Three-day long capacity-building training program on Energy Conservation Building Code, Eco Niwas Samhita held at the conference hall, Baroo on October 6.

The programme was organised by Power Development Department (PDD) Ladakh under the guidance of Chief Engineer PDD, Ghulam Ahmed Mir in collaboration with The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI). The program emphasized means of energy conservation at commercial and residential buildings as its consumption has tremendously increased in the country. 

J.K Vyas gave a detailed presentation on the pattern of electricity consumption in commercial and residential buildings in the country. It was informed that 24 percent of electricity is consumed by residential buildings when the country’s total electricity consumption, as per Energy Statistics of India, 2021, stands at 12, 91,494 GWh in 2019-20. 

The ECBC and ENS are the set of guidelines developed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power under the aegis of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 to bring energy efficiency standards to reduce energy consumption in commercial and residential buildings.

Tax Inspector MC, Muhammad Musa; Executive Engineer KDA, Murup Dorjay; Executive Engineer PMGSY, Manzoor Ahmad; JE PDD, Ahmad Raza; AEE PDD Kargil, Ali Musa and other officers and officials of various departments attended the training program.