Vietnam: HCM City targets power saving up to 2.5 percent by 2020

Vietnam: HCM City targets power saving up to 2.5 percent by 2020

HCM City has set a target of saving 2 - 2.5 percent of energy consumption
per year between now and 2020, with a view to protecting the environment.

The target is meant to achieve an annual average reduction of 220,000 –
250,000 tonnes of CO2.

To that end, the city will use high-performance equipment and
energy-efficient, advanced technologies and gradually replace
low-performance equipment and remove outdated technology.

The city aims for intensive energy-consuming industries to save at least 10
percent of energy consumption and around 10 percent of local businesses to
apply an energy-management system meeting the ISO 50001 by 2020.

Efforts will be made to raise energy awareness at all levels, and among
sectors, communities.

A project worth VNĐ1 billion (US$49,000) will install high-performance
lighting equipment at all public locations from now up to 2020.

All construction material producers will be required to comply with the
municipal Department of Science and Technology's environmental standards for
green construction materials. Currently, there are 179 construction material
producers in the city, including 158 firms and 21 family facilities.

According to Lê Văn Khoa, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee,
the city will launch relevant action plans and programmes to enhance
supervision of the environmentally-unfriendly investment projects.

Communication work will be strengthened to raise public awareness about
energy-saving, gradually expand the use of high-performance equipment,
replace low-performance equipment and promote energy conservation in
industrial production, Khoa said.

The city is working with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to set
up a well-equipped centre for training energy management staff.

The facility is expected to supply skilled human resources to help key
energy-consuming businesses save energy.

This year, the city is expected to consume between 21,400 and 21,600 million
kWh, a rise of 7-8 per cent since 2015, according to EVN HCM City.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com