and industrial areas of the emirate.
Official data seen by ‘Emirates Business’ show the utility firm has saved 202 million KwH of electricity and one billion gallons of water, the value of which equals to Dh96,838,867.
The biggest savings were seen in shopping malls where 74 million KwH of power and 77 million gallons of water were saved, amounting to Dh25m.
The hospitality sector followed with Dh23m (55 million KwH, 194 million gallons) and government and semi-government entities with Dh19m ((43 million KwH, 163 million gallons).
Private companies contributed with savings of Dh16m (4 million KwH, 419 million gallons) and schools with Dh1m (20 million KwH, 149 million gallons). Households, which consume 70 per cent of Dubai's total power output, made the lowest savings of Dh2 million (five million KwH, 22 million gallons). One of the conservation schemes is the slab tariff in the billing system that facilitated reduction in the customers' rate of resource consumption.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Dewa's Managing Director and CEO, said there is no change in tariff "for now". Al Tayer is also the chief of the Energy Higher Council (EHC) formed last year to address the emirate's demand. As for an official release sent last year, tariff was one of the areas that the EHC will study.
In addition to tariff, Dewa has an annual plan to approach a number of bulk customers to carry out energy audit for their buildings.
Energy audits have already been carried out for five of the biggest shopping malls in Dubai, Union Co-operative Society complexes, civil defence buildings and police establishments during 2009, according to Amal Koshak, Senior Manager – Demand and Tariff Management.
Dewa also distributes aerators and energy-efficient lamps among its customers at different events. It employs varied conservation measures to cut consumption levels by improving the utilisation efficiency of both electricity and water. One such measure is thermal insulation in co-operation with Dubai Municipality, which reduces 40 per cent of the AC load.
The Green Building Regulation in co-operation with Dubai Municipality is also aiming for 20 per cent saving in electricity consumption and 15 per cent saving in water consumption.
Dewa is all set to launch the green building regulations related to utilities in April and will give contractors of new projects five months until September to comply with the new rules.
The move will make Dubai the first city in the Middle East that officially applies the green building standards to its residential and commercial buildings.
Last month, the Dubai Government Conservation Committee renewed its efforts to save electricity and water in its buildings. The committee includes members from Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality, Civil Defence, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and the Land Department.
Dubai Municipality pledged to use energy-saving lamps instead of conventional lighting, replace magnetic ballasts with electronic ones, and install aerators, which are water-saving devices.
RTA said it has drawn up an operational plan for energy audits based on recommendations from Dewa's Demand and Tariff Management division. The Land Department vowed to replace old cooling water devices and make new air-conditioning units more efficient. Dubai Police and Civil Defence said they were studying the recommendations offered by Dewa for conducting an energy review.
Official data seen by ‘Emirates Business’ show the utility firm has saved 202 million KwH of electricity and one billion gallons of water, the value of which equals to Dh96,838,867.
The biggest savings were seen in shopping malls where 74 million KwH of power and 77 million gallons of water were saved, amounting to Dh25m.
The hospitality sector followed with Dh23m (55 million KwH, 194 million gallons) and government and semi-government entities with Dh19m ((43 million KwH, 163 million gallons).
Private companies contributed with savings of Dh16m (4 million KwH, 419 million gallons) and schools with Dh1m (20 million KwH, 149 million gallons). Households, which consume 70 per cent of Dubai's total power output, made the lowest savings of Dh2 million (five million KwH, 22 million gallons). One of the conservation schemes is the slab tariff in the billing system that facilitated reduction in the customers' rate of resource consumption.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Dewa's Managing Director and CEO, said there is no change in tariff "for now". Al Tayer is also the chief of the Energy Higher Council (EHC) formed last year to address the emirate's demand. As for an official release sent last year, tariff was one of the areas that the EHC will study.
In addition to tariff, Dewa has an annual plan to approach a number of bulk customers to carry out energy audit for their buildings.
Energy audits have already been carried out for five of the biggest shopping malls in Dubai, Union Co-operative Society complexes, civil defence buildings and police establishments during 2009, according to Amal Koshak, Senior Manager – Demand and Tariff Management.
Dewa also distributes aerators and energy-efficient lamps among its customers at different events. It employs varied conservation measures to cut consumption levels by improving the utilisation efficiency of both electricity and water. One such measure is thermal insulation in co-operation with Dubai Municipality, which reduces 40 per cent of the AC load.
The Green Building Regulation in co-operation with Dubai Municipality is also aiming for 20 per cent saving in electricity consumption and 15 per cent saving in water consumption.
Dewa is all set to launch the green building regulations related to utilities in April and will give contractors of new projects five months until September to comply with the new rules.
The move will make Dubai the first city in the Middle East that officially applies the green building standards to its residential and commercial buildings.
Last month, the Dubai Government Conservation Committee renewed its efforts to save electricity and water in its buildings. The committee includes members from Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality, Civil Defence, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and the Land Department.
Dubai Municipality pledged to use energy-saving lamps instead of conventional lighting, replace magnetic ballasts with electronic ones, and install aerators, which are water-saving devices.
RTA said it has drawn up an operational plan for energy audits based on recommendations from Dewa's Demand and Tariff Management division. The Land Department vowed to replace old cooling water devices and make new air-conditioning units more efficient. Dubai Police and Civil Defence said they were studying the recommendations offered by Dewa for conducting an energy review.
