Business News : Monday December 10, 2007
Displays drive home conservation message
Southeast Asia's first integrated energy conservation display centre was officially opened by Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand on Friday, with the aim of raising public awareness about energy conservation.
The state-sponsored centre, built at a cost of 379 million baht, is a decade late in opening _ it had been planned originally before the 1997 regional financial crisis struck.
The 19,000-square-metre-centre provides exhibits demonstrating energy efficiency technologies, equipment and systems designed for use in the home and other applications.
Modern home system prototypes are presented in order to educate people about how to adapt energy-saving equipment to modern lifestyles, including equipment for condominiums and large commercial and retail plazas.
As well, the largest energy consumers, industrial companies, would have an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge technology that can be applied to reduce energy costs in manufacturing plants.
''These technologies were designed to help improve the efficiency of huge energy-consuming production units such as boilers and large-capacity machinery,'' said Dr Piyasvasti.
The building is located in the Technopolis Complex at Rangsit Klong V, Pathum Thani, adjacent to the National Science Museum, which is operated by the Science and Technology Ministry.
It is also designed to use as human resources training centre in an area of energy-saving technology research and development and management.
Dr Piyasvasti said the centre is targeted at students, entrepreneurs, foreign energy experts as well as the general public. It is open on weekdays and is operated by the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency.
By : Bangkok Post
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