Mysuru: A two-day capacity-building workshop on ECBC (Energy Conservation Building Code) was organised by The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, in association with UNDP-GEF (United Nations Development Programme – Global Environment Facility) and Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) for architects, builders and civil engineers recently in city.
Prakash Achary, Section Head, Master Control Facility (MCF) – ISRO, Hassan, inaugurated the workshop by switching on a LED solar lantern.
Speaking on the occasion, he said, “Buildings are major consumers of energy in their construction, operation and maintenance phase. Energy consuming systems for lighting, air-conditioning and water heating provide comfort to its occupants but consumes large quantum of energy. Taking the utilisation of consumption into consideration, it is necessary to design a building that focuses on energy conservation aspects.
He added that ECBC encourages energy-efficient design or retrofit of building so that it does not constrain the building function, comfort, health, or the productivity of the occupants.
Following the inauguration, a technical session was conducted by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)-certified ECBC Master trainers Kuldeep Kumar and Shivakumar Bathra.
D.K. Dinesh Kumar, Project Engineer, KREDL, was also present. More than 100 Architects, Builders and Civil Engineers participated.
This post was published on December 11, 2017 6:38 pm