Zubair Qureshi
In recognition of the prevalent energy sector challenges, the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Air University Islamabad (AU) to collaborate for catalyzing research, development, and innovation in the field of energy efficiency and conservation.
Dr. Sardar Mohazzam, Managing Director NEECA, and Vice-Chancellor, Air Marshal (R) Abdul Moeed Khan attended the signing ceremony and termed collaboration between the two to improve energy efficiency & conservation leading to energy access to affordable energy to the consumers.
Vice-Chancellor AU Air Marshal (R) Abdul Moeed Khan welcomed and appreciated the efforts of NEECA and stressed the need for nationwide replication of this collaboration. He, also, welcomed the institutionalization of energy efficiency and conservation in the country and reiterated the continued support of AU in the impactful implementation of this collaboration.
AU VC was of the opinion that although demand-side management of energy was at the core of all the possible solutions to the energy challenges being faced by Pakistan, it is often overlooked. He said that energy efficiency and conservation are the keys to peak load management and can mitigate national challenges. He informed that establishing the industrial and academic linkages for the development of indigenous capacities, in the field of energy efficiency, is one of the major proposed areas which need attention.
Managing Director NEECA, Dr. Sardar Mohazzam said that the surge in prices of energy and the impending global recession demand an enhanced focus on the indigenization of energy-efficient technologies and capacities as well as inculcating a behavior of energy conservation in the masses.
