Supreme Council of Energy discusses progress on Dubais energy use at 10th Executive Committee meeting
The Executive Committee of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy just recently held its 10th conference at the Council's head office. The conference was goinged by HE Ahmed Buti Al Muhairbi, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Energy, and also was gone to by Yousef Jebril, Executive Vice President of Power and Water Planning at Dubai Electricity as well as Water Authority (DEWA) and also Vice Chairman of the Committee, Abdullah Rafi, Assistant General Manager for Electricity and Water Planning at Dubai Municipality, Faisal Ali Rashid, Director of Demand Side Management at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Graeme Sims, Executive Director of the Regulatory and also Supervisory Bureau for Electricity and Water in Dubai, Mustafa Alyousuf, Member of the Regulatory and also Supervisory Bureau for Electricity as well as Water in Dubai, Stephane Le Gentil, CEO of Etihad ESCO, Samer Khoudeir, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Empower, Shamma Al Rahmah, Manager of Business Planning as well as Performance Management at Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Basil Saad, a representive of the Roads and Transport Authority, as well as Taher Diab, Director of Strategy and Planning at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy.
"In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President as well as Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and also Ruler of Dubai, to improve lasting advancement in Dubai, and in accordance with the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 making Dubai a global center for tidy power as well as an eco-friendly economic climate, The Executive Committee of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy is committed to allowing Dubai to attain the most affordable carbon impact around the world," stated HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy.
The approach has 9 programmes to take care of power need. These consist of eco-friendly structure laws, retrofitting existing structures, district cooling, wastewater reuse, legislations as well as standards to increase performance, energy-efficient street-lighting, and Shams Dubai initiative to manage the generation of solar power in buildings," included Al Tayer.
"The Committee reviewed the progress in accumulating information from 100 structures in Dubai in cooperation with numerous stakeholders. Via this initiative, we are analyzing the incorporated USAge of electrical power and also water to formulate a roadmap for energy USAge in Dubai. We likewise talked about the development of innovative plan growth to quicken the procedure of the Demand Side Management Strategy. We concurred to form The Green Purchase Committee during the initial quarter of 2016. The initiative will certainly organise the purchasing procedures for items connected to electrical energy and also water for all participant business of the Supreme Council of Energy.".
"We expect to attain 8-10 % cost savings in power demand by 2020," stated Al Muhairbi.
The Demand Side Management Strategy was released by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy in June 2013. The Executive Committee of the Council is accountable for executing it as well as assisting its member companies. The energy demand-side administration strategy makes use of allowing mechanisms in line with international best methods and comparable programs carried out worldwide. These include organisations, capacity-building, public understanding as well as suitable plan as well as regulative frameworks, information systems as well as size, and also suitable funding systems for Dubai.
These consist of green building regulations, retrofitting already existing structures, district cooling, wastewater reuse, regulations and criteria to elevate performance, energy-efficient street-lighting, and also Shams Dubai effort to manage the generation of solar energy in structures," put Al Tayer.
With this initiative, we are assessing the incorporated uSAge of electricity and also water to formulate a roadmap for power use in Dubai. The Demand Side Management Strategy was released by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy in June 2013.
