Qatar- Kahramaa honours several entities for energy audits

DOHA: Utility distributor Kahramaa (Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation) honoured several organisations for contribution to energy audits on their premises.

The audits were carried out of energy flows on their premises to identify opportunities to reduce use and save energy (electricity and water). The move was part of Kahramaa’s National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) an official statement said yesterday.

The felicitation was held yesterday at Kahramaa’s Awareness Park. The audited organisations were honoured with Certificates of Appreciations by Engineer Abdul Azeez Al Hammadi Manager Conservation and Energy Efficiency Department Kahramaa. Several senior functionaries from the participating firms were present along with Engineer Hashim Al Sada Head of Conservation Technology at the department.

The participating entities were also provided with detailed audit reports which contained analyses of the energy use of the buildings energy conservation measures and their cost and benefits.

The department conducted thorough energy audits in various types of buildings by an expert team.

In the government buildings’ category Kahramaa’s Main Tower Ashghal Tower 2 and the main building of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs were audited in addition to five mosques.

In the commercial category Safwa Building (Barwa Commercial Avenue) Al Faisal Tower and Doha Bank were audited and the Commercial retails building category included Lulu Hypermarket Safari and Family Food Centre.

Five schools were also audited — Abu Obaida Independent Preparatory School for Boys Al Gharraffa; Ibn Khaldoon Preparatory Independent School for boys Al Rayyan; Hamad Bin Abdullah Bin Jassim Secondary Independent School for Boys Bani Hajer; Khalifa Independent Secondary School for Boys Madinat Khalifa South; and Nasser Bin Abdullah Secondary School for Boys in Al Kharatiyat.

Recommendations based on furnished audit reports were classified into three types: High cost/Medium cost and Low to no cost measures.

The payback period of these measures are less than two years in the medium cost measures the payback period of the measure are between two and five years and the invest grade measure where the payback period of the measures are more than five years.

Tarsheed appreciated the measures taken by the organisations for the smooth conduct of the study. The study will help them conserve energy and water on their premises.

As per the recommendations the common best practices in operation and maintenance are implementing energy monitoring and management system setting higher temperatures for air-conditioners (above 25 degrees C) during non-occupancy hours reducing the lighting level during non-occupied hours reducing the speed of ventilation and extract fans during non-occupied hours and installing water saving aerators.

Tarsheed was launched in 2012 under the patronage of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

It aims to reduce per capita water and electricity consumption by 35 percent and 20 percent respectively by 2017 and preserve the drop until 2020 within the expected increase in population and demand the statement added.The Peninsula