AP emerges frontrunner in energy efficiency index
As per the very latest State Energy Efficiency Index-2022 which was launched by Union Minister for Power R K Singh
BEE DG Abhay Bakre displaying a report on energy efficiency programmes
Vijayawada: As per the very latest State Energy Efficiency Index-2022 which was launched by Union Minister for Power R K Singh, Andhra Pradesh emerged as the frontrunner by getting more than 60-point score in the index and showed the most improvement in energy efficiency parameters since the last State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI).
AP received 77.5 points in SEEI-2022. The State improved by 53 per cent compared to its SEEI 2020 score of 50.5. The major accomplishments of the State to achieve a higher SEEI score are the notification of the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) and amendments to building byelaws in 123 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) as well as the Eco-Niwas Samhitha (ENS) trainings in the building sector, energy audits in micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) clusters and introduction of 296 E-vehicles in government departments. The State also introduced another 100 E-vehicles in AP State Road Transport Corporation for government use.
Union Ministry of Power-led Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) on Tuesday emphasised the immediate need for tracking of energy efficiency progress and outcomes periodically through SEEI, towards managing the energy footprint of all the States, driving energy efficiency policies and programmes at the State and local level.
