AN energy group is calling on the government to include energy efficiency as one of the resources in charting the country’s energy mix. In a panel discussion during this week’s 2019 Philippine Infrastructure Conference, the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance proposed that governments, be it here or overseas, “should slowly move toward incorporating energy efficiency as […]

THE PHILIPPINES should start viewing energy efficiency as a new infrastructure asset class that the government can use as an added resource in planning its energy mix, or the ideal combination of resources to support its power requirements. “We’re not looking at a figure yet. We want to see how — any energy market, whether […]

KUALA LUMPUR: PLUS Malaysia Bhd’s headquarters Persada PLUS has bagged a One Diamond award from Malaysia Sustainable Energy Development Authority’s (SEDA) 2018 Low Carbon Buildings Assessment recently. PLUS became the first highway concessionaire in the country to receive such award. The company said the recognition was given to organisations which have successfully implemented electricity consumption […]

COMPANIES across various industries and fields grabbed top honours in Malaysia’s 2019 National Energy Awards (NEA) for best practices in energy efficiency and renewable energy (RE). The second edition of the awards received a total of 145 applications, where 77 organisations were qualified to participate in the two broad categories of energy efficiency and RE. […]

Ponder upon this—if the Philippines found a climate-friendly way of generating and distributing 45,900 megawatts at a cost lower than those of renewables, coal-fired plants or natural gas-fed plants, shouldn’t the country grab this opportunity? Or, this—if the country found another “Malampaya-like” field with no less than 182 million tons of oil equivalent of indigenously […]

Property developers in Bangkok concerned about the environment are investing in the “green architecture” of Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (Leed), says one of the principals at JLL, an international real estate consultancy company. There are currently 1.26 million sqm of Leed office space in the Thai capital. Dexter Norville, one of the bosses at […]

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will table new laws on pollution control and energy efficiency in the Dewan Rakyat soon, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. “The new law on Pollution Control to replace the Environmental Quality Act 1974 will see greater enforcement powers and stiffer punishments,” she said. Yeo […]

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The draft of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EECA) has been presented and approved by the Cabinet about a month ago, according to Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. “The EECA still has to be presented to parliament and the ministry hopes that it will […]

THERE was a spike in energy consumption in the last few months across the country, due to some of the highest temperatures ever experienced in the country. This often means higher energy and electricity consumption, which is relevant in today’s growing concern for sustainability, whether to choose cleaner energy sources, rising fuel prices and the […]

The Philippines and seven other countries in the region have formalized “collaboration” for an Asian platform in the promotion of energy efficiency initiatives – including investment hunting as well as shoring up financing tracks for projects. The countries in the established platform involved energy service companies (ESCOs) from China, Japan, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore […]